Our Earth won’t last forever. We might be gone if the Earth is destroyed and not suitable for living anymore. Sounds frightening right? We need to realize that the resources on Earth are limited. Currently, people on Earth recklessly use the resources, and it could lead to the end of the world. Scientists start speculating about the changes in the composition of Earth. These 15 Facts About Earth will help us to observe how humans are slowly destroying the Earth.
15 Facts About Earth
Some scientists state that global warming is an inevitable event. It affects the climate conditions on earth. Devastating storms, tidal waves, increase in temperature will continue to happen despite the efforts of controlling pollution and other environmental issues.
There is a small increase in the Earth’s rotation because the Earth starts to imbalance. This might affect humans in many ways. Devastating floods, the disappearance of glaciers, and it will eventually lead to a shortage of water and food. Several species of animals and plants might become extinct.
It is predicted that oil consumption will keep on increasing from 2008 to 2018, and it will reach its peak. This could lead to a recession in the energy resource. Oil is very important for every country to continue its activities, so if the oil consumption keeps on increasing, there might be conflicts between countries fighting over oil. Complete depletion of oil on Earth might affect the whole world significantly.
Cars contribute 75% of the pollution from transportation. It is estimated that there will be more than one billion cars roaming on the streets in 2030 and will grow to 2 billion cars in 2050.
The increase in the air temperature is due to the increase in the level of CO2.
From the year 1970 to 2000, humans have made an increase of 70% in the emissions of greenhouse gases. It means that there will be less water vapor on air to form clouds, and hence there will be less rain.
Compared to the Earth’s atmosphere during the beginning of the industrial revolution, the Earth’s atmosphere currently contains 40% more CO2.
The burning of fossil fuels adds nearly 6 billion tons of CO2 to the atmosphere each year, and the trees only absorb half of these.
The number of diseases will keep on increasing in both range and numbers due to air pollution and water pollution, especially in undeveloped countries.
Rain forests once covered 14% of the Earth’s surface, but now, only 6% of the Earth’s surface is covered by rain forests. According to estimation from experts, the remaining 6% will be consumed in less than 40 years. 1 to 1.5 hectares of rainforest disappears every 1 second. Deforestation currently contributes to 20% of global warming.
Almost half of all species of flora and fauna will be threatened with extinction in the next quarter-century due to deforestation.
The experts are estimating that our planet Earth is losing about 137 species of plants, animals, and insects every day, and the cause of these losses is deforestation. So in a year, 50,000 species are extinct, along with the disappearance of the rainforest.
In 2030 approximately 18% of the cluster coral reefs will disappear due to climate change and the environment. In all probability, in 2030, the world population will reach about 8.3 billion.
By 2040 the Arctic will experience the first summer in its whole history.
The temperature in the deserts has increased due to global warming. At the end of the year 2007, Australia lost 25% of the food because of this issue.
