哈尔滨工业大学《环境学》课件1.ppt

Land crisis, Desertification Air pollution Water crisis Sea pollution Hazard waste transfer 6. Regional Environmental Concerns No region is free of environmental problems. Most countries, and regions within countries, focus on specific, local issues that apply directly to them. If you live in the middle of Beijing City, how “real” is biodiversity loss in Brazil? 1. Acid rain: 30 %; South of Changjiang River—one of the most serious acid rain zone in the world; 2. CO2 emission: 2nd; SO2 emission: 1st 3. Desertification: 500 Ha per day; 4. Forest Crisis: 400,000 Ha per year; 5. Water resource crisis: one of 21 countries having water shortage. 300 of 600 cities; 6. Soil erosion: 3,670,000 km2 ; 7. 2/3 cities are surrounded by wastes; 8. Less than 1% cities reach the standard of air quality. 7. The task of Environmental Science to recognize and understand natural interactions within our environment, and integrate these with the uses humans must make of in the natural world. to describe problems caused by human use of the natural world. to seek solutions to the environmental problems. Are we managing our environment sustainably? – development that meets the needs of the current generation without undermining the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. 8. Sustainability Environmental pollution: refers to any addition of matter or energy that degrades the environment quality for humans and other organisms. Course Policies Any time, if you don’t grasp it, stand up to raise question. In case of absence from class more than 3 times, final exam will be canceled. Skeleton notes handout or free E-mail. Contact me Dr. You Shi-Jie（尤世界） Room 1427, School building E-mail: shijieyou@ sjyou@ QQ(Green World) Tel:×） Mobile phone:18 Personally, how do you make sense of sustainable development and is there anything we can do to make our life more environmentally friendly and sustainable? 200-300 words, time: