ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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radioactive contamination of waterways
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acid rain due to nuclear fallout
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acid rain due air pollution from industries and high population density
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deforestation due to logging and building of highways
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Detailed explanation-1: -The impacts of climate change cannot be denied in the German Black Forest, where plants are starting to disappear. Researchers found that two species have gone extinct, while the abundance of 37 additional species has declined by 33 percent over the last 40 years.
Detailed explanation-2: -The acid rain caused massive devastation to trees, soils, rivers and lakes. By 1984 almost half of the trees in the nearby Black Forest showed signs of damage and images of blackened skeletal trees helped fuel the environmental movement.
Detailed explanation-3: -British, German, and Swedish, scientists were among the first to warn that increasing levels of sulfur dioxide emissions from factories led to trees dying. In Germany, a country of old woods, beautiful rivers, and historic monuments, acid rain took a heavy toll on the natural environment.
Detailed explanation-4: -Acid rain has ruined nearly half of the Black Forest in southwestern Germany. It has damaged the soil and the trees growing in it. Many acres of diseased trees are at risk of dying. It is the main concern in the future.