Explain some of the ways in which humans are damaging the environment . What can the government do to address the problem ? What can individual people do ?

Human beings

had

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destroyed the environment for several centuries which

cause

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the sickness

of

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Earth

. Different

authority

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around the world in the past decades

are

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figuring out ways to mitigate and adapt to

the

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problems

such

as climate change, rising

of

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sea

level

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and the increase in extreme weather. Human activities emit large

amount

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of

greenhouse

gases from industrial activities, agriculture and urbanisation. The massive emission of

greenhouse

gases

lead

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to the intensification of

greenhouse

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effect

as a result

speeding up global warming. The ozone layer of the south pole on

Earth

is damaged which causes

sun

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to penetrate directly into

Earth

's surface. The fast surge in

Earth

's temperature causes the extinction of polar animals, melting of sea ice and ocean acidification. The marine ecosystem is especially badly impacted. To cope with the demand for urban development around the world, countries urbanise their territory rapidly. Owing to the lack of sufficient flatland in some cities, reclamation or

leveling

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hills become a common way to increase land supply.

However

, reclamation and

leveling

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of hills create irreversible water and soil pollution. Animals lose their habitats and

in particular

cases, they become

endanged

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endangered

entangled

or

extincted

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extinct

. To address the lists of destruction caused by

human

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, different authorities cooperate to deal with the problems. The introduction of the carbon market

create

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a win-win system for countries to limit their carbon footprint. The Paris

agreement

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signed by over a hundred communities set up new emission goals. Locally, some governments adopt the use of electric cars and use less polluting fuel. More renewable energy is used

instead

of the traditional dirty coal fuel. Individually, we can begin with our daily practices.

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public transport

instead

of driving a car can reduce the emission of

greenhouse

gases. We can

also

save electricity and water by

replace

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a bath with a quick shower.

Overall

,

human

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humans

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made

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much damage to the

Earth

and we should find ways to solve or alleviate the problems brought by the

destructions

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. Saving the

Earth

isn't the responsibility of a small group of people, but it needs the contribution of the entire world community.