This is a description of our trip to Wompatuck State Park. This is one of the MA, USA park. There exist the possibility to stay with camping.
The Air we breath
The maintenance of the Earth’s atmosphere oxygen balance is a major concern of contemporary ecologists. Its regeneration is due to plants with metabolism based on chlorophyll, both of the planktonic and terrestrial plants, especially of the rainforests. In this regard, it is noted that a hectare of forest produces about 50 times more oxygen than the same area covered with grass or agricultural plants. Read the rest of this entry »
Where the water starts?!
Water has represented and represents the essence of life. Water is the main factor within the planetary ecosystem.
The total volume of water on Earth is 1.35 billion km3 at surface + 8 million km3 in basement + 13.000 km3 in atmosphere. In percentage, 92.7 % of water is represented by the oceans, 2.15% is frozen water and 0.65% of water is represented as freshwater on Earth or atmosphere. Thus, freshwater constitutes 39.2 million km3 (2.7%) and is characterized by unequal distribution, and most of it must be be brought from polar areas. Read the rest of this entry »
Instead of foreword
Planet’s ecological balance is seriously jeopardized. For the first time in its history, mankind came to be able to move materials, to produce energy and waste, in quantities of the same order and size as the nature. Man can, through its unconscious actions, cause – directly or indirectly – natural disasters (floods, droughts, hurricanes, earthquakes), nuclear accidents, etc. We can also mention the lack of water: in 2000 year one billion of people did not have access to safe drinking water and 2 billion lacked access to any water. If we speak about the lack of breathable air: millions of people asphyxiate due to the smog (poisonous fog caused by gases from vehicles). Running after money, mankind destroys itself through: pollution, genetic experiments made without the necessary knowledge, use of antibiotics to fatten animals, untreated garbage, etc. And gravity of these problems is greatly emphasized by the spectacular growth of population on the planet.
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