The environmental crisis is the number one international problem according to the document. The biosphere, which includes air, water, soil and global habitats, is experiencing a collapse in balance due to threats like thinning of the ozone layer, pollution of waterways and air, acid rain destroying forests and lakes, destruction of landscapes and rainforests, and loss of animal species. Environmentalists are calling for changes now to address issues caused by new land technologies like loss of soil and steady warming of the Earth that could have dangerous effects if left unaddressed.

1. THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS –
NUBMER ONE INTERNATIONAL
PROBLEM
Alexandra Shibina
Moscow
2011

2. What does the environmental crisis
mean?
The biosphere is the
global sum of all
ecosystems:
• the earth’s thin skin of
air, water and soil
• global network of
various habitats

3. Nothing is created, nothing is lost.
• Constant balanced
interaction
• No waste
• Everything is recycled
endlessly
But
• Balance has begun to
collapse

4. The environmental degradation.
• Ozone layer is thinning

5. •Pollution
We pollute our rivers, lakes
and oceans, and the sky,
forgetting that we need water
and air to live and breathe.

6. • Acid rain is destroying forests and lakes
• We destroy landscapes and rainforests
• We slaughter the world’s beautiful animals

7. The Environmentalists call for
changes NOW!
• As a result of new
technologies of land
we lose the soil
• The earth is steadily
warming with
potentially dangerous
effects

8. Thanks for your attention.