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

Experts throughout both the developing and developed
world
have debated whether the most critical environmental problem is the
extinction
of some endangered
species
of plant and animal kingdom or whether there are other issues which are more severe. Personally, I strongly advocate the
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view.
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will be examined in
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essay using examples to demonstrate points and prove arguments. On the one hand, there is ample and strong evidence that losing some plants and
animals
has an extremely negative effect, especially on the balance of an ecosystem which will be destroyed. As the first point, some
animals
will no longer have a proper diet and will consume other types of
food
. An extensive study from the University of Cambridge,
for instance
, illustrated that the grey wolves in North America tend to hunt larger
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than they used to after the permanent loss of local
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in northern
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of the United States.
This
results in the attack of those wolves
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domestic cattle
such
as cows and goats, leading to the loss of villages’ properties. Another point which should be taken into consideration is that losing some
species
in the
food
chain will lead to a domino effect on the predators as well. The central reason behind
this
is that some
animals
could eat only one certain type of
food
and could not survive without it.
For example
, the population of blue-tailed shrimp in the Pacific Ocean started to be reduced
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the lack of red algae. In the meantime, rock snappers, big fish whose
food
is shrimp,
also
have a declining number.
On the other hand
,
although
there is
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downside
of
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the
extinction
of
animals
,
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impact of other problems might be more severe significantly cannot be denied. Perhaps the most important one is global warming, which is
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well-known global issue. The results of it could be in multiples ways,
firstly
, the rise of global
temperature
which has a dramatic effect on the
world
population. A clear illustration is that there are almost 100 thousand people died from heat stroke, resulting from increased
temperature
, in 2022 which is a serious problem.
Secondly
, the rise in sea level is undeniable to be another serious problem. It is predicted to be increased by 5
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annually from the melting of icebergs in the poles.
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this
,
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, a famous tourist-attracting island, and numerous islands are predicted to sink under the
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surface in decades. Consistent with
this
line of thinking is that those problems are more severe and have
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impact on the
world
including the
extinction
of some
species
as well. Some bees in Japan
are
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no longer
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due to
the hotter
temperature
there, leading to the disappearance of
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flower in the Southern area
from
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loss of pollination.
To conclude
from the arguments and examples given, I firmly believe that global warming would be more critical compared to
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of those
species
as it will lead to
extinction
as well. The impact
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it
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has created that noticeable change
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the
world
and
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the ways of living. It is predicted that the
temperature
will increase
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2 degrees per year.
Therefore
, everyone should follow the rules and save the environment together for
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sustainable
world
in the future.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • biodiversity
  • ecosystem
  • ecological balance
  • pollinators
  • keystone species
  • extinction
  • ecosystem services
  • pollination
  • water purification
  • climate regulation
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • pollution
  • environmental degradation
  • illegal wildlife trade
  • conservation
  • sustainability
  • preservation
  • habitat destruction
  • endangered species
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