Environmental disasters
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World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
Description
Discusses the disastrous year 2000 overflow of a Romanian reservoir that held heavy metals and cyanide, pouring the deadly mix into rivers that feed the Danube and killing all living creatures in its path.
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Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the events surrounding the wildfire that raged in New Mexico in 2000 and the resulting debate over the policy of prescribed burning, or purposely setting fires as a means of forest management.
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Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Traces the history and eventual cleanup of the ecological disaster known as Love Canal, which resulted from building a neighborhood over a chemical dumpsite that poisoned the environment and endangered the health of residents.
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The Mount St. Helens volcanic eruptions
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