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Summary description: a severe case of mercury poisoning. They had dumped it in the bay.
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It’s a old chemical wastes landfill. It was also an “environmental disaster” as they called it. It was an abandoned canal project to dump waste affecting the surrounding neighborhoods and causing health problems.
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the dust bowl happened in the 1930s, The dust bowl was a series of severe dust storms caused by lots of economic and agricultural factors. They occurred in New York Chicago and Boston About 125 million acres where rapidly losing its top soil.
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The book was about harmful effects of pesticide usage on humans and the earth. It was published September 27 1962 and the people of the world read it and they became aware and others in denial.
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Cites stands for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. It was signed on march 3rd 1973 by delegates from 80 countries. It states that endangered and threatened species are protected from international trade
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An act dedicatd to endangered spesies to protect them. From hunting harassing and harming.
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The Chernobyl meltdown happened in 1986. As this as all the steam and fire was being released 5% of the radioactive enactor core into the environment. As a result of the radiation 28 people died because they had been exposed to to much radiation.
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Decmbr 3 1984 there was a leak from a chemical plant in Bhopal india. It engulfed 200,000 people and killed more then 10,000
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the Montreal protocol is a global agreement to protect the ozone layer. The Montreal protocol phases out he chemicals that deplete it the ozone layer. It includes the production and consumption of ozone depleting.
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The Kyoto protocol was decided on December 1997. It limits and reduce greenhouse gases. It only blinds developed countrys because it realizes that they are largely responsible for high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere.
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March 24,1989 the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred it struck Bligh reef in price William in Alaska. This event caused more than 11 milion gallons of crude oil, this was the largest oil spill in U.S history. They had trouble cleaning it up as they where cleaning it up they could only use helicopters and boats to get there.
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the “dead zone “ is a “hypoxic zone” zone with “low oxygen and nutrient levels. The dead zone starts in in the Mississippi river. This is caused by pesticides and industrial waste, as well as toxic chemicals.
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- Califon wild firs • Summary description: the California wild fires are still happening as we speak Theas firs are recurring events do to climate change with rising temperatures and even human activities.