brain jogger what is pollution? the contamination of air, water, or soil by substances that are...
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BRAIN JOGGER•What is Pollution?
The contamination of air, water, or soil by substances that are harmful to living organisms. Pollution can occur naturally, for example through volcanic eruptions, or as the result of human activities, such as the spilling of oil or disposal of industrial waste.
WHAT ARE EUROPE'S ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
•Acid Rain in Germany•Air Pollution in the United Kingdom
•Nuclear Disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine
ACID RAIN
•Where?• Germany
• Causes?• Smoke from factories and power plants, car and
bus exhaust. Air Currents carries the toxic smoke into Germany and other European countries.
ACID RAIN
• Effect?• Destroyed Germany’s Black Forest• Acid rain “eating” through statues and
buildings• Pollutes Rivers (Danube and Rhine Rivers)
• Other Countries Impacted:• Countries to the EAST of Germany are
impacted by Germany’s pollution• Germany is impacted by the U.K.
pollution.
Acid Rain
• What is being done to stop it?• Southern Germany starting to use Hydroelectric Energy
for power.• German Govt. passed laws to reduce automobile
emissions, and increase clean energy.• Wind Turbines and Solar Energy
Acid Rain
AIR POLLUTION
• Where?• United Kingdom
• Causes?• Gases from automobile and factory exhaust.• London known for SMOG! Long history of
Air Pollution
• Effect?• Burns lungs, eyes, nose, and endangers
human life.• Young and Old forced indoors• Blackens building and threatens wildlife
Air Pollution
• Other Countries Impacted?• U.K. is in the top ten in the world in
harmful industrial emissions.• Air Pollution in U.K. causes Acid Rain in
Western Europe.
Air Pollution
• What is being done to stop it?• History of trying to stop it as well… King
Edward I tried to ban coal fires. • Govt. created smokeless zones, where only
smokeless fuels could be used.• Laws created to make car companies produce
cars that don’t pollute as much.
Air Pollution
NUCLEAR DISASTER
• Where?• Chernobyl Nuclear Power
Station, Ukraine
• Causes?• Nuclear Power is very
complicated, and extreme caution is needed in order to safely produce power or nuclear fuel.
• This caution was not taken at Chernobyl
NUCLEAR DISASTER
• Effect?• Acute Radiation Syndrome, Birth Defects,
Abandoned Cities, decrease in the use of Nuclear Power, and Cancer
• Impact on Other Countries?• Radioactive Material entered the air and
fell on Northern Europe and Scandinavia
NUCLEAR DISASTER
• What is Being Done to Stop It?• Less countries using Nuclear Power (Nuclear
Power is actually pretty clean)….• Safety Increased at Nuclear Power Plants