by: lily fitzgerald tamarac middle school, 6 th grade rpi ecoed research program spring 2013

By: Lily FitzgeraldTamarac Middle School, 6th Grade

RPI EcoEd Research Program Spring 2013

Background InformationBackground Information• Government – federation• President – Vladimir Putin• Population – 142, 517, 670 people• Area - 17, 098, 242 sq. kilometers• Moscow – most populated city

St. Petersburg

Moscow

Norilsk

Chart for exportsChart for exports

• Energy is by far the most exported• This chart doesn’t show it, but oil is

also a big export in Russia

WaterWater• Has plenty of water• Quality of water not good at all• Most water sources are polluted• Trash being dumped regularly

•(http://www.lakebaikal.org/)

۩ will not pollute the environment. ۩ http://propertyrealvalue.blogspot.com/2011/05/ark-hotel-designed-by-remistudio-from.html ۩ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1345738/Ark-Hotel-Remistudio-biosphere-self-contained-haven-event-flood-disaster.html

• Can hold up to 10,000 people

• Can be built on land or water

• One way of managing the pollution

۩ has created a dead zone around the city, killing 1.2 million acres of forest۩ during the spring thaw, streams fill with black soot۩ human effects have also been tragic۩ according to Dr. Svetlana Golubkova, people that immigrated to the industrial city in the 1960s were healthy, but their children and grandchildren are ill. ۩ (http://blogs.dickinson.edu/russenviro/tag/pollution/)

۩ circular hole in the ice of Chebarkul Lake ۩ a meteor struck here, which is quickly becoming a tourist destination. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/russian-meteor-town-to-be_n_2788598.html#slide=2169873)

۩ located on the Pacific coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula۩ last erupted about 400 years ago۩ (http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/russia-photos/#/krasheninnikov-volcano_10902_600x450.jpg)