2. BRAIN JOGGER What is Pollution? The contamination of air, water, or soil by substances that are harmful to living organisms. Pollution can occur naturally, for example through volcanic eruptions, or as the result of human activities, such as the spilling of oil or disposal of industrial waste.

3. WHAT ARE EUROPE'S ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Acid Rain in Germany Air Pollution in the United Kingdom Nuclear Disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine

4. Acid Rain

5. ACID RAIN Where? Germany Causes? Smoke from factories and power plants, car and bus exhaust. Air Currents carries the toxic smoke into Germany and other European countries.

6. HOW DOES ACID RAIN WORK?

7. ACID RAIN Effect? Destroyed Germany’s Black Forest Acid rain “eating” through statues and buildings Pollutes Rivers (Danube and Rhine Rivers)

8. Other Countries Impacted: Countries to the EAST of Germany are impacted by Germany’s pollution Germany is impacted by the U.K. pollution. Acid Rain

9. WHO IS HURTING THE MOST?

10. What is being done to stop it? Southern Germany starting to use Hydroelectric Energy for power. German Govt. passed laws to reduce automobile emissions, and increase clean energy. Wind Turbines and Solar Energy Acid Rain

11. ACID RAIN CLIP

12. AIR POLLUTION Where? United Kingdom Causes ? Gases from automobile and factory exhaust. London known for SMOG! Long history of Air Pollution

13. Effect? Burns lungs, eyes, nose, and endangers human life. Young and Old forced indoors Blackens building and threatens wildlife Air Pollution

14. Other Countries Impacted? U.K. is in the top ten in the world in harmful industrial emissions. Air Pollution in U.K. causes Acid Rain in Western Europe. Air Pollution

15. What is being done to stop it? History of trying to stop it as well… King Edward I tried to ban coal fires. Govt. created smokeless zones, where only smokeless fuels could be used. Laws created to make car companies produce cars that don’t pollute as much. Air Pollution

16. LONDON SMOG CLIP

17. NUCLEAR DISASTER Where? Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, Ukraine Causes? Nuclear Power is very complicated, and extreme caution is needed in order to safely produce power or nuclear fuel. This caution was not taken at Chernobyl

18. NUCLEAR DISASTER Effect? Acute Radiation Syndrome, Birth Defects, Abandoned Cities, decrease in the use of Nuclear Power, and Cancer Impact on Other Countries? Radioactive Material entered the air and fell on Northern Europe and Scandinavia

20. Reactor #4 after incident

21. ABANDONED CITY OF PRIPYAT

23. NUCLEAR DISASTER What is Being Done to Stop It? Less countries using Nuclear Power (Nuclear Power is actually pretty clean)….  Safety Increased at Nuclear Power Plants

24. = a Nuclear Power Plant

25. CHERNOBYL CLIP

26. QUESTION TO PONDER? Which is the bigger risk to the environment, nuclear energy or fossil fuel? Pros and Cons, Half Page.