Question

What is an example of environmental change?

Answer 1

Environmental change:

1. The change or the disturbance in the environment due to natural and man-made activities is known as environmental change.
2. Volcanic eruptions are one of the natural causes of environmental change.
3. The environmental change occurs due to human activities such as deforestation, mining, burning of fossil fuels etc.

Example of environmental change is global warming:

1. The phenomenon by which the temperature of the earth gradually rises is called global warming.
2. Main cause of global warming is the emission of greenhouse gases such as CO_{2 ,} methane etc.
3. Deforestation, burning of fossil fuels, etc. causes release of CO2 into the atmosphere
4. Greenhouse gases absorb solar radiation and warm the planet.