As we head into the future, we are finding that our past is haunting us. From fossil fuels to pesticide usage in crops, environmental concerns are slowly keeping our future from being brightly lit.
Though there are many concerns we still need to address (that I will look at as I continue to study the field of environmental studies), below is what I found to be today's top 10 important environmental issues from the sources University of Georgia, WebEcoist and the Urban Ecology Center.