Answer: Plastic Pollution
In 1950, the world produced more than 2 million tons of plastic per year. By 2015, this annual production swelled to 419 million tons and exacerbating plastic waste in the environment.
A report by science journal, Nature, determined that currently, roughly 11 million tons of plastic make its way into the oceans every year, harming wildlife habitats and the animals that live in them. The research found that if no action is taken, the plastic crisis will grow to 29 million metric tons per year by 2040. If we include microplastics into this, the cumulative amount of plastic in the ocean could reach 600 million tons by 2040.
Shockingly, National Geographic found that 91% of all plastic that has ever been made is not recycled, representing not only one of the biggest environmental problems of our lifetime, but another massive market failure. Considering that plastic takes 400 years to decompose, it will be many generations until it ceases to exist. There’s no telling what the irreversible effects of plastic pollution will have on the environment in the long run.
It protects us from harmful UV rays from the sun.
The use of mechanized farming techniques is well suited to geographic areas that c. have large expanses of flat land. Regions such as the Canadian Prairies is a large expanse of flat land and as such easily supports mechanization in planting crops such as wheat. Mechanization in agriculture would be hampered in areas that experience frequent flooding as equipment could get stuck in mud or suffer other water damage.
The economic health of Egypt will be affected by its population as (B) it will need to grow its economy faster than its population. As the population grows, with increasing birth rates, the economy needs to grow bigger in order to support the food, work and health needs of the populous.
