Wonderless World?!

Human beings have been so much blessed. God provided us everything that we need. The luscious vegetation, the clear and refreshing water, the energy-giving sunlight and everything! The world that we are dwelling is just full of wonders!
Reading Reader’s Digest is one of my favorite pastimes. One of the articles of the January 2007 issue got the curiosity in me. Why is it entitled as such? Isn’t the earth wonderful and magnificent? So, I continued reading the article to satisfy my urge. The exact item is as follows:
RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW
WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY
WONDERLESS
WORLD
See these places
before they fall off
the face of the earth
The six wonders of the world disappearing before our eyes, as selected by Wish magazine.
Kauai’s North Shore, Hawaii
High-rise buildings are encroaching on this previously unspoilt coastline.
The Maldives, Indian Ocean
Global warming may drown 1190 beautiful islands that sit just one meter above sea level.
Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Just 20 percent of the imposing peak’s original glaciers remain, due to rising temperatures. No new snow is accumulating on the top.
Highlands, Iceland
Untouched highland landscapes, from windswept rocky meadows to deep blood-red canyons, are being drowned by Europe’s biggest dam project.
The Three Gorges, China
A great wall of water will soon flood China’s grandest canyons as the world’s largest hydropower station and dam is built.
Bioluminescent Bays, Puerto Rico
Sediment from coastal construction and diesel fuels from tour boats threatens to extinguish this stunning night-time glow.
Now I know why the article is entitled as such. It talks about an issue concerning us all, the deterioration of some of the wonders of the world caused by human activities. The development of human civilization has been an advantage for all. There exists new technology, with discoveries and inventions. Yet, the industrialization of nations can have bad effects to the environment.
Global warming is just one of the serious environmental deterioration. Global warming is the increase in temperature of the earth. It is caused by existence of too much greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases come from the burning of fossil fuels and other substances that emit carbon dioxide and other gases to the earth’s atmosphere.
The ill effects of global warming are the melting of ice caps, raising the water level, and then flooding some parts of the earth. The issue about global warming was discussed at the UPVCC Conference Hall. The said forum was entitled, “Forum on the preservation and deterioration arrest of the environment.”
The said event was divided into two parts. That includes the film showing of “An Inconvenient Truth”, and the open forum itself. The film shown was about Al Gore’s (vice president under Bill Clinton and a presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the US, Turque, Bill) exploration on the impact of global warming. In this film, he talked about the causes of global warming, how to prevent it from worsening, and how humans are affected by this phenomenon. The next part of the convention is the open forum. In this part, students had the opportunity to ask questions regarding environmental concerns. In this way, UP students would not be ignorant when it comes to environmental issues and at he same time, we will be able to help in preventing the worsening of global warming.
As one of the students present in the forum, I realized a lot of things. Human beings are the ones that are destroying the environment. But, the human beings are the only creatures that can solve this issue. And, as a human being, I should have done something to prevent worst things from happening.
Truly, the world is fully-equipped with wonders and beauty. But it’s sad to know that that these God-given attractions have been destroyed by men.