Evaluation:
Published: 14.11.2002.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Dramatic Effect of Gas Pollution on the Environment', 1.
  • Essays 'Dramatic Effect of Gas Pollution on the Environment', 2.
Extract

Our planet can be considered globally as a living organism in which each single part interacts with the others in an extremely delicate way. Human activities, which often alter this equilibrium, lead to a homeostatic reaction that tends to re-establish the loss (or missing) equilibrium by eliminating all the perturbant elements. Actually, Earth's atmosphere has never been unchangeable: its composition, temperature and auto-depuration ability have continuously fluctuated since the planet's formation. …

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