The Environmental Crisis in the Philippines article

mentions about the current issue, Mining. Mining is the

extraction of valuable minerals from the Earth. Minerals
If you use
provide the material used to make most of the things of
industrial- based society; roads, cars, computers,
mineral
fertilizers, etc. Demand for minerals is increasing world
wide as the population increases and the consumption
resources in a
demands of individual people increase. The mining of planned &
earth’s natural resources is, therefore accelerating, and sustainable manner.
it has accompanying environmental consequences.
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Gaseous
Waste that we
dump in our
atmosphere is
Sea-ice loss from warming up our
climate change is the
best known habitat planet that causes
threat to polar bears. the sea ice to melt
Polar bears rely on the
sea ice for hunting their and sea level to
seal prey and for increase.
traveling, breeding, and
sometimes denning.

It’s more than just

polar bears being
affected. The
rapidly changing
climate threatens
Based on our calculations,
our own future.
the sea level might increase
up to 32 inches in the next
four years.
 Residents line up for water rationed by Manila
Water in Barangay Highway Hills,
Mandaluyong City on March 11, 2019. The
water distributor has limited the supply of
water, believed to last through the summer
Water
season, in parts of Metro Manila due to Crisis
increased demand, lack of rains, and low
water level at the La Mesa Dam, its emergency Alert!
source.

Alarming,
Global
Tree Cover
Loss!
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WateWater is one of the most important
Global tree cover loss reached a record 29.7
million hectares in 2016, according to new
data from the University of Maryland
released today on Global Forest Watch. The
loss is 51 percent higher than the previous
year, totalling an area about the size of New
Zealand.

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substances on earth. If there was no water
there would be no life on earth.

Plants absorb carbon dioxide and release

oxygen from their leaves, which humans and
other animals need to breathe. Living things
need plants to live - they eat them and live
in them.

Did you The Earth has

many natural resources
know? that make life in the
modern world possible.
These natural resources
are the things that
humans need to live,
grow, & survive on
Earth.