Summary The present summary is based on the book "Northern Europe’s seas. Norther Europe’s environment" by Britt Aniansson. Oceans and seas are polluted every day by different substances that reach the waters from different sources on land and at the sea. The author points out four main problems in the marine environment. One of the main problems is the chemical pollution which is caused by natural or man- made halogenated compounds, pesticides, dioxins, chlorinated organic materieals and so on.
Norther n Lights Kaisa Kask Introduction 1. How and where Northern Lights appear? 2. How the Northern Lights got their colors? 3. Do the Northern Lights emit sound? How and where Northern Lights appear? • Charged particles collide with molecules • Generate a glow • The strongest auroras are quite bright • The aurora occurs above: altitudes of 80 km infrequently above 500 km normal altitudes 110 and 200 How the Lights got their colors? • Every gas creates a different color • neon lights: helium – pink/white neon - red/orange argon - lavender krypton - gray/green The colors of auroras • Determined by gases in the Earth’s atmosphere • Solar particles collide with different gases • Oxygen (300km) – a rare red aurora • Oxygen (100-300km) – yellow-to-green aurora Do the Northern Lights emit sound? • Subject of discussion • Proven that people can hear...
The London Underground is a really good way to travel in london. London Underground has more names than one (the Underground, the Tube and so on). The Underground servers a large parts of london like Greater London, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex. It allso serves 270 stations, it's 402 kilometers (250 miles) long and it has 11 lines (Bakerloo line, Central line, Circle line, District line, Hammersmith & City line, Jubilee line, Metropolitan line, Norther line, Piccadilly line, Victoria line and finally Waterloo & City line ). All the lines have been color coded (Brown, Red,Yellow and so on). The Underground doesn't cost too much (In our age 1.40£ to 6.60£). If you use it regularly you can buy a "Oyster card", which you can use to store your rides/money. The first Underground was opened in 1863 (10 January) useing gas-lit wooden carriages hauled by steam locomotives and it was called Metropolitan Railway. The oldest
Northern Ireland is also home to the UK's largest lake, Lough Neagh, The Giant's Causeway is also located in the Nothern Ireland. I think people in the UK complain too much about the weather. They don't really have extreme weather conditions and the temperature doesn't fluctuate much. I think it is very ineteresting how every part of the Uk has a different landscape. temperate climate zone Gulf steam? Low laying forming meadows and pastures the pennies – a large range of mountains in norther ingland The Midlands' largest city is Burmingan.. It is one of England’s principal industrial and commercial areas. The severn – wales, ben nevis- scotland
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The UK & London The United Kingdom (or the UK) is a short way of saying the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Norther Ireland. The UK is situated north-west of the European continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. The UK consists of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Its highest point is Ben Nevis in Scotland followed by Snowdon in Wales. The Severn is the longest river in the United Kingdom. Other important rivers are the Trent, the Mersey, the Tyne, etc. Lough Neagh which lies in the centre of Northern Ireland is thr UK's largest freshwater lake.