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Environmental Issues of Europe
- 1. Air Pollution in the United Kingdom Acid Rain in Germany And Nuclear Disaster/Fallout in Ukraine
- 2. Primary Causes: 1) Pollution from power stations, power generation , and industries 2) Vehicle (cars and trucks) emissions
- 3. Air pollution linked to early death in the U.K. Air pollution link to heart attack and deaths Links to recent articles about the health problems
- 6. • 1. Which country’s cars have the highest fuel economy (get the most miles per gallon?) • 2. What type of cars get the most miles per gallon? • 3. What country has the worst? • 4. How do the United Kingdom and the United States compare? • 5. What is something that we could do to cut down on car emissions?
- 7. •1) damage to vegetation •2) harm to the atmosphere •3) harm to human beings
- 13. • What causes acid rain? • Air Pollution
- 17. Effects of Acid Rain can be seen here. This is after a few years of acid rain.
- 18. • 1) Damage to vegetation and aquatic life • 2) Contamination of drinking water • 3) damage to physical structures such as buildings and monuments
- 20. • A nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, once a part of the former Soviet Union, now in the Ukraine. • Ukraine became an independent country in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. • The disaster occurred toward the end of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union • At this time, The Soviets were very secretive about all aspects of their government and any nuclear capabilities. • The Soviets did not alert the world or the area of the disaster. They tried to keep it a secret.
- 22. • In the early hours of April 26, 1986, workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were conducting an experiment that went terribly wrong. • The reactor at the nuclear power plant went into meltdown and a huge explosion occurred. • The carbon monoxide contained within the reactor, ignited with the air causing a large explosion, severely damaging the structure.
- 23. • This explosion sent highly radioactive debris high into the atmosphere to be carried as far west as Portugal and north as Scandinavia. • It was actually the Swedes who alerted the world of the disaster after radioactive fallout was detected two days later. • In fact the explosion released 100 times as much radiation as an atom bomb like that used against Hiroshima.
- 26. • Consequences of the disaster • 1) land evacuation • 2) land contamination • 3) economic impact on East and North Europe farmers • 4) health issues such as high rates of cancer, birth defects and in some cases death
- 27. • How do you think the problem of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl was not just isolated to that region of Ukraine? • The radiation spread through the air currents all over Europe • It still affects people today in Europe
- 28. Radioactive debris can cause health problems and serious illnesses or deformities. The picture shows a man holding his child who was exposed to these harmful chemicals while his mother was pregnant. 1/3rd of the population of Ukraine live in poverty today. The disaster contaminated the land, which was the most fertile in Europe for growing crops. It is not clear how long it takes for the dangers of this terrible disaster to be safe and clean, but the disaster has had a great impact on many people’s lives for many years and continues today.
- 30. • 1. What are the two primary causes of air pollution? • 2. What are some of the effects and issues related with air pollution? • 3. What causes acid rain? • 4. What are some of the effects or issues related to acid rain? • 5. What are some ways to help control the amount of air pollution and acid rain? • 6. Is air pollution only a problem in the areas where it is emitted in the air? Explain.
- 31. • 7. What happened in Chernobyl in 1986? • 8. What country was Chernobyl a part of in 1986? • 9. What country is Chernobyl located in today (since 1991)? • 10. What were some of the effects associated with the nuclear explosion? • 11. How is the disaster still affecting Ukrainians and their country’s economy today?
- 32. 12. Create a Cause and Effect flow map titled Major Environmental Issue in Europe starting with air pollution. (Go through your notes) • think of the causes of air pollution and the effects • the effects of acid rain (the effects of acid rain are connected in some way to air pollution. • Next, the causes and effects of the nuclear explosion (tricky) Where does the nuclear disaster in Ukraine fit in the map? Well, the explosion caused some of the effects of air pollution, which is on the map of effects, but quite different effects (although some are the same) but, the cause isn’t exactly the same as the other air pollution even though it is an industry (but nuclear energy, is considered clean energy? • It was the explosion of the nuclear power plant that caused the damage, not the power plant emissions (but, they are connected in some way??) • So, brainstorm and see what you come up with because the flow map should include the causes and effects of the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl. • This could be separate but if you use your imagination…the nuclear disaster did involve both air pollution and some of the effects of air pollution and acid rain.
- 33. Causes • Vehicle emissions • Industrial pollution Air Pollution Effects • Damages plants and animals • Polluted (dirty) air • Contributes to global warming • Health problems for people (asthma and other breathing issues • Acid Rain
Editor's Notes
- Industry and transportation (cars and trucks/ vehicle emissions)
- Europe (UK, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Poland, etc.) Northeast/ Atlantic Coast, China. Why? They have many industries and very populated areas as well.
- 1.Paraguay, Iceland, Sweden, Brazil, France, Canada 2. Hybrid Multiples 3. India 4. The are about the same The U.S. is at 40 and the U.K is at 44, however the UK is doing better b/c the govt has put in place more restrictions and limits on the amount of emissions 5. The government should require auto makers and cars to meet a certain standard and limit the amount of emissions the car puts out by raising the miles per gallon a car should have to be able to get in order to be sold, also auto-makers could make more hybrid and electric cars, and cars that are more fuel efficient.
- Have students identify the sources of pollution, which one will affect the air? Which will affect the soil? Have them identify the ways in which the pollution is transported/ or transformed. ( through the wind, and rising air pressure, the sun and heat ) Identify the effects, and the removal (the natural removal of pollutants is a part of Earth’s natural water cycle. The removal naturally through deposition (laying down of sediment or any other particles) wet means through the rain, dry deposition simply means it settles within the atmosphere.
- Have student draw and label the diagram so that the will understand how acid rain is formed (students will likely not understand acid rain and will have many questions. It is not going to kill you immediately and you will not even notice the acid in the rain, the effects will be noticed over time. It is not an immediately destructive force as some may have the perception.
- Click on video to play A short video segment from Discovery Atlas, which describes the disaster and lingering effects today
- 1. Vehicle emissions and industrial/power generation 2. damage to vegetation, harm to the atmosphere (smog, global warming), health issues. 3. air pollution 4. damage to vegetation, aquatic and plant life, damage to physical structures (buildings). 5. make cars more fuel efficient, regulate industries to regulate and reduce the amount of pollution emitted from plants. 6. No, because it can spread in the air all over the world.
- 7. A nuclear power plant exploded. 8. Soviet Union 9. Ukraine 10. Land evacuation (people had to move), land contamination (could no longer grow crops), health concerns including cancer and birth defects. 11. They are still struggling economically b/c of businesses closing, people moving, and farms not producing crops because of the contaminated land, health problems from the radiation including cancer
- Note to the Teacher: The Nuclear Disaster has not been added here. See what your students come up with, what you think, it does get rather complicated.