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In 1931 Central China experienced a devastating flood that inundated an area equivalent in size of England and half of Scotland, affected the lives of an estimated 52 million people, and killed as many as 2 million. In Chinese this event is usually described as the Yangzi-Huai Flood
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he dust bowl happened in the summer of 1931 it effected a bunch of farmers because the dust would kill their crops, and it would damage their soil
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this publish was a landmark in the development of the modern environmental movement. Racheal’s scientific perspective created a work of substantial depth and credibility that sparked widespread debate.
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the cuyahoga river fire caught fire beucase it was so polluted at the time that people just wouldnt care about it and one day some guy three a ciggarette bud and it caugh a really bad fire
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Endangered Species Act the endangered species act is and act incorporated in 1973 to protect endangered species and other animals that are close to being specified as endangered. It is established to protect fish wildlife and plants that are listed as threatened.
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The Love Canal was an abandoned canal in Niagara Falls, New York, that became a hazardous chemical waste dump for the Hooker Chemical Company and later a neighborhood with a public school built on top of it, this was one of the worst man made disasters. A total of 221 family had to move because of this
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December 3rd 1984 over 500000 people in Union Carbide India were exposed to the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate, which is considered the worlds worst industrial disaster. Since the disaster India has experienced rapid industrialization, while some positive changes in government policy and behavior of a few industries have taken place.
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cheroynobly was a big accident at a power plant in 1986 it made a lot of dangerous stuff go into the air, so people had to leave thier home.
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The Montreal Protocol is an agreement to protect the ozone layer by controlling the production and use of chemicals that damage it. Its a global effort to reduce harmful UV radiation.
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an oil tanker owned by Exxon shipping spilled around 11-12 million gallons of crude oil. It covered over 1300 miles of coastline and killed many seas animal and destroyed habits, it happened in Alaska's prince William sound on March 24 in 1989.
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a treaty made in Kyoto Japan in 1997 it aimed to cut gasses that cause global warming.it started in 2005 it asked 41 countries and the EU to lower six gasses by 5.2% from 1990 levels by 2012 it was a big deal but some people weren't sure it worked
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Minamata disease is methylmercury poisoning that occurred in humans who ate fish and shellfish contaminated by mehg discharged in wastewater from a chemical plant. auditory disturbances and tremors were also seen. Further, the fetus was poisoned by MeHg when their mothers ingested contaminated marine life named minata. The symptoms were extremely deadly and vicious. It started making people worry about eating sea food and other types of life that live in the ocean.
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the inconvenient truth happened May 24, 2006, and it completely how people saw the earth because of the climate changed and people saw the world differently and our energy technology improved drastically
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n December 22, 2008, dike ruptured at coal ash pound at the Tennesse vall a fossil plant released 1.1 billion US gallons of coal fly ash slurry, it covered over 300 acres of surrounding land and Traveled a Emory River and pound
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it recognized as the worst oil spill in U.S. history. April 20, 2010, explosion and sinking happened on deepwater horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico and killed 11 people, well head pipes were damaged and was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floors about 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana and around 3.19 barrel of oil had leaked
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environmental disaster that happened in April 2010, largest marine spill in history, over 4.9 million barrels discharged, 11 people killed, 17 injured, dolphins and other marine life continued to die after it was cleaned.
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michigan, in 2014 switched it drinking water supply from detroit’s to flint river in cost saving move. Resulying in series of major water quality and heath issues, isssues were chronically ignored and overlooked.
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early in January 2020, around 1.25 billion animals were killed, and 33 lives were lost and around 3,094 homes were destroyed. The fire raged into march and complete destroyed natural landsacpes.
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Beginning in October 2017, northern California experienced one of the most deadly and destructive wildfire seasons in history. Thye were caused by eletric power lines and they caught fire after falling on to some trees. Higher temperatures associated with gobal warming too.