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The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel made a statement about the upcoming impacts of climate change. According to Jonathan Watts, of The Guardian, reports that "hundreds of millions of people may be irreversibly imperiled by droughts, flooding, extreme heat and increased poverty in the decades to come." They are different types of contributors that make the environment the way it is, including air pollution and water pollution.

Water Pollution

Plastic causes creatures to get caught in it, oil and trash gather up and is consumed by fish, killing most of the sea life.

Harmful gases are introduced into earth’s atmosphere, having the ability to cause lung cancer or other deadly diseases.

Air Pollution

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By Montse Moran

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