The effects of global warming and polluting activities of human beings are increasingly worrisome. Yet despite this irreparable environmental damage, many people refuse to open their eyes. The site “Population Speak Out” has decided to show the harsh reality behind these ecological tragedies. So they gathered unbelievable and shocking photographs in a book available for free on the Internet and that will definitely make you think about the fate of the Earth.
99% of the Willamette National Forest in Oregon is deforested
A landscape full of garbage in Bangladesh
The largest excavator in the world that extracts coal from the Hambach Tagebau mine in Germany
Our electronic waste usually end up in Third World countries. Here, computers pollute Accra, Ghana
The Tar-rich area in Canada, destroyed by mining and toxic waste
A huge melting iceberg near an island of Svalbard in Norway
The Indonesian forest turned into palm plantation
The Yellow River in Mongolia is so polluted that it is impossible to breathe next to it
A fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico which took place in April 2010
Part of the Amazon forest burned to use land
Maldives flooded due to global warming and human actions. It will be submerged in 50 years.
The largest diamond mine in the world formed a huge hole in Russia
An albatross killed by the massive ingestion of plastics in Midway
The oil fields of Kern River, California, operated since 1899
A landscape covered with greenhouses in Almeria, Spain
A full wave of rubbish on the most populated island in the world, Java, Indonesia
There are 20 million people in Mexico City
With these pictures, we become fully aware of the devastating effects caused by our lifestyle, throughout the world. In writing, these pictures have upset us. It is hoped that the book “Overdevelopment, overpopulation, excess, ” will illustrate the catastrophic state of Earth. Are you aware of the impact of human actions on the environment?