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THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS – NUBMER ONE INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM Alexandra Shibina Moscow 2011

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Page 1: The environmental crisis

THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS – NUBMER ONE INTERNATIONAL

PROBLEM

Alexandra Shibina

Moscow

2011

Page 2: The environmental crisis

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.