Many plants and animals lose their habitat, they may die out or become extinct.

They can use pollution-control devices called scrubbers on their smokestacks.

They damage forests and crops and eat away at buildings, bridges, and statues.

The erosion of land

National parks help protect forests and animals that live there.

oil, coal, natural gas...

in the biosphere of Earth / On the land and water on Earth

Make the water, air, and land around them dirty

plowing fields, mining, building highways, deforestation

Sulfuric and nitric acids

The places where most of our trash goes.

CO2

Every day, about 100 plant and animal species are lost to deforestation. About 50% of the Earth’s species will vanish within the next 100 years.