Essay on modernization and its effects on environment
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Modernisation is a complex concept. It can be seen in almost every aspect of human life; from the field of forestry to agriculture, from transport to technology, from food to industry- the world has experienced a complete overhaul in modern era through the process of modernisation.
However, modernisation is not all sound and fury about the development of human lifestyle. It has other significant consequences as well, and some of them are bleak enough, and the list starts with the effect, indeed ill effects, of modernisation on the environment. It has exploited Mother Earth to satisfy its hunger and for that our surrounding environment is suffering a lot.
Modernization began with the rapid development of urbanization. We can suggest that urbanization and modernization have become synonymous in the last few decades and urbanization has resulted in a massive cutting down of trees to allocate a rising population. The result is at hand. An enormous amount of deforestation is taking place every day just to fulfill the need of free lands where new cities, new industrial areas can be developed, where the footprints of modernism can leave a mark. Deforestation has caused problems like global warming which is the most pressing environmental concern at the moment.
The rising temperature has caused the slow melting of icebergs, and people look with awe at the pictures taken at the two poles of Earth which suggest the rapid decrease of ice layers. Many places are getting flooded for this; some people need to stay in skyscrapers which are built on forestlands, and their life is at risk. Not only that but also the excess cutting down of trees has created a mess in the natural season cycle. Even Sahara desert experienced rain sometimes, but now the rain is ‘technologically’ produced in Sahara. Human beings have excelled so much technically that we can even produce rain now. We have devastated our natural season cycle just to satisfy our hunger for emerging as the most intelligent animal. Living contented in a high-rise without a pleasant weather will surely not be a desirable thing, but human beings are not aware of the consequences of its own actions.
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