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Summary description: Vaccines are a shot that people get to fight off diseases. They inject a little bit of the disease into you so your body can learn how to defend from it.
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Summary description: in january1824 jean Fourier predicted that CO2 from burning fossil fuels causes warming. And understand the current effect of climate change better.
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Summary description: the first acid rain happened back in 1852 in England. It damages the ecosystems, marine life, forests, and just overall health of plants.
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Summary description: the first atomic bomb killed over 140,000 people in Hiroshima. It caused damage to many buildings and survivors dealt with long-term health issues, including increased chances of cancer and illness. The bombing started the nuclear age, and lead to the cold war.
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Summary description: the Minamata disaster start in 1956. people dumped mercury by local chemical factories into the sea where fish and shellfish live. People got mercury poising and got mental retardation and if they were pregnant, they would have sever birth defects, hearing loss, paralysis, and even death. To prevent this from happening they designed a net to keep the fish from getting in that part of water where the mercury was at and the date was July 1995 when the water was mercury-free.
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Summary description: on March 29, 1958, the keeling curve was the first ongoing record of rising atmospheric CO2 levels. This was an example of fossil fuels burning were making the global temperatures rise and caused climate changes.
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Summary description: in 1962 the silent spring is when the landmark event that triggered the modern environmental movement. There was a lot of pesticides and that caused federal regulations to chemicals. Chemical company's tried to prove her wrong but studies proved she was right and her book got published. A ban of DDT got put in the united states in 1972.
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Summary description: global warming causes ice to melt. The melting adds water into the ocean, causing the sea levels to rise. The ice is declining more than 10% every year. It also affects the animals and environment in Antarctica
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Summary description: in June 5-16, 1972 was the first major international environmental congress meeting. The government faced push back and governmental issues. But in 1972 the meeting was successful and everything was better and okay.
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ESA law was enforced in 1973 which protects fish, wildlife, and plants that are either are endangered species, or they are in dangered. The endangered species effected us by not clean water and air and we need them for food supply. So the act got put on December 28, 1973.
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Summary description: the love canal was discovered in 1977. It was caused by dumping chemical waist to much. It affected us by killing residents and also harmed many people. We made specific Areas where you could dump chemical waist starting in 1980.
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Summary description: Bhopal disaster catastrophic chemical release event that happened December 1984. This caused deaths of several thousand people and it also caused long-term disabilities. In 1989 a legal statement provided a one-time compensation of $470 million for those with health issues that was caused from this event.
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Summary description: Chernobyl meltdown is a loss of cooling led to the overheating and melting of the reactor's core. During a safety test the operators didn't listen to the safety measures and deactivated safety system. Which led to an explosion.
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Summary description: on January 1, 1989, the Montreal protocol went into effect. The Montreal protocol is a environmental treaty, it was made to protect the ozone layer.
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Summary description: another oil spill that had lasting ecological damage on marine life. It happened on March 24th, 1989, in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Around 11 million gallons were spilt.
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Summary description: Kyoto protocol was a written agreement that set legally binding the greenhouse gas (GHC). The 6 main gases are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
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Summary description: on May 24, 2006, Al Gore's made a documentary to show the issue of global warning. This documentary won at the Oscars, it brought more awareness to humans' donation to climate change
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Summary description: the main event is Al Gore’s presentation to raise public awareness about the risks of global warming. It didn’t physically affect the world, but it raised public awareness about climate change
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Summary description: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill happened on April 20th, 2010. A drilling rig explosion happened, which killed 11 workers and released 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of America.
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Summary description: on April 22, 2025, to show the help for the Enviromental protection. It was influenced by the oil spill in 1969.