2. it was The
Chernobyl
accident?
The Chernobyl disaster, also referred to as
the Chernobyl accident, was a catastrophic
nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April
1986.
3. What is the cause?
One day, during a test in which a power
outage is simulated, a sudden power
surge in the reactor 4 of the nuclear
power plant produced the overheating
nuclear reactor core, which ended up
causing the explosion of hydrogen
accumulated in your inside.
4. Consequences
Radioactive materials released into the
atmosphere were estimated at about
500 times greater than the atomic bomb
dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, causing
direct death of 31 people.
5. .
How many elephants are alive
around the world?
In 1800 there may have been 26
million elephants in Africa alone,
although it’s hard to be precise. But
today, after years of poaching and
habitat destruction, those numbers
are a tiny fraction of what they once
were.
How many elephants are killed
a year for ivory?
Around 20,000 African elephants were killed last
year for their tusks, more than were born.Chinese
wealth is financing a hunger for ivory that
threatens to bring an end to wild elephants
within our lifetime.
