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Human Population 1 Billion
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California Droughts
Droughts had caused public health and safety impacts. The scientist predicts when droughts will occur and involves being able to forecast precipitation weeks to months ahead, but California has already made progress toward ending the drought. -
Human Population 2 Billion
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Dust Bowl
It was a severe drought in the Midwest and southern Great Plains. It was also known as “the Dirty Thirties” and for a decade massive dust storm began, it was an environmental disaster. -
Minamata Disaster
The first case of the Minamata disease was discovered in 1956, it was caused by methyl mercury. It started in Japan and more than 900 people died because no one thought anything was wrong until it was late. -
Human Population 3 Billion
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Amazon Deforestation
Almost 20 percent of the Amazon is deforests, beef and soy are the main factors of tropical deforestation. -
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring Published
Rachel Carson reveals a new public awareness that nature was vulnerable to human intervention. Her book is still relevant. -
U.S River Fires (Cuyahoga)
The river had burned more than 10 times over the previous century. It was caused by a combination of factors. Other factors were an accumulation of oily waste. -
Stockholm Conference
Summary description: It was the first world conference to make the environment a major issue. The action plan contained three main categories: a) Global environment assessment programmed. B) Environmental management activities. C) International measures to support assessment and management activities carried out at the national and international levels. These categories were broken down into 109 recommendations. -
Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act provided a way to help endangered species and habitats, but various species of fish, wildlife, and plants have rendered extinct because of economic growth and development. -
Human Population 4 Billion
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Love Canal
For many years people dumped toxic chemicals that killed and harmed residents. Many people had suffered from white blood cells and leukemia but eventually it was cleaned up and demolished in 2004. -
Human Population 6 Billion
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Bhopal Disaster
The Bhopal disaster happened in 1984 in the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh state, India. The gas drifted over the densely populated neighborhoods around the plant, and it killed thousands of people. It killed around 15,000- 20,000 people. Half a million survivors suffered respiratory problems. -
Chernobyl meltdown
It was the worst disaster in the history of nuclear power generation. It occurred when technicians at reactor unit 4 attempted a poorly designed experiment. They withdrew most of the control's rods from its core while allowing the reactor to continue running at 7 percent power. The graphite reactor core released large amount of radioactive materials into the atmosphere. -
Human Population 5 Billion
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Montreal Protocol
The Montreal Protocol was designed to stop the production and import of Ozone depleting substances and reduce their concentration in the atmosphere. It is the most successful environmental protection agreement. -
Kyoto protocol
It was an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions are gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. It was also the first international treaty to set legal binding targets. -
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
It’s a collection of floating marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean, it’s the most well-known garbage patch in the ocean. It’s a trash vortex that harms the ocean life. -
Documentary film An Inconvenient Truth released
It was directed by Davis Guggenheim; this documentary was to show how climate change and global warming are affecting us. -
Human Population 7 Billion
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Human Population 8 Billion