17/03/2021
WATER.
The Mumbai series: Our planet in 30 seconds 🌍
We’ve been nothing but ungrateful and neglectful to this planet, elusive to the issues of Global Warming and Pollution and have subject this planet to decades of abuse to the extent that now, She is answering back.
Let’s talk about the third element that is imperative for the existence of the human race- WATER.
Higher temperatures due to Global Warming are worsening many types of disasters, including storms, heat waves, floods, and droughts. As the Earth warms, the melt line moves upwards so that the glacier melts faster and faster at the bottom, shortening the glacier and reducing its mass. Ultimately, the melted water flows into streams and rivers and ends up in the oceans, contributing to accelerating sea level rise.
How does pollution worsen matters? Look at any ecosystem and there could be multiple forms of contamination—streams full of toxic chemicals from industrial processes, rivers overloaded with nutrients from farms, trash blowing away from landfills, city skies covered in smog. Even landscapes that appear pristine can experience the effects of pollution sources located hundreds or thousands of miles away.
