Environment protection must be global

That the problem of pollution and ecology has become the most important one for mankind is evident. The more civilization is developing, the greater the ecological problems are becoming. Air and water pollution is now reaching tremendous proportions. In our era ecological problem is changing from a national to an international one.

However, our scientific knowledge and technological advancement make it possible to eliminate pollution, if people use good will and make considerable investments for that purpose. The development of natural resources on a global scale is already possible from a scientific and technical standpoint. Large-scale experimental work in this area is successfully being carried out.

At present scientists in industrially developed countries are working out the theory of interaction of all the atmospheric and oceanic global processes that determine the climate and weather of the world. Increasing growth of population, industrialization and the use of natural resources are slowly but surely changing the global climate and water balance.

The essential feature in the environmental protection is that many problems can be solved only on the level of world community. Therefore the planning of protection against pollution by human society as a whole is necessary today and in the nearest future. It is important to develop an international programme to study data on land, forest, atmospheric and oceanic resources.

People are beginning to realize that environmental problems are their own ones. They join and support various international organizations and green parties. If we protect our environment together, we will be able to avoid the disaster that threatens the world and all of us.

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What must be done to solve the problem of protecting the environment throughout the world?

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1. The video card can be installed in the computer.

2. They are glad to have used this new scanner.

3. A new personal computer happened to have been bought by my friend.

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1. Choosing a printer, pay attention to its resolution.

2. The peripherals are the physical units attached to the computer.

3. The information being useful, we called the computer engineer.