What changes in the environment have you noticed at present?

Question

There are some changes in our environment at present. We cannot deny that the air is becoming cleaner than before.  If we look at the bright side, COVID-19 made people stay at home and they didn't contribute pollutants to the air. Some people claimed that "Earth is healing." I am hopeful that this virus will be gone soon. I still have little faith in this personal aspiration.

How are we going to continue saving mother Earth?

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Comments

You as an individual can do changes in your daily habits that you know is not good for the environment. Its the simple, little things you do that matters like being mindful of your own trash, practicing responsible waste disposal, recycling whatever you can recycle, going paperless as much as possible. Even the simple gesture of carrying your own Eco bag and steel straws, spoons and forks, tumblers every time you go out means one less person who contributes to the piles of plastic trash in the world.

Answer 1

The environment has greatly benefited from the lessened human activity bought by this pandemic. It only goes to show that man himself is the main source of all ecological problems we are experiencing right now. And if we are the source of these problems, we are also the solution. We don't have to always think big, sometimes you just have to think on a personal level to affect changes. You as an individual can do changes in your daily habits that you know is not good for the environment. Its the simple, little things you do that matters like being mindful of your own trash, practicing responsible waste disposal, recycling whatever you can recycle, going paperless as much as possible. Even the simple gesture of carrying your own Eco bag and steel straws, spoons and forks, tumblers every time you go out means one less person who contributes to the piles of plastic trash in the world. Avoiding single use plastics and going for those you can just clean and re-use for a long time. Patronizing products that are all natural, free from chemicals that may harm the environment is a conscious choice in favor for the environment as well as the brands of product we choose. It would definitely serve the community well when we choose brands that are socially responsible and has adapted methods that are sustainable for the environment. Even minimalism, it does not only benefit the person in his home but the environment as well, less clutter means less trash accumulated. Imagine all these and many more 'little acts of kindness' that we could adapt and develop habit to do on our own as individuals. If you could influence just one person, your family member, relative, a friend or neighbor, perhaps from what they see in you and how you live by example and that person could influence another then more and more people would be aware, learn and develop environment friendly habits. No act is too small that it couldn't affect change in the world. Everything starts from small beginnings before they grow into larger scale. That is how each one of us should continue to save Mother Earth.

Comments

I admit. As you said, earth is healing now. All ecological problems are cause by humans only. In this covid-19 environment is happy.

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@Deniz You laid all your good thoughts about this matter. I do agree that some problems are man-made. If this coronavirus is created by humans, then they need to solve this with all their might. Most of us knew that the culprit of causing this is still in the denial stage. They should take the responsibility seriously.

Answer 2

Yes due to the pandemic as almost all the countries followed to have a lockdown, we have witnessed that our nature has been healing during this pandemic.

The air is clear, also it has been studied that due to lockdown all over the world, the carbon dioxide emission has almost reduced by around 4% in 2020 which is the largest reduction in the emission since world war 2. 

Also greenery has increased, problems like climate change, global warming, ozone depletion are getting healed and these are good news for our nature. 

I hope that this coronavirus goes very soon and we get to our normal life but at the same time we must not forget to save our environment, to take care of our nature.  

Comments

Despite the healing process of the Mother Earth, we still hope for the cure. It will become a win-win situation if people will be disciplined to protect the environment and themselves. I doubt it if they can sustain in contributing to air pollutants.

Answer 3

Because of the pademic COVID-19 we go a lot of negative impact. Beside of that also there are some positive impact this pademic especially for the enviroment. The considerable decline in planned travel has caused  many regions to experience a large drop air polution. In china, lockdowns and other measure resulted in a 25 % reduction in carbon emissions and 50% reduction in nitrogen oxides emissions, which one earth system scientist estimated may have saved at least 77000 lives over two months.

Comments

It is like balancing the ecosystem. Both the environment and humans are healing. For the environment, it heals because people stop the wrongdoings and people are trying to keep fit as much as possible. 

Answer 4

I noticed that each seasons are at the extremes for example during raining season we have more rainfall cutting in into the dry season, and same with spring, fall and autumn, this befalls on man to do something about climate change so at least the environment can be restored. 

Comments

I can tell that you had noticed the differences before the lockdown. Now, we can see the real beauty of the Earth.

Answer 5

Examples of these global environmental changes include climate change, freshwater shortages, loss of biodiversity (with consequent changes to functioning of ecosystems), and exhaustion of fisheries.

Answer 6

It is true that mother earth has been destroyed by  human activities which when we retrace back, we can revive the planet earth such as reforestation, avoidance of pollution, population control and protection of our ecosystem. 

Answer 7

It seems that we are into having a new life with the new environment with the usage of face masks and the like. I hope that this coronavirus will be gone soon.

Answer 8

The environment has been changing ever since the planet was created. It is now that these changes are started to effect humans in a very negative way.

I feel there are things that we can do to avoid many of these changes. Move out of flood areas, do not live below sea level, and move from areas where there are fires every year.

The key is to minimize the risk and learn to live within the changes.

Answer 9

There are many ways in which we can continue to save mother Earth. We can donate money, time, and resources to organizations such as Earth Hour or the Global Zero Programme. We can help recycle and compost. We can support local communities in their efforts to conserve and manage their environment. We can talk to our children about the importance of saving mother Earth and why not. We can buy green clothes and buy Earth Hour tickets as an act of eco-conscious living.

Answer 10

There are many ways in which we can help save mother Earth. We can help by using our skills and resources. We can also help by being environmentally responsible. We can also help by providing resources and advice to others.

Answer 11

There are no guarantees in the world, but one thing we can be sure of is that the Earth is getting closer and closer to being used up. We are seeing not only the use of resources more rapidly, but also thereditary of it.Mother Earth is getting closer and closer to being used up, and we are seeing the use of resources more rapidly. For example, we are seeing more and more bebels and cigarettes. We are also seeing the use of less and less water. We are seeing the use of less and less air, and we are seeing the Earth become more and more cold.

Answer 12

Polluting environment has greatly affected live of living organisms causing drought and famine making it for plants to survive hence ending up with no food .