SS6G9: The student will discuss environmental issues in Europe
Explain the major concerns of Europeans regarding the issues such as acid rain
in Germany, the air pollution in the United Kingdom, and the nuclear disaster
in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
How have European actions changed the
natural environment of Europe?
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Air Pollution in London
Acid Rain in Germany
Acid Rain in Germany
Causes
Effects
• Smoke from
factories and
power plants
• Ruined ½ of
Germany’s black
forest
• Cars / buses
• Damaged soil
and trees
• Wind turbines
• Eats holes in
statues and
buildings
• Built taller
smoke stacks on
factories
• Nature – smoke
carried by the air
currents
Solutions
• Water Power
• Government
passed laws
Air Pollution in the United Kingdom
Causes
• Smog
Effects
• Asthma and
pneumonia
• Coal Fires
• Exhaust from gas
and diesel
powered
vehicles
Solutions
• Smokeless zones
• Cleaner coals
• Threatens
wildlife
• Blackens
buildings
• Drive less
Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the
Ukraine
Causes
• Nuclear reactor
exploded at the
plant
Effects
Solutions
• Exposed ½ of the
Ukraine to unsafe
levels of radiation
• Ukraine decided to
become a nuclear
free country
• Poisoned the land
and water
• Stricter regulations
• Fish were not safe
to eat for years
• Covered the reactor
with concrete