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A continuing increase in hazardous waste.
Hazardous materials such as arsenic [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], mercury, lead and other heavy metals are being produced in ever greater quantities by traditional industries such as mining, metal works and cement production.
A looming freshwater crisis.
Increasing demand for food and conversion of natural ecosystems to biofuel production are adding to the increasing biodiversity loss.A Looming Freshwater Crisis
New industries, such as communications technology, are producing large amounts of electronic waste which are putting further stress on the environment.
36% of all species are under some form of environmental threat including 21% of mammals, 28% of reptiles, 37% of freshwater fish and 70% of plants.
The Year Book lists the numerous ways human activity has increased the amount and range of hazardous waste materials entering the environment:
UNEP Year Book 2010 points out that the most important and biodiverse ecosystem on earth is the marine environment. Already under enormous environmental stress fro
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Global Warming and Ocean Environmental Changes
Irreversible Environmental Changes
A Changing Climate Means a Changing Environment
In both developed and developing nations much of the freshwater supply is being contaminated by a rising tide of waste-water from intensive farming, heavy industry and inefficient waste-water management systems.Continuing Increase in Hazardous Waste
While The UNEP Year Book 2010, by the United Nations Environmental Programme and published by Earthprint in 2010 acknowledges that global warming is the most persuasive of the looming man-made environmental crises facing the planet, it also highlights other man-made ecological disasters that may affect the Earth’s ecosystems in the future, such as:
The “water footprint” (the amount of water a country uses) of developed nations is increasing [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], due to rising economic activity, leaving less water for the poorer regions of the world.
Some of the richer developing countries of the world such as China [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], India and Saudi Arabia are leasing vast tracts of farmland in less developed countries in order to grow food crops for their own population, thus using up the” virtual water” component of these products.
Huge amounts of atmospheric nitrogen are being converted to more reactive forms and being leaked into the Earth’s ecosystems through the over use of manufactured fertilizers.Degradation of the Marine Environment
Degradation of the marine environment.Increasing Biodiversity Loss
Another emerging technology, nanotechnology, is producing nanomaterials with unknown environmental impacts.
The UNEP Year Book uses figures from the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List Index of Threatened Species (the most comprehensive source on the status of plants and animals) to show that there is an increasing biodiversity loss occurring in the earth today.
Increasing biodiversity loss.
River deltas, such as the Irrawaddy and the Mekong, are among the most biodiverse on the planet and 24 of the 33 largest river deltas are sinking. All but five have experienced severe flooding over the last 10 years, largely driven by land change use.
Although water is the most plentiful compound on the planet, 99% is locked away in the oceans and polar regions. As a result over 2.8 billion people live under freshwater stress:
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