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THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS – NUBMER ONE INTERNATIONAL
PROBLEM
Alexandra Shibina
Moscow
2011
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What does the environmental crisis mean?
The biosphere is the global sum of all ecosystems:
• the earth’s thin skin of air, water and soil
• global network of various habitats
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Nothing is created, nothing is lost.
• Constant balanced interaction
• No waste• Everything is recycled
endlessly
But • Balance has begun to
collapse
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The environmental degradation.• Ozone layer is thinning
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•Pollution
We pollute our rivers, lakes and oceans, and the sky, forgetting that we need water and air to live and breathe.
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• Acid rain is destroying forests and lakes
• We destroy landscapes and rainforests
• We slaughter the world’s beautiful animals
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The Environmentalists call for changes NOW!
• As a result of new technologies of land we lose the soil
• The earth is steadily warming with potentially dangerous effects
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Thanks for your attention.