1. Human beings did not abide by the rules of nature and over-cultivated the land, causing the Black Storm incident in the United States.

In the early morning of May 11, 1934, a black storm unprecedented in human history occurred in the prairie region of the western United States. The storm lasted for three days and three nights. Wherever the storm passed, streams stopped flowing, wells dried up, fields cracked, crops withered, livestock died of thirst, and tens of millions of people were displaced.

This is a historic punishment from nature to human civilization because humans do not abide by the rules of nature. Due to the continuous reclamation of land resources by developers and the continuous felling of forests, soil wind erosion has been serious, and continuous droughts have aggravated the phenomenon of land desertification.

Under the action of high-altitude air currents, dust particles and sand are rolled up, and strands of dust rise into the sky, forming huge gray-black storm belts. Nature uses these disasters to warn people and destroy nature. If you follow the rules, you will be punished!

2. Human beings did not abide by the rules of nature and excessively emitted pollution, causing the poisonous smog incident in London, England.

From December 5 to 9, 1952, the skies over London were affected by an anticyclone. The exhaust gases emitted by a large number of factory production and residents burning coal for heating were difficult to diffuse and accumulated over the city. London was shrouded in thick smog, traffic was paralyzed, and the thick fog even penetrated indoors. Many activities were forced to be canceled. People came and went wearing masks, and pedestrians groped their way cautiously.

Not only have citizens’ lives been disrupted, but their health has also been severely damaged. Many citizens experienced symptoms such as chest tightness, suffocation, difficulty breathing, stinging eyes, asthma, and coughing, and the morbidity and mortality rates increased sharply.

According to statistics, as many as 4,000 people died due to the smog that month. More than 100,000 people were infected with respiratory diseases, affecting children and the elderly. It was a famous "toxic smog incident" in British history and became one of the top ten environmental pollution incidents in the 20th century.

3. Human beings did not abide by the rules of nature and overused water, causing Lop Nur, China's second largest inland saltwater lake, to completely dry up

In the 1920s, the Tarim River was artificially diverted, causing the downstream Drought and water shortage. In the 1970s, due to the blind misuse of Tarim River water resources in the upper reaches, the lower reaches of the river dried up, Lop Nur lost water, and the ecological environment was completely destroyed. Lop Nur, which has a radius of 2,200 square kilometers and has no water, has become a dry and dead lake.

After Lop Nur dried up, the surrounding ecological environment continued to deteriorate, all herbaceous plants died, and the Populus euphratica forest, the sand control guard, died in tracts, and the desert advanced into the lake at a rate of 3 to 5 meters per year. "Western Region Water" Lop Nur completely dried up.

The drying up of Lop Nur has caused the Kumtag Desert and the vast Taklimakan Desert to converge, accelerating the process of land desertification and further deteriorating the ecological environment.

Extended information

Lop Nur (also known as Lop Nur, a transliteration of the Mongolian phonetic name), means a lake where many waters gather. It is about 780 meters above sea level and is located at the lowest point in the eastern part of the Tarim Basin. The easternmost edge of the Taklimakan Desert, northern Ruoqiang County, southeastern Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture. The Tarim River, Kongque River, Cheerchen River, Shule River, etc. converge here. It was once the second largest saltwater lake in China, covering an area of ??approximately 2,400-3,000 square kilometers. ?

Before 330 AD, there was a lot of water in the lake. Loulan City on the northwest side was the throat of the famous "Silk Road". Later, due to climate change and the impact of human water conservancy projects, the upstream water flow decreased. In the 1970s, It dried up over the years and is now just a large salt crust.

Lop Nur gradually dried up due to excessive water use upstream, which led to the interruption of supplementary water sources. Excessive evaporation of the desert geology has gradually reduced the surface of Lop Nur Lake, forming gradually shrinking and dry salty crust outlines. The dry Lop Nur Lake photographed by space remote sensing satellites shows that the center of the lake is like a huge helix. Therefore, it is called the "Ear of the Earth."

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