Environmental ProblemsThe Problemspollution: air pollution, water pollution (including oceanic pollution), soil pollution, noise pollution 污染： 空气污染，水污染（包括海洋污染） 土壤污染 噪声污染 global warming 全球变暖 species loss 物种的灭绝 deforestation 森林采伐 desertification 沙漠化 soil salinification 土壤盐化 ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere 高层大气的臭氧层破坏 waste disposal 废物处理 water shortage 水资源短缺Other Related Vocabulary Pollution · fertilizer 化肥· factory waste 工厂废料· rivers and streams 河川· heavy metals 重金属 Global Warming · melting of the glaciers and the polar icecaps 冰川和极地冰盖的融化· extremes of weather 极端恶劣的天气· the El Nino phenomenon 厄尔尼诺现象· the greenhouse effect 温室效应· carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide 二氧化碳 二氧化硫· man-made causes, possible natural causes 人为原因，可能的自然原因· fuel 燃料· fossil fuels 化石燃料· hydrogen 氢· wind power, solar power, solar cells 风能，太阳能，太阳能电池· vehicle exhaust 车辆废气· power station 发电所 Water Shortage· recycling 回收 Waste Disposal· recycling 回收 Desertification· sand storms (dust storms) 沙尘暴· overgrazing 过度放牧 · goats (a major cause of desertification) 山羊（沙漠化的一个重要原因）· grasslands 草原· reforestation 重新造林· land regeneration Species Loss· habitat loss 栖息地的丧失· ecological balance 生态平衡· genetic diversity 遗传多样性· genes; genetic engineering 基因，基因工程· natural compounds (from living organisms) 天然化合物（来自生物有机体）· medicinal uses 医疗用途· genetically produced medicines (from the use of the genes of other species) · improved/higher food production (from the use of original crop genes) Soil Salinification · the water table 地下水位本文由雅思网名师贾若寒作品，，转载请注明此处。