Places to Know

Is now a public health hazard - was made to be an artificial lake but it shrank and changed climate around it - in Middle East

Killed tens of thousands - gas menthyl escaped from an insecticide plant

Nuclear accident in Ukraine where a reactor exploded - mass radiation

Dam erodes area around it, putting too much sediment into the Yangtze river - causes landslides/earthquakes (China)

subtropical wetland zone home to many species - humans are harming it

An electrochemical company, Hooker, dumped hazardous chemicals and contaminated soil/groundwater

Released mercury into a bay that went into fish, and then humans, caused disease

Huge underground reservoir that humans heavily depend on, but it is depleting

Cooling water failed and released radiation

Fishing ground - overfishing - caused ban on cod fishing

Oil rig exploded, mass oil spill

River caught on fire because of extreme pollution - led to Clean Water Act

Tar sands are good for profit but harmful to the economy

Extreme radiation because of power loss, affecting water, food, ocean - forced thousands to relocate

Abandoned nuclear waste site, Nuclear waste policy

Active volcanoes/earthquakes, good for research on tectonics

Almost no oxygen, almost no species - costs mass amounts of money in fish

Storage facility for millions of seeds - ultimate contingency if we lose crops

One of the biggest deposits of gold

Mass coal production

Extreme oil spill in 1989 destroying mass amounts of wildlife and communities

Michigan - lead in water - led to change in policy and citizen advocated

Iraqi troops set more than 600 tanks on fire and decreased petroleum - affecting economy

Strong current of warm water that regulates temperature