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Scientists have recently reported that the polar ice-caps are melting. This is due to the gradual rise in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere known as the “Greenhouse Effect”.  According to Melvin Calvin, who won a Nobel Prize for earlier research, the carbon di –oxide is primarily responsible for temperature in atmosphere. The carbon di- oxide is given off when coal and oil are burnd.  This gas is accumulating in the atmosphere and causing temperature to rise. As a result, the ice covering the North and South poles is melting and may eventually lead to a rise in sea levels which could flood many areas of the world. Even if we take measures to stop the ice melting, it may take years to control the rise in sea levels. “ The Greenhouse Effect “ is just one of many fundamental changes which are taking place in the environment. The total area of the world’s deserts is increasing every year. Many species of animals and plants are endangered with the threat of extinction.

In presenting the results of Global 2000 “ Edmund Muski says that world population growth, the degradation of the inhabitants of the world.  If  the people of the world do not act quickly and decisively to protect the environment, this will soon become uninhabitable.