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The book that started the environmental movement
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Minamata syndrome, or Minamata disease, is a severe form of methylmercury poisoning caused by consuming fish contaminated with mercury, which was discharged from a chemical plant in Japan starting in 1951.
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environmental protection agency
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more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, immediately killing at least 3,800 people
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nuclear incident
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she lived in the canopy of a 1,000-year-old redwood tree named Luna for 738 days to prevent its destruction by logging.
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powerful and destructive Category 3 storm that made landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005
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the film was the connection between hurricanes and global warming, which at the time was contentious in the scientific community. Gore cited five recent scientific studies to support his view.
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spoke about climate change, and how society contrast with it.
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powerful earthquake and massive tsunami, which disabled the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, causing three nuclear meltdowns and the release of radioactive material. The event led to the evacuation of over 150,000 people, the destruction of infrastructure, and long-term environmental and human health concerns
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the shooting and killing of a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla named Harambe at the Cincinnati Zoo on May 28, 2016. The gorilla was killed after a three-year-old boy climbed into his enclosure.
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occurs when corals expel the colorful, life-sustaining algae (zooxanthellae) living in their tissues due to environmental stress, primarily rising ocean temperatures caused by climate change.