Some people say that the main environmental problem of our time is the loss of particular species of plants and animals. Others say that there are more important environmental problems. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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Earth is facing crucial environmental problems, which pose a threat to the whole ecosystem and its inhabitants. I believe flora and fauna extinction still counted as an important issue, even if the planet suffers from Global Warming or Climate
Change
. Until
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1st century, many of the animals and plants that lived on Earth have died due to different conditions as meteorite falling or sudden
temperature
change
. Now regular deforestation, forest fires, and poaching increased the number of species being endangered, which causes danger to biodiversity. That means even the loss of a particular plant or animal will cause food shortages and a lack of supplies.
As a result
, people will suffer from starvation because many fertile lands will be burned down and chopped.
However
, the roots of most ecological problems started with average
temperature
change
on Earth, which is now well known as Global Warming. Only in the
last
few decades scientist had detected the enormous
change
in Earth’s
temperature
and sea level. Since
then
, Global Warming and Climate
Change
have become the main environmental issue. As glaciers of the Northern Pole are melting, animals as polar bears and walruses are losing their habitat. In Africa, because of a rise in
temperature
, the vegetation period of crops is mostly followed by drought, which decreases the yield. In my opinion, Global Warming will always stay a priory problem because it not only devastates nature but
also
put people in danger too. Greenhouse gases and pollution create Climate
Change
which
then
follows the cycle and harms people's health. In conclusion, the extinction of particular species of plants and animals harms biodiversity yet, as long as Global Warming caused by carbon footprint destroys the ecosystem, it will stay as the main environmental problem to fight.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • biodiversity
  • extinction
  • habitat loss
  • ecosystem
  • food chain
  • imbalance
  • interconnected
  • climate change
  • pollution
  • personal actions
  • policy changes
  • education
  • awareness
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