The world environment has been facing the worst phase of
climatic turmoil since its evolution. It is deteriorating day by day and is
also affecting the million flora and fauna’s lives, including the humans. Yet we
have no concerns for saving our planet.
A recent report developed by a group of researchers showed
that the glacier that used to be huge as mountains are now shrinking faster at
an alarming rate. And by few years ahead, they believe that the human race will
be able to see land in the extreme northern continent. This is going to create
havoc by raising the ocean level and flooding many megacities, as most of them
are located near the coast.
Since few years, the phenomenon of global warming has slowed
down, which has led to mend in the mind of many layman that we are no more
polluting the environment to that extent as we did before. But alas! Here’s an
eye-opener for them. The earth’s surface is mostly covered with water. The
ocean acts as an excellent carbon sink as carbon dioxide has higher affinity
towards water molecules, hence gets trapped by the water and gets converted to
carbonic acid. May be due to this reason, the global warming effect is less
observed, but nowhere we have reduced the intensity of the pollution. Due to
higher concentration of CO2 in water, this has resulted in low oxygen
availability in ocean water causing death of aquatic animals as well as plants.
This will not only affect these living organisms, but also the livelihood of
those individuals who depend on fishing. This has also resulted in increased
algal bloom in many reasons of the world. Recently, this problem has become
prominent in the Mediterranean ocean, where the algal bloom can also be seen
from the satellite images and is rapidly spreading towards Indian Ocean.
Every individual has a role to play in saving his/her
planet. No govt. or organization can do this on their
own. Environmental protection needs to be a collaborative effort.
