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COVID-19 and the Environment

Effect of Coronavirus on the Environment The pandemic in the world due to coronavirus has affected people’s health and taken away many lives. Due to COVID-19 our whole country is stuck, As a result of this fewer people are on the road and on the move. COVID-19 resulted in a scare to the whole world and has drastically changed the world we live in. It will also change the environment greatly due to the fact that many people aren’t using cars as much as they used to, and many factories are also shut down reducing the pollution and bad emissions in the air. In a way this pandemic has been a blessing in disguise for the environment because it gets a chance to replace a lot of carbon dioxide in the air while less of it is produced.  Even though this pandemic is positive for the environment in some ways it also can create problems. Due to more people staying home, more fossil fuels will be used causing a reduction in the availability of resources for the future generations. This ...

Actions to Preserve the Environment

Actions to Preserve the Environment The environment around us is often taken for granted by people around the world. As we speak the world is slowly warming up due to the increased emissions and use of fossil fuels. Pollution and waste of energy in many countries is aiding global warming further. Together we need to create awareness around the world to help prevent global warming and depletion of natural resources for future generations. There are many courses of action that we can take to prevent this from happening.  First, we need to learn to conserve as much energy as possible, and if feasible we can use renewable resources like solar energy, wind energy, and hydropower instead of burning fossil fuels and nonrenewable resources.  Secondly we need to stop using coal and natural gas as the main source of energy instead we can turn to the renewable resources available.  Thirdly we need to preserve nature as they counter what we do. We breathe in o...