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Environmental issues
air, water, sea, traffic, noise pollution global warming green house effect climate change overuse of pesticides urban development genetically modified food (GM), genetic engineering toxic waste, effluent dumping (industrial) waste into (sea) extinction of (rare, endangered species) deforestation acid rain ozone holes destruction of the ozone layer overfishing be heavily polluted | overpopulation, population growth starvation famine advance of deserts finite, limited resources poverty heavy traffic, traffic jams exhaust fumes dropping litter, cigarette buts (plastic) bottle bank cleaning dog mess effluents factory smoke waste disposal landfill sites choking with smog soil erosion greenhouse gas emission radiation lack of fresh/ sweet water |
Negative effects
to affect, change climate have damaging effects on dump into the sea or landfill sites (toxic chemicals, rubbish, sewage) cut/ chop down forests to litter, leave rubbish to contaminate water | to run out of water, natural resources to pose a threat to the earth’s resources to face, be threatened with extinction become extinct, die out misuse resources, waste resources |
Protection: tasks and measures
save the environment, resources not to waste resources preserve the planet, the diversity of vegetation conserve woods, species, wildlife prevent the loss of …recourses, species to regenerate to restore natural habitats to recycle waste to cut down on, reduce … vehicles run on … (solar power, clean fuels) reserve natural resources create nature reserves control pollution practice organic farming use alternative energy forms (solar, wind power) use energy efficient bulbs take drastic measures to | deposit bottles in recycling bins pick up, collect, fetch to a bin (rubbish) do away with, ban, abolish nuclear weapons use clean fuels, unleaded petrol raise awareness of the effects of pollution on one’s health plant trees balanced ecosystem concern over the environmental impact be environmentally friendly/ aware free from chemicals, chemical-free water consumption re-usable carriers renewable resources conservationists, environmentalists conservation anti-pollution warning |
Natural disasters
avalanche blizzard severe (thunder) storms hurricane typhoon tornado tropical cyclone drought flood fire earthquake tsunami volcano eruption landslide oil spills, slicks rising sea level emergency to flood to burst its banks to declare the state of emergency | be on fire to put out, extinguish fire to quake the ground to starve to be cut off be trapped under rubble to collapse to rescue to provide supply to casualties, survivours rescuers, rescue teams to dam to tear off roofs to blow down trees, uproot to suck up to fail (harvest) to survive, survival to suffer injuries death toll be suck up by tornado |
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