How is the environment important to us?
It underpins our economy, our society, indeed our very existence. Our forests, rivers, oceans and soils provide us with the food we eat, the air we breathe, the water we irrigate our crops with. We also rely on them for numerous other goods and services we depend on for our health, happiness and prosperity.
What are 5 things we get from the environment?
Five basic needs of human beings from the environment are oxygen, water, food, shelter and warmth. We get these from the planet on which we live. We get water from the rain which fills our lakes, rivers and creeks and which we store in dams, reservoirs and water tanks.
What are the 5 major impacts humans have on the environment?
The five major impacts humans have on the environment include deforestation, global warming, overharvesting, pollution, and agriculture. These have contributed to vast species extinctions, incremental and continuous rises in the sea level, and record setting hot temperatures in the earth's greenhouse atmosphere.