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Industrialization and the Environment:

Industrialization's impact on the environment or the effect of the Industrial Revolution on the environment includes pollution, biodiversity changes, global climate ,. Industrialization's impact would be observed as any environmental effects after 1760 that involve the use of large-scale mechanation or the collection of resources to fuel industrial means of production. .

Biodiversity Crisis:

It was found, in the 1980s, that global biodiversity was in a critical state. The rate of extinction rests at about the levels of a 6th mass extinction, the 5th being 65 MYA. . In North America it has been recorded that more than a third of birds are in threat of extinction and that, since the 50s, 30% of bird species have become extinct. . Not only birds face this crisis. According to an analysis of 20,000 animal species in North America, approximately 30% are at risk of extinction. 

Air Quality and Biodiversity:

The emissions created by industrial settings are thought, with near-certainty, to be a cause of declining biodiversity. In England 15% of species are threatened with extinction and 41% have seen a decline in population since the 1970s--an "unavoidable factor" in this is the air pollution that causes acidification. Industrial agriculture is the cause of 88% of ammonia emissions, ammonia emissions are a cause of acidification. 

Water Quality and Biodiversity:

In coastal regions, industrial plants account for a large part of aquatic pollution. A study in 1992 found that, in Greater Cairo, the industrial facilities accounted for 35% of the industrial activity but were responsible for 40% of the heavy metals dumped in the water. . In the present day nearly 700 species of animals are caught in plastic fibers that float in the ocean. Additionally, fish have been recorded to swallow 12,000 to 24,000 tonnes of plastic in the oceans anually. It is estimated that 15-51 trillion pieces of plastic pollute the Earth's oceans. . In the European Union 38% of water bodies are under direct pressure from agriculture. In the United States the main source of water pollution in rivers and streams is agriculture, second for wetlands and the third for lakes. Agricultural systems have shown no signs of relenting, with an ever-expanding human population estimated to be 9.8 billion by 2050. 

Deforestation and Biodiversity:

In 2019 there were 11.9 million hectares of rainforest deforested. Industrialized deforestation, in that year, was the cause of 1.8 gigatonnes of CO2 emmisions. . The impacts on biodiversity have been notable; tropical rainforests harbour roughly half of all the species of life on Earth. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Deforestation] Because deforestation for farming, many species of flora and fauna have gone extinct from global forests, some examples include the Spix's Macaw, Mount Glorious Torrent Frog and Cryptic Treehunter. A root cause of deforestation is the want for exotic oils and crops; palm oil farming is a major cause of deforestation. 31% percent of palm oil crops come from where natural rainforest once stood in South America, in Southeast Asia this number rises to 45%-- both of these areas were recorded to have forests in 1989. Habitat fragmentation and removal of forests have caused many species to become endangered.