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Environmental
Awareness
 ACID RAIN
Acid rain is a phenomenon that occurs when nitrogen and sulfur compounds.

Emissions from motor vehicles, factories and industrials parks mix with water vapor

in the air to form tiny droplets of nitric and sulfuric acid thus, makes raindrops more

acidic than usual.

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 EFFECTS OF ACID RAIN
1.On Structures - Historical monuments in some highly industrialized European cities have
shown signs of deterioration and damage due to the acidic nature of rain in the area that
corrodes metals, washes paints and exposed areas.
2.On Vegetation - Laboratory experiments show that plants are seriously affected by acidic
rainfall. Tree grown are stunned and damages its outer layers. Eventually, tress and plants
begin to shed their leaves, wither, and die because the rain may also affect the quality of soil
where they are planned.
3.On Humans and other animals – Aside from tears it brings to the eyes, it makes the skin
itchy and sometimes from rashes. It also seeps into the water pipes and wells, making the water
taste and smell “sour” As it collects in takes and other bodies of water, fishes and frogs suffer
from increased acidity.

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 Examples

On Structures. On Vegetation. On Humans and other

animals.

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GLOBAL WARMING AND
GREENHOUSE EFFECT

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Global warming is the rise in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere primarily due to the so
called
“greenhouse effect.” According to the Hadley center for climate prediction and Research in the
UK. When there is a change in the world’s ocean temperature. Typhoons and cyclones will
become more frequent and more severe. Countries with winter season will experience longer
and colder seasons than before.

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OZONE LAYER
The ozone layer's UV rays are what? 
UV-A covers wavelengths from 315 to 400 nanometers.
whereas UV-C covers wavelengths between 100 and 280 nanometers. The range of
UV-B wavelengths is between 280 and 315 nanometers.
All life on Earth is protected by the ozone layer since prolonged exposure to high UV-
B levels is dangerous to human health and harms the majority of animals, plants, and
microorganisms. Because ozone is a good absorber.

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THE EL NIÑO AND LA NIÑA
PHENOMENA

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The term “El Niño” was first used by fishermen in Peru in the late 1800s to describe
the warm current appearing off the western coast of Peru during December. “El Niño”
means little boy in Spanish.

“La Niña” a term that means “little girl” is also known as El Viejo. Anti-El Niño or
simply a “cold event or episode.

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 EARTHQUAKE
Since 2011 we record all the earthquakes in the Philippines. Every year we encounter about 2000 earthquakes.

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One of the most frightening and destructive lashes of mother earth is a severe sudden
movement of the earth’s crust. Caused by an abrupt release of strain that has accumulated for a
long time. Earthquake are uncontrollable and unpredictable, thus, present a great hazard of life
and proper possibly predict the location and likelihood of an earthquake. As well as new
designs for various structures that hopefully, will withstand a strong tremor.
Scientist today are working 24/7 to come up with a way to
Earthquake may be tectonic, volcanic, collapse or explosion The type depends on the
geological make-up of a region. Earthquakes beneath the ocean sometimes generate immense
sea waves or more popularly known as “tsunami” as high as 20-40 meters.

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FLOODING

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Floods often occur after continuous heavy rains. When it rains, some of the water are
retained by the soil. Some are absorbed by vegetation, some evaporate, and the
remainder, which reach river channels, are called run-off. Today every time that
there is a heavy downpour, many streets in Metro Manila and in other parts of our
country become flooded, Floods are a yearly problem that we have to face.

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Landslide

The Good news Manila flood control

Management.

-Building of dams
-Improvement of urban drainage
-Modernization of pumping station
-Improvement of flood forecasting

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DEFORESTATION POLLUTION

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DEFORESTATION
This is also a serious national problem , some causes of deforestation are the following.
1.Illegal Logging – This is a problem which the government cannot succeed to solve it this cannot be stopped, our forest will get
denuded.
2.Charcoal Making – This is not being paid attention to but sometimes this is worse than illegal logging in illegal logging. Only the
big trees are cut down to be burned into charcoal.
3.Kaingin System – This practice is worse than the first two, in this practice, the hillsides or mountainsides are cleared thoroughly.
All the trees, big and small, are cut down and burned. The place is then planted with rice, corn, or vegetables, after two or three
years, the cleared hillsides or mountainside become barren wastelands, this is so because the tertile surface soil has been washed
down by rain, The kaingin leaves the barren hillside and finds another hillside to clear. This is the reason why the hillside and
mountainside that we see from the lowlands are barren.
NEGATIVE EFFECT OF DEFORESTATION
1. Flash floods –flash floods in deforested areas occur whenever there are heavy rains, resulting in the destruction
of cups and loss of lives. Very little vegetation on the hillside and mountainsides can hold the rainwater from
onrushing to the lowlands . An example is the flash flood that occurred in once, leyte killing many people.
2. Air pollution – it a scientific fact that trees function as affective “air filter” as well as temperature regulators as
they need carbon dioxide for food production they clean the air and help mountain a cool fresh breeze for humans
to enjoy.
3.eyesore – Green is a color that is ansoctated with freshness and life. Without trees the colors brown and black
will dominate the surrounding making one feel old and exhausted.
4. Ecological imbalance – Birds and squirrels will lose their dwelling places, people are going to miss the shade
and fruits they get from trees and children will have no place to play their fun games.
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