1. Develop a list of the three (3) most significant environmental issues facing the world.
a. Climate change
b. Overpopulation
c. Loss of Biodiversity
2. For each issue, discuss in detail, using facts, why it is one of the three (3) most
significant environmental issues facing the world.
a. Climate change: This is by far the most discussed and most significant
environmental issue facing our planet. Changing climate patterns not only cause
disruption in the form of larger temperature variations, they also lead to increased
risks of drought, famine, flooding as well as forest fires. Melting of snow caps as
well as glaciers and continental ice sheets can lead to sea level rise, which would
correspond to global loss of habitat for coastal ecosystems as well as human
