What is the Environment?

What is the environment?

The environment has become a source of controversy among people, due to climate change and its effects since a long time ago, until recent decades have witnessed an accelerating pace of these effects. Man and his health are no longer far from the destruction of nature, and the air pollutants, water corruption, and other negative effects that befell it, after human activity increased in the modern era, as he built factories and used combustion materials in engines that infect his lungs with black clouds that cause him endless diseases. These reasons have made the environment a very important topic, not only among specialists, but among all people around the world.

If you look around you, you will see this nature consisting of air, water, plants, and creatures, and these componentsCollectively, they influence each other, and this influence – or interconnection – is collectively called: the environment. Based on this, we can say: The environment – in the sense that we presented – has no human intervention in it, and despite this, he is required to preserve it and develop its resources.

But, what are the basic elements that make up the environment around us? We can summarize this into three elements:

The first– The physical element, which is represented by the Earth’s topography, geographical features, water bodies, and soil.

The second– The biological element, we see it in humans and plants, and we touch it in every living creature.

Last– The cultural element, which is those characteristics shaped by humans through economic and social factors.

And alsoThe elements of the environment are divided into two branches: living elements, such as humans, plants, and animals, and non-living elements, such as water, air, climate, soil, and minerals. All of these elements are governed by food chains. Plants, for example, are the most important environmental element among these elements. Because these plants work to purify the air from carbon dioxide gases, through a process called photosynthesis. Thus increasingthe release of oxygenon which all living organisms depend.

Therefore, causing any harm to non-living elements – such as water and air – will affect the living elements, the first of which is humans. This means that the elements of the environment are a multilateral network, and it is not enough to understand the environment to look at one party without another. So that the entire planetenjoys a sustainable environment.

Another matter is that the environment – in its previous sense -It is governed by what is called theecosystem. To simplify this scientific fact, we must realize that man is part of a complex system, and this system affects him through society. This means that all the effects and phenomena that result from the environment cannot be addressed except by looking at three relationships: man, environment, and society.

Here is a question: If man is the cause of the destruction of the environment, how can he be asked to preserve it and become a way to get rid of its negative effects and the destruction that has been caused to it?

We can achieve this equation by increasing awareness of environmental issues in school curricula from childhood. Not only that, but we must build systems that can provide correct environmental information, and use the media – and similar social devices – to disseminate this information, as well as byPrivate institutionsTheir societal role in eliminating negative environmental impacts.

Here we come to the most harmful effects and environmental changes on humans and organisms, which is the disruption ofbiological diversity; This is caused by the population explosion, and the subsequent excessive consumption of natural resources! According to this, official reports indicated that about one million species – plants and animals – face the risk of extinction due to man and his actions harmful to the environment, including: the expansion of the use of fertile lands in industry, in addition to excessive fishing, and unjust hunting.

Also,Water degradationis considered a severely damaging environmental impact, as freshwater consumption is a major component of this degradation. Therefore, it is considered fresh waterA very important resource, because the planet Earth – and everything on it – depends on this water. It transports minerals and materials necessary for life, and works to grow plants and maintain the life of animals.

And the third of these damages,Wastewater, which is liquid waste, caused by residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural areas. Its harmful effect on the environment and humans is that it contains millions of bacterial species, such asSalmonella bacteria.

At the end of the article,Earth Guards Magazineemphasizes this paramount importance of the environment around us, and the extent of the role of humans and community institutions in preserving it and developing its resources, as well as preserving its biological wealth, and taking care of all of this through effective, responsible management.