A discussion on 'Environmental protection and conservation' was conducted by the school environment club in Rahul's school. The main point which arose was that the environment is undergoing severe degradation.
Which of the following do you think is/are responsible for the alarming rate of environmental degradation?
Global warming, enhanced greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion etc. are the major causes of environmental degradation.
Greenhouse effect is a process that occurs when gases like carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, CFCs etc. in the Earth's atmosphere trap the Sun's heat.
Global warming is defined as the gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate.
Ozone layer depletion is caused due to damage in stratospheric ozone by CFCs and HCFCs used as refrigerants, aerosols and propellants. This prevents the blocking of harmful UV radiations that reach the Earth.