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*Frightening facts about Environment!!
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*#1. More than 1 million
species have already faced extinction due to global warming. One
Million and a considerable number is
under threat.
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*#2. Pollution is one of the biggest global killers,
affecting over 100 million people. That’s comparable to global
diseases like malaria and HIV.
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*#3. Also, thanks to global
warming, studies reveal that by the end of the
century, around 1,50,000 people will
have died of heat related causes.
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*#4. And, in spite of all the startling consequences, the amount of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere has risen by
34% since the 17th century. And it
continues to rise steadily and alarmingly.
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*#5. The human population on Earth has grown as
much in the last 50 years as in the past four million years.
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*#6. We are using up 50%
more natural resources than the Earth can
provide. At our current
population, we need 1.5 Earths.
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*#7. Rainforests have taken thousands of years to form but every second a portion the size of a
football field is destroyed
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*#8. As you read this, one
and a half acres of forest is being cut
down.That’s right. One and a half acres of forest is
cut down every second.
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*#9. Thanks to the
tremendous amount of reckless waste disposal,
we have a garbage island floating in our
ocean, mostly comprised of plastics – the size of
India, Europe and Mexico combined!
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*#10. Water, water,
everywhere, but not a drop of drinking water!
According to USAID, one-third people of the
earth will be facing “severe” or “chronic”
water shortages by the year 2025.
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*#11. Water pollution has gripped
the planet miserably. According to the World
Health Organisation, 3.2 million children under the age of five in developing
nations die each year as a result of unsafe drinking
water and poor sanitation.
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*#12. In India, the scenario is gloomy as well. It has been estimated that
75% of all surface water in India has been
heavily contaminated by human or agricultural
waste.
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*#13. It is estimated that
approximately 40% of the children living in Africa and India have
had their growth stunted due to unclean water and malnutrition.
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*#14. According to a UN
study on sanitation, far more people in India have access to a cell
phone than to a toilet.
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*#15. Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as
many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year.
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*Now Think and Tell
the EVSis just a Matter of a Subject to
get a Grade Alone??????????