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What is jeopardizing life on land? - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Air pollution particles eventually fall back to Earth. Air pollution can directly contaminate the surface of bodies of water and soil. This can kill crops or reduce their yield. It can kill young trees and other plants.
      - Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide particles in the air, can create acid rain when they mix with water and oxygen in the atmosphere. These air pollutants come mostly from coal-fired power plants and motor vehicles. When acid rain falls to Earth, it damages plants by changing soil composition; degrades water quality in rivers, lakes and streams; damages crops; and can cause buildings and monuments to decay.
    - - When we breathe in air pollutants, they can enter our bloodstream and contribute to coughing or itchy eyes and cause or worsen many breathing and lung diseases, leading to hospitalizations, cancer, or even premature death.
- - - - Human activities
      - Increased the risk of fires
      - Overexploitation of natural resources
      - Poor agricultural practices
      - Bad livestock practices
    - - Loss of biodiversity
      - Food insecurity
      - loss of vegetation cover
      - Increased risk of zoonotic diseases, such as COVID-19.
      - Loss of forest cover
      - loss of aquifers.