Environmental Disasters
1984
Poison Gas leak in Bhopol
Happened in
Midnight
Poisen Gas
Realeased in
An Explosion at a Factory
Bad Effects to human bodies
Coughing
Felt like somebody had filled the body up with RED CHILIES
Tears Coming Out
Noses were watering
Had froth in mouths
As thick as FOG
Eyes were swollen that people could not open them
Leads to
Family Separation (when people running for lives)
Results in
Dead bodies(animals) everywhere
Doctors weren't sure how to treat patients
Because
Officials of the chemical company didn't tell what was in the gas
4,000 - 10,000 people died
200,000 - 500,000 people injured
People who survived became so ill
Leads to
Couldn't work
Couldn't go to school
Couldn't take care of themselves
1989
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Exxon Valedz
Is a
Oil Supertanker
Carry crude oil
March 24, 1989
Sailing through
Prince William Sound in Alaska
Famous for NATURAL BEAUTY
Millions of wildlife lived there
Accident
Exxon Valdez turned to avoid hitting icebergs
The ship crashed into ROCKS
Because
Turned too fast
11 million gallons oil poured out from steel bottom
Results in
Feathers of birds were coated with heavy oil
Leads to
Birds could not fly
Some birds drowned
Seals&Sea otters got stuck in the goop
Billions of Eggs were destroyed
Definition
Affect Natural World
Destructive
Cause
Pollution
Depletion of Natural Resources
Industrial activity
Agriculture
Caused by
Human activities
1914
Passenger Pigeons
Quantity
In 1813
Most common bird
The light of noon-day was as by an ECLIPSE
Looked like a RIVER flowing through air
In 1913
Only ONE
Live in Zoo
Reason of Extinction
People cut forests to make room for farms
Results in
No tree
Leads to
No enough FOOD
Overhunting
Reason
Hunting them was easy
Since
Whole flocks of pigeons landed in ONE PLACE
No LAWS limited hunting
Leads to
Many pigeons broke their limbs off the trees
Usage
Good food supply
Professional hunters killed pigeons to SELL
Farmers fed birds to PIGS
As Fertilizer