My shiny padlet by Gage Thurston

Green Revolution

gagethurstonstu — 2024-04-29 16:43:02 UTC

Agricultural revolution that increased production through improved seeds, fertilizers, and irrigation; helped to support rising populations.

garbage patches

gagethurstonstu — 2024-04-29 16:43:35 UTC

Large fields of floating trash in certain parts of the oceans; primarily small bits of plastic, but also including much larger debris.

runoff pollution

gagethurstonstu — 2024-04-29 16:44:06 UTC

When pollutants are washed off of fields, parking lots, roadways and into waterways, including groundwater, streams, lakes, oceans, etc.

deforestation

gagethurstonstu — 2024-04-29 16:44:28 UTC

The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves causing the loss of 40-50% of the global forests

ozone layer depletion

gagethurstonstu — 2024-04-29 16:45:09 UTC

loss of ozone molecules in atmosphere resulting in increase in harmful solar radiation reaching ground level caused by CFCs which are predominantly used in refrigerants and aerosol propellants

nuclear energy

gagethurstonstu — 2024-04-29 16:46:09 UTC

creates power through splitting uranium atoms which creates heat, which we turn into steam to power turbines to make electricity with no pollutant byproducts. "Clean energy"

Three mile island

gagethurstonstu — 2024-04-29 16:47:28 UTC

1979 - A mechanical failure and a human error at this power plant in Pennsylvania combined to permit an escape of radiation over a 16 mile radius. United States biggest nuclear incident.

Chernobyl

gagethurstonstu — 2024-04-29 16:48:14 UTC

1986 the nuclear power plant in Ukraine (at the time Russia) that suffered two large explosions which released massive amounts of radioactive materials. It is the worst nuclear accident in history and thousands were and continue to be impacted by the disaster.

Oil spills

gagethurstonstu — 2024-04-29 16:48:49 UTC

A form of water pollution, putting oil into the environment by accident, causes exponential damage to the oceanic ecosystem.

Paris Agreement

gagethurstonstu — 2024-04-29 16:49:36 UTC

an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation, and finance starting in the year 2020.