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 view and give your own opinion

It is argued by certain

people

that the biggest environmental challenge we currently face is the extinction of particular

animals

and

plants

while others believe we have more pressing issues than these. Personally, I believe that the latter is true since it presents with more grave effects.

Therefore

in

this

essay, I will tackle both these views and give a conclusion.

To begin

with, some

people

believe that the extinction of certain

plants

and

animals

is a major environmental problem because ,without these, there would be less

oxygen

production in the environment. Take,

for example

, some

plants

are known to contribute to the earth's atmosphere more than 60 per cent of

oxygen

gas than any other,

thus

if they vanished from the environment,

then

the earth would be deprived of its main source of

oxygen

.

This

in itself emphasises the magnitude of the problem that extinction comes with and why

such

a matter can not be trivialised. Despite

this

being the case, I still hold out that

this

is not the main matter of concern among the present environmental problems.

On the other hand

, certain

people

feel that the major environmental problem is not the

loss

of certain

animals

and

plants

species because even with these species present,

air

pollution

from many industries has led to heavy rainfalls or droughts that have impacted more lives than can

plants

and

animals

. To put

this

in perspective, unlike the minute impact from the

loss

of certain

plants

and

animals

,

air

pollution

resulting from heavy industries has led to an increase in the frequency and magnitude of hurricanes around the globe with huge

loss

of lives and property.

For instance

, many countries in Europe today are faced with heavy downpours and the resulting hurricane Ana that all stems from environmental

air

pollution

and greenhouse gases emissions. In conclusion, it is true that even though certain

animals

and

plants

play a vital role in the ecosystem balance and that the

loss

of certain species can result in reduced

oxygen

gas production,

this

can not compare with the impact that hurricanes have on

people

in general. I

therefore

still believe that

air

pollution

is the biggest environmental challenge at the moment.