What can you say about the present ecological situation? Is the problem of environmental protection urgent today?

Yes, the problem of protection the nature is of primary importance today. Through their daily activities people pollute and contaminate land, water and air. If it continues the damage may become irreversible. People have always polluted their surroundings. But it was not a serious problem as long as there was enough space for people to live. Nowadays with the rise of advanced technology, the rapid spread of industrialization and the increase of human populations pollution has become a universal problem. The price for rapid industrial development is very high: natural resources are exhausted, the ecological balance of the planet is disturbed.

What does nature give to man?

See text №6.

How is the problem solved today?

There are some anti-pollution organizations. The most famous of them is Green peace.

The mass media often campaign against different acts of polluting nature. Numerous anti-pollution acts are passed in different countries.

Is acid rain damaging to nature?

One of the effects of air pollution is acid rain. It is damaging to water, forests and soil resources. It is blamed for disappearance of fish from many lakes, for the wide-spread death of forests in European mountains.

What do you know about radioactive contamination of environment?

Radioactive materials from nuclear weapons could cause serious damage to environment.

Another concern is accidents at nuclear power plants. In 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear power plant near Kiev suffered a fire, resulting in a major release of radioactive particles.

Why do some species of animals and plants disappear from the Earth?

The disappearance of some species is the result of the pollution air, land and water. City and industrial waters, chemicals and fertilizers endanger fish in the lakes, rivers and ponds. Moreover some animals were exterminated (истреблены) because of people greediness.

These animals were hunted for the sake of fur, ivory, horns or tusks. Also cutting down trees people have turned the areas of thick forest into deserts. The animals simply have no place to live.

What cause the “greenhouse effect”?

The “greenhouse effect” is caused by carbon dioxide, which prevents heat from escaping. Global warming or the “greenhouse effect” can cause melting of the polar ice, raising of the sea level and flooding of the coast areas of the world.

Has anything been done to solve ecological problems?

In recent years people have understood the necessity of protecting natural resources and wildlife. It becomes clear that to keep air and water clean, strict pollution control is necessary. Numerous pollution acts passed in different countries. This led to considerable improvements. In many countries measures have been taken to protect rivers and seas from oil contamination, purifying systems for industrial water have been installed. Reservations and national parks for wild animals and undisturbed nature are being developed in some parts of the world.

What does the ozone layer protect the Earth from?

It protects the Earth from space radiation. It is being destroyed because through many process poisonous gases are thrown out into the air.

Where does the carbon dioxide come from?

• We produce it when we burn things.
• People and animals breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.
• Trees take this gas from air and produce oxygen. But in the last few years people have cut down and burn big areas of rainforest. This means that there are fewer trees and more carbon dioxide.

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