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Learning activity 9

2 Jun 2021, 16:56 Publicly Viewable

Anthropogenic nature of environment problems.

Nature can be seen as the environment within which human beings exist. Environmental problems tend to affect nature in a negative way. The leading environmental problems are ozone depletion which leads to climate change, destruction of natural habitat, adverse effects on marine life, the decline in fresh water. 

The society influences the environment by polluting the air, water and soil, which increases global warming as a result. Over-extraction and usage of natural resources which leads to the depletion of resources. The extinction of species through population growth and also extractivism, pollution and ecosystem disturbances.

The environment influences society in the sustainability of resources due to extractivitis, global warming which comes with sever climatic conditions that threaten the human population, and also pollution that causes health problems.