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Environmental Impacts
- Fuelwood
- Population growth and urbanisation
increases demand on fuelwood supply
- Deforestation of land
- Destruction of natural habitats
- Soil/ground exposed
- Erosion increases and land fertility drops
- More surface run off = seasonal flooding and drought
- Erosion increases and land fertility drops
- Destruction of natural habitats
- Deforestation of land
- Smoke pollution
- Population growth and urbanisation
increases demand on fuelwood supply
- Acid Rain
- Coal power plants and car
exhausts release sulphates and
nitrates
- Combined with natural release
- Binds with atmospheric substances
and falls as toxic and damaging precipitation
- Conifer leaves lose needles
- Acidification of water sources kills fish
- Limestone weathered
- Reservoirs polluted
- Dry precipitation damages land and soil
- Conifer leaves lose needles
- Binds with atmospheric substances
and falls as toxic and damaging precipitation
- Combined with natural release
- High release in NW
Spain, N Italy, Poland and
E Germany
- Pollution plumes NE over Scandinavia
- Pollution plumes NE over Scandinavia
- Coal power plants and car
exhausts release sulphates and
nitrates
- Current Damage
- Combustion of fossil fuels releases
vast amounts of pollutants
- Pollutants rise to
atmosphere and
damage ozone layer
- UV radiation allowed in so
atmosphere warms
- Ice-caps and glaciers melt - sea level rises
- Low-lying land at risk of flooding
- Low-lying land at risk of flooding
- Ice-caps and glaciers melt - sea level rises
- UV radiation allowed in so
atmosphere warms
- Damage to people
- Pollutants rise to
atmosphere and
damage ozone layer
- Oil spills
- Destroy habitats and natural life
- Destroy habitats and natural life
- Combustion of fossil fuels releases
vast amounts of pollutants
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