Environmental issues are issues related to human impact on the living environment, habitats, land use and natural resources. It is a very popular topic in DSE paper 2 and 4. We summarized a list of useful vocabulary of environment-related topics.
1. Deteriorate
Ever since people have utilized natural resources, environmental quality has started to deteriorate.
2. Fuel-efficient vehicles
And we can get neutral on our energy by getting more fuel-efficient cars.
3. Domestic waste sorting
With the developing of economic, the environmental crisis has been brought to us, and domestic waste sorting has become a hot topic.
4. Irremediable damage
Over exploitation of natural resources will impose irremediable damage to earth.
5. Desertification
If we continue to destroy forests, land desertification will be an inevitable result.
6. Deforestation
It is widely acknowledged that extensive deforestation would lead to flooding.
7. Industrial effluent
Industrial effluent often causes a problem to people’s health.
8. Species loss
The loss of species and wildlife have caused so many environmental imbalances.
