Throughout its history mankind has a detrimental impact on the environment.Since the beginning of the twentieth century, human impact on nature has increased a hundredfold.Environmental disasters in Russia and around the world that have taken place over the past decade, significantly exacerbated the already deplorable state of our planet.
reasons of environmental disasters
Almost all the major environmental disasters on our planet were the fault of the person.Employees working in industrial enterprises with a high level of danger, often neglects his duties.The slightest mistake or negligence of staff may lead to irreversible consequences.Disregarding the safety rules, operating companies threaten not only their lives, but also the security of the entire population.
In the desire to save the government allows businesses to mindlessly use of natural resources, dumping toxic waste into waterways.Greed makes a man forget about the consequences for the environment, which may cause its action.
In an effort to quell the panic among the population governments are often withheld from the people the true consequences that result from environmental disasters.Examples of such misinformation inhabitants - the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and release of anthrax in Sverdlovsk.If the government has taken the necessary measures in time to inform the public and the areas affected by the infection, about what had happened, a huge number of victims could have been avoided.
In rare cases, environmental disasters can cause disasters.Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and tornadoes are capable of provoking accidents in enterprises with hazardous production.Adverse weather conditions can lead to large-scale forest fires.
The worst disaster in the history of mankind
largest in the history of mankind accident entailed terrible consequences for the population of Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries, took place April 26, 1986.On this day, the fault of the employees of the city of Chernobyl nuclear power plant occurred a powerful explosion in the Unit.
As a result of the accident in the atmosphere was produced by the release of huge doses of radiation.Within a radius of 30 kilometers from the epicenter of the explosion people can live for many years, and the worldwide scattered radioactive clouds.Rain and snow containing radioactive particles were held in various parts of the world, causing irreparable harm to all living beings.The consequences of this disaster will have a major impact on the environment even more than one century.
catastrophe of the Aral Sea
Soviet Union for many years carefully concealed constantly deteriorating state of the Aral Sea, Lake.Once upon a time it was the world's fourth largest lake with a variety of underwater inhabitants, rich fauna and flora along its shores.Extraction of water from the rivers that feed the Aral Sea, to irrigate agricultural crops has led to the fact that the lake began to rapidly grow shallow.
For several decades, the level of water in the Aral Sea shrank by more than 9 times, with almost 7-fold increased salinity.All this has led to the extinction of freshwater fish and other inhabitants of the lake.Dry bed of the once majestic body of water has become a lifeless desert.
Besides all this, pesticides and agricultural chemicals, water trapped in the Aral Sea, were deposited on the dried seabed.They are carried by wind over a vast territory around the Aral Sea, resulting in deteriorating condition of flora and fauna, and the local population is suffering from various diseases.
shrinking of the Aral Sea has led to irreversible consequences for both nature and humans.The governments of the former Soviet Union, the territory which is now the lake, do not take any measures to improve the situation.The unique natural complex is no longer subject to recovery.
Other environmental disaster in Russia, entered history
In Russia in recent decades have occurred and others that are included in the story of environmental disaster.Examples of such - Usinsk and Lovinskaya disaster.
In 1994, Russia took the world's largest oil spill on land.In the Pechora forest in a good effort pipeline spilled more than a hundred thousand tons of oil.All the flora and fauna in the territory of a breakthrough had been destroyed.The consequences of the accident, despite the restoration work carried out, will long be felt.
Another breakthrough oil pipeline in Russia occurred in 2003, not far from Khanty-Mansiysk.More than 100 thousand tons of oil spilled into the river Mulymya, covering it with an oily film.Flora and fauna of the river and its environs have been mass extinction.
Recent environmental disasters in Russia
largest environmental disaster in Russia that took place over the last decade - the accident at the Novocheboksarsk plant JSC "Khimprom", which resulted in an atmosphere of chlorine were released, and the hole of the oil pipeline "Druzhba" in Bryansk region.Both tragedies occurred in 2006.As a result of disaster affected residents of the surrounding areas, as well as plants and animals.
Forest fires blazing across Russia in 2005, can also be attributed to environmental disasters.The fire destroyed hundreds of hectares of forest, and residents of big cities suffocated by smog.
How to prevent environmental disasters
In order to prevent further environmental disasters in Russia, it is necessary to take a series of emergency measures.They should be aimed primarily at improving the safety and strengthen accountability of staff working in dangerous factories.The responsibility for this, first of all, must take the country's Ministry of Environment.
After the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the legislation of Russia published an article, which prohibits to hide from the public the scale and consequences of environmental disasters.People are entitled to know about the environmental situation in their area.
Before production and develop new areas people need to think through all the consequences for the environment and assess the rationality of their actions.
