environment

Environment
the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates:
survival in an often hostile environment
[usually with modifier] the setting or conditions in which a particular activity is carried on:
a good learning environment
[with modifier] Computing the overall structure within which a user, computer, or program operates:
a desktop developmentenvironment
2 (the environment) the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity:
the impact of pesticides on the environment
medio ambiente
el entorno o las condiciones en que una persona, un animal o planta vive y opera:
supervivencia en un entorno a menudo hostil
[por lo general con el modificador] el ajuste o condiciones en lasque una determinada actividad se realiza en:
un buen ambiente de aprendizaje
[con el modificador] Cálculo de la estructura general dentro del cual un usuario, un equipo o programa opera:
un entorno de desarrollo de escritorio
2 (medio ambiente) del mundo natural, en su conjunto o en una zona geográfica determinada, especialmente en lo que afecta a la actividad humana:
el impacto de lospesticidas en el medio ambiente
threats
The following are the top ten threats to the environment and our way of life.

--Climate Change – It’s been pretty well determined that climate change is real and man has played a pivotal role in it’s development. Over the past 100 years, the average global temperature has risen 1.6 degrees. This might mean much to a lot of people, but considering thetemperature has only risen 8 degrees from the height of the ice age until the industrial revolution, a time spanning over 10,000 years, that is a very significant change. With a change in global temperatures, comes changes in weather patterns, natural disaster, rising sea levels, rising acid levels, and a change in oceanic currents.
--Deforestation – They say it’s not a problem. It will grow back. Theysay it, but it never does. Millions of acres clear cut and burned. Entire ecosystems, plants, cures. All destroyed for your Wendy’s Value Meal. I hope it was worth it, because there is no longer any biodiversity ad nothing to protect the land, it is slowly becoming desert.
--Though everyone claims to recycle, no one really does. I can walk down my street and around my neighborhood any givengarbage day and never see the blue boxes at the side of the road. The Great Pacific Garbage patch is a great example of what we can do if we simply don’t put our minds to something
--Loss of biodiversity – We all have our place. From the honey bee to the honey badger, to the Green Zebra Tomato. There’s a delicate balance in nature. When something becomes extinct that should have been preserved, wecould be in trouble.
--Rising Sea Levels – Read Climate Change. I like to swim, I just don’t want it to be my way of life
--Air Pollution – There are times in specific places around the country and around the world in which you’re not supposed to go outside because the carbon levels are too high. I like to breath, and so do all the other animals
--Oceanic Dead Zones – With the combination ofclimate change, and pollution, acid levels are going up, oxygen is going down. Coral reefs die, and so does the biodiversity. We have a dead zone
--Population Growth – At 7 billion people, we’re creating too much waste. We’re causing every other issue on this list
--Depletion of Natural Resources – Oil, Natural gas, Coal, none are sustainable. As we push the CO2 emissions into the air, we’redepleting what we have.
--Overgrazing – Methane from cattle produces a huge portion of greenhouse gasses. The grazing is also causing Deforestation.
Amenazas
Las siguientes son las diez principales amenazas para el medio ambiente y nuestra forma de vida.

Cambio Climático - Ha sido muy bien determinado que el cambio climático es real y que el hombre ha jugado un papel fundamental en su desarrollo ....