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Ecological problems and environmental protection

Ecological problems and environmental protection - раздел Лингвистика, In My Project Today I D Like To Review The Problem Of Environmental Protecti...

In my project today I d like to review the problem of environmental protection. The reason why I chose this subject for developing is quite evident our planet is on the verge of global ecological catastrophe. Today I ll be developing several main points. First I ll give you a general idea of the ecological situation on our planet.Second I d like to highlight the most dangerous tendencies that can have deadly consequences for us. Lastly I ll try to show what can be done to save our planet from disaster.

What does the word ecology mean This word came from Greek oikos which means home. The idea of home includes our whole planet, its population, nature, animals, birds, fish and all other living beings and even the atmosphere around our planet. But look what we have done with our home For thousands of years people exploited the nature thoughtlessly thinking that its resources had no end or limit. With the industrial revolution our negative influence on nature increased.What has become with the air we breathe the water we drink and the soil we grow crops on It is all polluted.

Statistics show that every year the atmosphere is polluted by about 1000 tons of industrial dust and other harmful substances. Thousands of kilometers of rainforests are being cut down for the need of industries. Ton of exhaust wastes are thrown into the World Ocean. The consequences are disastrous. There is a hardly river left from which we can take a fresh water.A lot of species of animals, birds, fish and plants have either disappeared completely or on the verge of extinction.

So you see that environmental pollution has increased to enormous proportions. And now let me move on to another point of my research. How can we explain the global climate warming Haven t you noticed that in this country winters have become much warmer with hardly any snow What are the reasons for this The first and the main reason is the greenhouse effect.The green house effect is the result of heat absorption by certain gases in the atmosphere called greenhouse gases because they trap heat and reradiation downward of a part of that heat. Human activity has been increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere mostly carbon dioxide from combustion of coal, oil, and gas plus few other gases.

If you look at this diagram you ll see that the level of carbon dioxide before the start of industrial revolution was 280 ppmv. The current level is 370 ppmv. and the expected level for the year 2065 is 560 ppmv. The next table shows the increase of global surface temperature. However the warming hasn t been globally uniform.

Some areas including southern u.s. have cooled. The recent warmth has been noted between North America and Eurasia. So what are the potential effects of rising temperatures In general scientists believe that rising temperature will lead to increase evaporation and therefor to more precipitation.But while some regions will experience increased rainfall, others will become dryer.

Another effect is the rise of the sea levels, which will result in flooding low-lying coastal areas. This may also lead to increasing the salinity of the rivers and to decrease of water supplies. And finally climate changes may cause extinction of many species of birds, animals and plants. On the whole the environmental problems we have just touched upon are only a small part of abundance of subject matters for discussion.We are to stop pollution. So, we can grow plants and trees, to purify waste, to start urgent campaigns in order to preserve environment For example, in 1989 in Australia, Sydney.

In a year the same kind of action was held all over Australia and it was called Clean up Australia the following years 110 countries hold the similar actions within the ecological program of the UNO. Nowadays there are many different pressure and interests groups in many countries, which try to find solutions to the problems of pollution at the national and international level.

So they are groups of people with a common interest in trying to draw the public attention to environment problems, to influence the government decisions. Greenpeace is a very famous pressure group. It started functioning in 1971. Its headquarters are at Amsterdam, but it operates in 25 countries worldwide.The aim of Greenpeace is to protect wildlife of toxic wastes, nuclear tests. Friends of the Earth FoE is one of the British pressure groups with an international reputation.

Its general aim is to conserve the planet s resources and reduce pollution. FoE was established in 1971 and now it operated in 44 countries worldwide. It campaigns among other things, for recycling and renewable energy, and the destruction of wildlife and habitat.I m sure there is no escape from this ecological crisis without organizing a single body dealing with the environmental problems, developing and carrying out a worldwide program of environmental protection and co-operating with international schemes.

Table of contents. Introduction.Page 1 Main Part Chapter 1.Page 2 Chapter 2 Page 3 - 4 Chapter 3Page 5 - 6 Conclusion Page 7 Page 8 Introduction. My paper is devoted to the theme of the global ecological catastrophes and the environmental protection.I am giving a review of various global problems such as Greenhouse effect.

The aim of my project is to show and explain how ecological catastrophes navel our life and and what consequence they. The sources of my work are Scientific books and newspapers Numerous internet data My project consists of the following parts Introduction, 3 chapters, conclusion, reference list. Chapter 1 Ecological situation nowadays deals with global ecological problems such as air, water pollution etc. Chapter 2 Global warming is devoted to a problem of a global warming called greenhouse effect.

Chapter 3 Pressure groups contains in formation about different pressure groups such as Greenpeace etc. Conclusion. Reference list. I suppose that the topic I choose is very actual nowadays and I hope that it will contribute to our knowledge and will also have a practical inplimintation in the class. 1 Chapter 1 Ecology is a very popular word today.But what does it mean Ecology is a since which studies the relationship between all forms of life on our planet and the environment.

This word came from Greek oikos which means home. The idea of home includes our whole planet, its population, Nature, animals, birds, fish, insets and all other living beings and even the atmosphere around our planet.Since ancient times Nature has served Man giving everything he needs air to breathe, food to eat, water to drink, wood for building and fuel for heating his home. For thousands of years people lived in harmony with the environment and it seemed to them that the resources of nature had no end or limit.

With the industrial revolution our negative influence on Nature began to increase. Large cities with thousands of steaming, polluting plants and factories can be found nowadays all over the world. The by-products of their activity pollute the air we breathe the water we drink the fields where our crops are grown.That s why those who live in cities prefer spending their days off and their holidays far from the noise of the city, to be closer to nature.

Perhaps they like to breathe fresh air or to swim in clear water because the ecology is not so poor as in the cities. So, pollution is one of the most burning problems of nowadays. Now millions of chimneys, cars, buses, trucks all over the world exhaust fumes and harmful substances into the atmosphere.These poisoned substances pollute everything air, land, water, birds and animals. So, it is usually hard to breathe in the large cities where there are lots plants.

Everything there is covered with soot and dirt. All these affect harmfully. Every year the atmosphere is polluted by about 1000 tons of industrial dust and other harmful substances. Big cities suffer from smog. Cars with their engine have become the main source of pollution in industrial countries. Vast forests are being cut down for the need of industries in Europe and USA. The loss of the forests upsets the the oxygen balance of the new wastelands.As the result some species of animals, birds, fish and plants have disappeared and keep disappearing.

Water pollution is very serious, too. Ugly rivers of dirty water polluted with factory waste, poisoned fish are all-round us. And polluted air and poisoned water lead to the end of the civilization.So, nowadays a lot of dead lands and lifeless areas have appeared. Because our actions and dealings can turn the land to a desert. 2 Chapter 2 What is the greenhouse effect, and is it affecting our climate The greenhouse effect is unquestionably real, and is essential for life on Earth. It is the result of heat absorption by certain gases in the atmosphere called greenhouse gases because they trap heat and re-radiation downward of a part of that heat. Water vapor is the most important greenhouse gas, followed by carbon dioxide and other trace gases.

Without a natural greenhouse effect, the temperature of the Earth would be about zero degrees F -18C instead of its present 57F 14C. However, the concern is not with the fact that we have a greenhouse effect, but it is with the question regarding whether human activities are leading to an enhancement of the greenhouse effect. Are greenhouse gases increasing Human activity has been increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere mostly carbon dioxide from combustion of coal, oil, and gas plus a few other trace gases.

There is no scientific debate on this point.Pre-industrial levels of carbon dioxide prior to the start of the Industrial Revolution were about 280 parts per million by volume ppmv, and current levels are about 370 ppmv. According to the IPCC business as usual scenario of carbon dioxide increase IS92a in the 21st century, we would expect to see a doubling of carbon dioxide over pre-industrial levels around the year 2065. Is the climate warming Global surface temperatures have increased about 0.6C plus or minus 0.2C since the late-19th century, and about one half degree F 0.2 to 0.3C over the past 25 years the period with the most credible data. 3 The warming has not been globally uniform.

Some areas including parts of the southeastern U.S. have cooled.

The recent warmth has been greatest over N. America and Eurasia between 40 and 70N. Warming, assisted by the record El Niсo of 1997-1998, has continued right up to the present.Linear trends can vary greatly depending on the period over which they are computed. Temperature trends in the lower troposphere between about 2,500 and 18,000 ft. from 1979 to the present, the period for which Satellite Microwave Sounding Unit data exist, are small and may be unrepresentative of longer term trends and trends closer to the surface.

Furthermore, there are small unresolved differences between radiosonde and satellite observations of tropospheric temperatures, though both data sources show slight warming trends. If one calculates trends beginning with the commencement of radiosonde data in the 1950s, there is a slight greater warming in the record due to increases in the 1970s. There are statistical and physical reasons e.g short record lengths, the transient differential effects of volcanic activity and El Niсo, and boundary layer effects for expecting differences between recent trends in surface and lower tropospheric temperatures, but the exact causes for the differences are still under investigation see National Research Council report Reconciling Observations of Global Temperature Change.

An enhanced greenhouse effect is expected to cause cooling in higher parts of the atmosphere because the increased blanketing effect in the lower atmosphere holds in more heat. Cooling of the lower stratosphere about 30-35,000ft. since 1979 is shown by both satellite Microwave Sounding Unit and radiosonde data, but is larger in the radiosonde data. There has been a general, but not global, tendency toward reduced diurnal temperature range the difference between high and low daily temperatures over about 50 of the global land mass since the middle of the 20th century.

Cloud cover has increased in many of the areas with reduced diurnal temperature range.

Relatively cool surface and tropospheric temperatures, and a relatively warmer lower stratosphere, were observed in 1992 and 1993, following the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.The warming reappeared in 1994. A dramatic global warming, at least partly associated with the record El Niсo, took place in 1998. This warming episode is reflected from the surface to the top of the troposphere. 4 Indirect indicators of warming such as borehole temperatures, snow cover, and glacier recession data, are in substantial agreement with the more direct indicators of recent warmth. Arctic sea ice has decreased since 1973, when satellite measurements began but Antarctic sea ice may have increased slightly.

Chapter 3 So, we see that our environment offers an abundance of subject matter for discussion.The problems and prospects of the blue planet interest not only scientist and futurologists, but also politicians, industry, the public and above all, young people There is hardly a young person who is not conserved with the preservation of our natural habitat.

To recognize environmental problems and master them, to reduce and avoid environmental pollution, to discover and develop ecologically sound technologies there are the essential building blocks for our future.Whether scientist or politicians, bankers or student, whether Greek, Norwegian, Hungarian or Finn all are encouraged to make a contribution towards protecting the environment.

Dedication and the courage to change one s way of thinking are called for. We are to stop pollution. So, we can grow plants and trees, to purify waste, to start urgent campaigns in order to preserve environment For example, in 1989 in Australia, Sydney.In a year the same kind of action was held all over Australia and it was called Clean up Australia the following years 110 countries hold the similar actions within the ecological program of the UNO. Nowadays there are many different pressure and interests groups in many countries, which try to find solutions to the problems of pollution at the national and international level.

So they are groups of people with a common interest in trying to draw the public attention to environment problems, to influence the government decisions. Greenpeace is a very famous pressure group.It started functioning in 1971. Its headquarters are at Amsterdam, but it operates in 25 countries worldwide.

The aim of Greenpeace is to protect wildlife of toxic wastes, nuclear tests. Friends of the Earth FoE is one of the British pressure groups with an international reputation. Its general aim is to conserve the planet s resources and reduce pollution.FoE was established in 1971 and now it operated in 44 countries worldwide. It campaigns among other things, for recycling and renewable energy, and the destruction of wildlife and habitat.

The main campaigning issues of the FoE are The protection of all animals and plants in danger of extinction. An end to the destruction of wildlife and habitats.A program of energy conservation measures, etc. 5 So, a number of campaigns resulted in The ban or other hunting in England and Wales And indefinite delay in the construction of the Commercial East Breeder Reactor, etc. But not only great groups can influence the problem of pollution.

So, different people have their own opinions on this problem The continued pollution of the earth, if unchecked, well eventually destroys the fitness of this planet as a place for human life. B. Commoner. The Earth has enough for every man s need, but not for man s greed. Ganlui. And I agree with them because it is really so. And terrible examples prove them. The Baltic Sea is a special case. Because it is such a small sea and it becomes dirty very easily.Its waster changes slowly through the shallow straits. As many as 250 rivers run into the Baltic.

There are hundreds of factories in these rivers and millions of people live along them. Quite a lot of big cities lie on its coast. All these combined with the active navigation of the sea naturally affects the state of the sea water and the shore line flora and fauna. People suffer from the waster pollution cancer deaths increase people s concern.And there is no escape from this ecological crisis without organizing a single body dealing with the environmental problems, developing and carrying out a nationwide program of environmental protection and co-operating with international schemes. 6 Conclusion.

Scientists now predict that by the year 2050 the population will be doubled what is today. The fact remains that the rate of food production fell behind population growth in many of developing countries.The annual fish catch already exceeds what the world s oceans can successfully sustain. If we go on using our natural recourses at today s rates, we will have used up the intire reserves of cooper, natural gas and oil by the year 2054. But the problem ahead lie not so much in what we use but in what we waste.

What faces us is not so much a recourse crisis as a pollution crisis. The only solution is to try to change the areas of consumption, technology and population.Changes in technology must be baked by slower population growth. And it can be achieved by education in health and women s rights.

And there is a little hope of reducing consumption over the next half century. 7 Reference list. Internet data www.greenpeace.com www.world-ecology.com Multimedia Editions Britannica Encyclopedia Multimedia Edition British Multimedia Encyclopedia.

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