<p> Name ????? Environmental Issues Soil Erosion</p><p>What is soil erosion? ?????</p><p>Why is soil erosion and natural hazard? ?????</p><p>Watch the ‘Living Labs: Yellow River Basin’ YouTube video and complete the following questions. Where in the world is the Yellow River Basin? ????? Describe the Yellow River ????? Why was the Yellow River running dry downstream for some months of the year? ????? How is the Conservation Agriculture Project combating soil erosion? ?????</p><p>Page 1 of 3 http://www.geographyalltheway.com/igcse_geography/economic_development/environmental_risk/igcse_en vironmental_issues.htm Global Warming / Climate Change</p><p>How do greenhouse gases cause global warming? ?????</p><p>Read the BBC News article ‘Billions face climate change risk’ from geographyalltheway.com and answer the following questions. What do scientists think climate change is going to cause? ????? Why do you think that “the poorest of the poor in the world” are “going to be worst hit”? ????? What is predicted to happen with crop yields in Asia? ????? What is the likelihood of climate change causing more warm spells and heat waves? ?????</p><p>Page 2 of 3 http://www.geographyalltheway.com/igcse_geography/economic_development/environmental_risk/igcse_en vironmental_issues.htm Pollution</p><p>Use the Blacksmith Institute website linked to from geographyalltheway.com to complete the following table about the 10 most polluted places in the world. Potential Cause of the no. of Impact of the No. Location Country pollution People pollution affected 1 ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? 2 ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? 3 ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? 4 ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? 5 ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? 6 ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? 7 ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? 8 ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? 9 ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? 10 ????? ????? ????? ????? ?????</p><p>Page 3 of 3</p><p> http://www.geographyalltheway.com/igcse_geography/economic_development/environmental_risk/igcse_en vironmental_issues.htm</p>