Since the 1950s, we have destroyed more than a third of our natural world. Our way of life has caused many serious environmental problems.
We use huge amounts of natural resources and produce too much rubbish. Pollution is change the Earth's climate and our planet is getting hotter. The big questions is: Will things ever change for the better?.
There are some scientists who are optimistic. They believe that with the help of science and strict laws today's enviromental problems will disappear in the future. Other scientists are pessimistic. They believe that enviromental problems are getting worse and soon it will be too late to save the environment. Let's see what predictions pessimistic and the optimistic scientists have made about life on Earth in the year 2100.
PESSIMISTIC:
- The Earth's population will probably be 22.2 billion.
- The Earth's temperature will be 1.4 to 5.8 degrees Celsius higher than it is today.
- The ice at The North and South Pole will melt and the sea level will rise by 9 to 88 cm. Cities at or below sea level will sink.
- Half of the Earth's plants and animals will disappear along with the tropical rain forests
- People won't be able to survive on Earth, so they will have to find a new planet to live on.
- The law will oblige families to have no more than one child, and this will reduce the Earth's population to two billion
- People will use enviromentally-friendly energy sources like the sun and the wind, which do not pollute the air, so the Earth's temperature will not increase
- Strict laws will protect animal and plant species from extinction.
- A population of two billion people will need fewer natural resources, so there will be enough food, water, etc. for every one.
Write a short paragragh statin your position: Are you optimistic or pessimistic?
5 comentarios:
I am pessimistic because although that the laws of optimistic scientists can be given, for some years we have seen that the climate is changing, the poles are melting, disappearing were several islands and the many natural disasters that have occurred have left serious consequences.
My position about the team is almost totally optimistic but for one side is like a pessimistic person because all the physically part is true actually.
My position which I choose is totally pessimistic because probably all the positions negative certainly ocurriran. Currently, the environmentalists only promise stats and laws to protect the environment, but what they do is mislead the population and shows what suits them for their benefit. On the other hand, they can no longer take March back decreasing global warming and its effects because what was done in the past already hasn´t solution, and instead improve we are is worsening the situation. Sadly the world will end and the only thing we can do as human beings is to keep the situation stable helping with simple actions, waiting for a better picture for the planet and the future of our descendants.
It is very difficult to be 100% optimistic because there are many things that we, the humna beings, rea doing against the planet and ourselves. The necessary changes must be made now, otherwise the consequences for the planet will be catastrophic.
Pessimistic. Nature has been proving us that we are attacking it and that the future will not probably be the same.
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