Environmental Issues and it's Effect on Health and Nature

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​Environmental issues are defined as harmful effects to Earth and its natural systems due to the actions of humans. Although climate change can also occur from natural causes, human behavior has led to an increase in greenhouse emissions.

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​Aside from logging (legal or illegal) other causes are forest fires , "kaingin" (slash and burn agriculture) and mining operations.

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​While floods take some time, usually from 12 to 24 hours or even longer, to develop after the occurrence of intense rainfall, there is a particular type which develops after no more than six hours and, frequently, after an even less time. These are what are known as Flash Floods.

​is the release of substances into bodies of water that makes water unsafe for human use and disrupts aquatic ecosystems.

​In the Philippines, air pollution has become one of the biggest health emergencies, recording a total of 45.3 deaths for every 100,000 people due to air pollution-the third-highest in the world, based on the 2018 WHO study.

​Those deaths are tied to fine particulate matter in polluted air that penetrate deep into our lungs and cardiovascular systems, increasing the risk of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, like asthma, and respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, and also impacting our cognitive abilities in one way or another.

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