Dr.rer.nat. D.Enkhbat, Mongolian University of Science and Technology The impact of human lifestyle on the environment and ecology of the planet Earth Dr.rer.nat. D.Enkhbat, Mongolian University of Science and Technology Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 20th November 2017

CONTENT THE PLANET EARTH AS OASIS FOR LIFE THE CHALLENGES OF HUMANITY THE CAUSES FOR THE CRISIS THE SOLUTION

THE PLANET EARTH AS OASIS FOR LIFE https://www.pinterest.com/pin/500181102338066166/

THE PLANET EARTH AS OASIS FOR LIFE

THE CHALLENGES OF HUMANITY Climate change and Global warming Water pollution and water scarcity Desertification and soil degradiation Biodiversity loss Melting of polar icecaps and glaciers Diseases Natural disasters

THE IMPACTS OF GLOBAL WARMING

Gravity Satellite Ice Sheet Mass Measurements Greenland Ice Sheet Antarctic Ice Sheet Source: Velicogna, I. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L19503, doi:10.1029/2009GL040222, 2009.

Flooding of Low-Lying Coastal Areas Source: U.S. National Assessment, 2000.

Breakoff of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

But our work is far from done But our work is far from done. Humans are behind the current rate of species extinction, which is at least 100–1,000 times higher than nature intended.

The causes for the crisis are described in the following books.

Nr.01 Meat consumption Carbon footprint

Water footprint

Meat Consumption and Cancer Risk The World Health Organization has determined that dietary factors account for at least 30 percent of all cancers in Western countries and up to 20 percent in developing countries. When cancer researchers started to search for links between diet and cancer, one of the most noticeable findings was that people who avoided meat were much less likely to develop the disease. Large studies in England and Germany showed that vegetarians were about 40 percent less likely to develop cancer compared to meat eaters.1-3

BE VEGAN, MAKE PEACE