Earth disaster

Author: Ling Xiao
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Earth is the homeland where people live. From the perspective of Earth photos taken by artificial satellites, Earth appears as a vibrant blue planet. However, from an altitude of ten thousand meters, the mottled and scarred Earth is truly heart-wrenching. In the latter half of the 20th century, the progress of human society surpassed that of the previous few centuries. As the 21st century approached, under the impact of the new wave of technological revolution, the world was undergoing unprecedented changes. The rapid rise of a large number of high technologies, represented by microelectronics, information, biology, aerospace, new energy, and new materials, quickly transformed human production and lifestyles, driving the rapid development of social productivity. However, on the other hand, population growth, resource scarcity, ecological deterioration, environmental pollution, and frequent disasters have led to a series of crises in human survival. The harmony and coordinated development between human society and nature have been severely damaged, and the Earth where humans live has become overburdened and plagued by disasters.