Environmental Problems

The Problems

• pollution: air pollution, water pollution (including oceanic pollution), soil pollution, noise pollution  污染： 空气污染，水污染（包括海洋污染） 土壤污染  噪声污染
• global warming  全球变暖
• species loss   物种的灭绝
• deforestation 森林采伐
• desertification   沙漠化
• soil salinification  土壤盐化
• ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere  高层大气的臭氧层破坏
• waste disposal   废物处理
• water shortage   水资源短缺

Other Related Vocabulary

Pollution

·   fertilizer  化肥

·   factory waste    工厂废料

·   rivers and streams   河川

·   heavy metals  重金属

        Global Warming

·   melting of the glaciers and the polar icecaps   冰川和极地冰盖的融化

·   extremes of weather  极端恶劣的天气

·   the El Nino phenomenon   厄尔尼诺现象

·   the greenhouse effect   温室效应

·   carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide  二氧化碳  二氧化硫

·   man-made causes, possible natural causes  人为原因，可能的自然原因

·   fuel  燃料

·   fossil fuels 化石燃料

·   hydrogen  氢

·   wind power, solar power, solar cells  风能，太阳能，太阳能电池

·   vehicle exhaust  车辆废气

·   power station   发电所

        Water Shortage

·   recycling  回收

        Waste Disposal

·   recycling   回收

        Desertification

·   sand storms (dust storms)  沙尘暴

·   overgrazing     过度放牧

·   goats (a major cause of desertification)  山羊（沙漠化的一个重要原因）

·   grasslands  草原

·   reforestation  重新造林

·   land regeneration

        Species Loss

·   habitat loss  栖息地的丧失

·   ecological balance  生态平衡

·   genetic diversity 遗传多样性

·   genes; genetic engineering   基因，基因工程

·   natural compounds (from living organisms) 天然化合物（来自生物有机体）

·   medicinal uses 医疗用途

·   genetically produced medicines (from the use of the genes of other species)  

·   improved/higher food production (from the use of original crop genes) 

        Soil Salinification

·   the water table  地下水位

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