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Geographic thought enjoyed a resurgence in Europe in the seventeenth century, inspired by exploits of European explorers to establish trading routes and gain control of resources elsewhere in the world.

All living things on our planet need water and oxygen to survive. Plants need carbon dioxide as well. Most living things we know cannot survive extreme temperatures, nor can they live long if exposed to large doses of the sun’s ultraviolet radiation.

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is one of the key agreements adopted during the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.

The industrial revolution has drastically changed the relationship between man and the nature. Due to this, it is opined by environmentalists and experts that, by the year 2100, human activities will have changed almost all the essential conditions that have allowed life to thrive on earth.