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Enviromental change

Since the earth is a complete ecosystem (a collection of living things and the environment in which they live) it is impossible to describe the environmental change without mentioning all the corollary factors which function within that system.

Therefore, environmental change must encompass climatic change, the reduction of fauna and flora, the condition of the seas, the state of the air (breathable atmosphere and well as other layers such as the ozone layer), un-natural substances within the system (pollutants) and their affect on living things, as well as prognosis of what these changes mean.

To be correct, the earth is a changing place anyway, with natural changes in weather, and other factors that have determined the fate of living matter on the planet.

There have been natural ice ages, warm periods, catastrophic events that made drastic changes to the ecosystem and the planet in general, as well as periods of slow and evolutionary calm.

Today we are in a rapid state of flux, and the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat has become infected with the byproducts of our advancing civilizations. There is not a single area in the world now pollutant- free; including Antarctica or the top of Mt. Everest.

The seas are rising, the polar caps melting (at an alarming rate) and agricultural areas are going through changes not seen before; both in temperature and rain fall statistics.

These are the measures of environmental change, and their study (including those of our habits) can reveal the necessary steps needed to protect and live in harmony with our environment.