The effect of technology in our environment is very obvious and one of which is the climate change all over the world. There is also a destruction in global warming, animal and plant extinction, and higher tendency of diseases to spread.
Our weather is getting unpredictable. Summers are now very hot and winters are becoming chiller unlike before that it is bearable. This makes the normal lives tougher than the usual. These changes in our environment are mainly caused by excessive heat generation, pollution, excess reliance on gadgets, and inactive life habits. There are many effects that the advancement of technology has done to our environment. You might have done or contributed in one of these causes without you knowing it. Here are some of these effects of technology in our environment: 1. Travel Increase –We often travel into places sometimes. However, with travelling we directly contribute in air pollution. We go on travels with our own cars even though it’s a long ride which causes us to produce more pollution.Because of the advancement in technology, we can go from one place to another easily. This is actually a great thing however, there is a great risk for us human and our environment. The pollution produced from these travels is enormous. It is in air, water and even noise form of pollution. These pollutions could cause health dangers. 2. Excessive power consumption –Due to the rapid advancement in our technology, we often consume large amount of power. We use technology in almost all places now –school, work place, remote places or at home. we are very attached to our gadgets, televisions, smartphones. Etc. We tend to do some stuffs in our gadgets especially in our smartphones we often use Samsung firmware to update our systems and many more. That’s what make us use more electricity thus generating more power from nuclear plants. 3. Generation of wastes –Because of the rapid advancement in our technology, we generate more wastes. For example because of a new trend in some areas in technology like computers, we tend to throw or put into waste our old stuffs for new one. We didn’t know that these old stuffs that we throw can also cause harm to us and can harm our environment. 4. Excessive gadget use –many people nowadays cannot live without holding their gadgets from time to time. They need internet connection all the time to do the stuffs they want with their gadget. However, what we don’t know is that these wireless technology can cause radiation exposure that could lead to some health problems. 5. Deforestation –In the name of technological advancement, widespread deforestation was made. Because of the need of more space and machinery, the environment suffers –which isn’t good because environment relies on us and vice versa we rely on it too. We shouldn’t take for granted what our technology can do. It is better that while our technology is advancing, we are also taking care of our environment. This is for the better future and a better living.
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