Earth is facing an environmental crisis on a scale unprecedented in human history. This crisis is due to high levels of human pain, and if it continues, human life on the planet will disappear. People often say that the reason the world is in its current state is because there are too many people or because of modern technology. The growth of global pollution has led to increasing pressure on the world's natural resources, including air, water, land and raw materials; and modern societies have generated an increasing demand for the use of industrial chemicals. The use of chemicals has brought great benefits in raising the standard of living, bringing convenience to human life and improving the environment. But if chemicals continue to be used in large quantities, the impacts on the environment and human health will become worrisome. Today we understand much better the mechanisms that determine how chemical substances are transported and transformed in the environment and what their impact is on the environment and human health. This essay will discuss the causes and effects of global environmental issues; and who is responsible for solving them and how. One of the biggest problems the world faces is environmental pollution. Over the years it is increasing and causing serious and irreparable damage to the earth. It consists of five types of pollution: air, water, soil, noise and light. By far, air pollution is the most harmful form of environmental pollution. It is caused by harmful smoke emitted by cars, buses, trucks, trains and factories. Evidence of increased air pollution can be seen in asthma, lung cancer, allergies and various respiratory problems. Even the most natural phenomenon of migratory birds has...... middle of paper......nt to solve these environmental problems. Works Cited Global Warming Melts Last Stable of Greenland's Zachariae Ice Stream [Internet]. ABC News. Available from: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-17/global-warming-melts-greenland-ice-sheet/5324848.html [Accessed 17 March 2014].Johannes C. Laube, Mike J. Newland, Christopher Hogan, Carl AM Brenninkmeijer, Paul J. Fraser, Patricia Martinerie, David E. Oram, Claire E. Reeves, Thomas Rockmann, Jackob Schwander, Emmanuel Witrant, William T. Sturges. Ozone depleting substances recently detected in the atmosphere. Nature Geoscience, 2014.Brown, Donald A. The ethical dimensions of global environmental issues (2001) [Internet]. 130 Daedalus, Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 59; Winder Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-54. Available from: http://ssrn.com/abstract=230439