Contemporary Issues and

Problems in the
ENVIRONMENT
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01. OVER POPULATION
- refers to a population which exceeds its
sustainable size within a particular
environment or habitat.
 Overpopulation results from

01. an increased birth rate 02. decreased death rate

the immigration to a new sudden decline in available

03. ecological niche 04. resources.
WHY?
The Environment and Natural Resource Accounting Project
(ENRAP) indicated that households were found to be the
major contributors to air and water pollution in the
Philippines.
For air pollution in 1992, 64 percent of particular matter, 89
percent of volatile carbon and 90 percent of carbon
monoxides come from households
while 44 percent of biological oxygen demand, 61 percent
of suspended solids and 76 percent of Phosphate contribute
to water pollution
How will it be
Solved?
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 02.
Climate Change
Climate change describes a change in the average
conditions — such as temperature and rainfall — in a
region over a long period of time.
 Is the Earth’s Climate Changing?
Earth's climate is always changing.
Greenhouse Gases Greenhouse effect
are gases in Earth's atmosphere The greenhouse effect is a natural
that trap heat. They let sunlight process that warms the Earth's
pass through the atmosphere, but surface. When the Sun's energy
they prevent the heat that the reaches the Earth's atmosphere,
sunlight brings from leaving the some of it is reflected back to space
atmosphere. and the rest is absorbed and re-
radiated by greenhouse gases.
Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
The disruption to Earth's climate
equilibrium caused by
the increased concentrations
of greenhouse gases has led to
an increase in the global average
surface temperatures.
 Global warming
refers to the Earth's rising surface temperature

climate change
includes warming and the “side effects” of
warming
Ano ang mangyayari kung hindi
maabot
ang 2030 climate change deadlin
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 Loss of Biodiversity
03. Nature Talks: The Philippine Biodiversity
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Ocean Acidification
Ocean acidification refers to a reduction in the pH of the ocean
over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of
carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.
 Why?
is sometimes called “climate
change's equally evil twin”
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 Pollution
05. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution (WASP)
Pollution is the introduction of harmful materials
into the environment.

These harmful They can also be

materials are called created by human
pollutants activity

Pollutants damage the

Pollutants can be
quality of air, water,
natural
and land
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 05.
Deforestation
the decrease in forest areas across the world that are lost
for other uses such as agricultural croplands, urbanization, or
mining activities.
 What are the effects of deforestation?
● The Effects of Deforestation on Biodiversity
 What are the effects of deforestation?
● The Effects of Deforestation on Biodiversity
● The Effects of Deforestation on Local People and
Their LivelihoodsWrite your
 What are the effects of deforestation?

● The Effects of Deforestation on Biodiversity

● The Effects of Deforestation on Local People and
Their LivelihoodsWrite your
● Deforestation for Food May Lead to Food
Insecurity in the Future
 What are the effects of deforestation?
● The Effects of Deforestation on Biodiversity
● The Effects of Deforestation on Local People and
Their LivelihoodsWrite your
● Deforestation for Food May Lead to Food
Insecurity in the Future
● Soil Erosion is One of the Consequences of
Deforestation
 What are the effects of deforestation?

● Deforestation Affects and

Contributes to Climate Change