IELTS vocabulary – the environment

Negative changes to the world weather patterns

Soil and land pollution as as desertification

energy resources like gas and oil

an increase in temperature all-over the world, as a result of greenhouse effect

an event like an earthquake, hurricane etc

Rain which is polluted by chemicals

animals or plants are on the verge of extinction

the place where animals and plants would normally be found

the gradual warming of the air surrounding the Earth as a result of heating

the processes of reprocessing waste paper for reuse