aphy & N r at Tanasic, J Geogr Nat Disast 2017, 7:1 og u e ra l G f D DOI: 10.4172/2167-0587.1000183 o i s l a Journal of a s n t r e u r s o J ISSN: 2167-0587 Geography & Natural Disasters ResearchResearch Article Article Open Access Potential Causes of Global Crisis Branislav R Tanasic* National University Sabac, Serbia Abstract Modern world is greatly and rapidly changing. The conditions for life work and survival are the more difficult and complex. Overall, modern humanity is going through an extremely complicated process, ranging from the extremes of developed and landscaped socio-economic system to unstable countries and regions in frequent war conflicts. The increasing consumption of natural resources, fossil fuels, then the drinking water, air, and soil pollution, with the evident climate change, can only deepen and generate a crisis. It is generally known the difficulty, a clear threat. Knowledge and awareness of the planet's limited reserves directed to the use of the alternative energy sources. The question is what the vitally important resource is, and that these natural and anthropogenic incidents can cause major crises and disasters? Keywords: Crisis; disaster; Natural resources; Energy Water Introduction Water is the source of life and the necessity to maintain life. The initiator of the development, but it can be a limiting factor for progress. The crisis etymologically derived from the Greek word crisis which The average need for a healthy, adult human for drinking water is about means a final judgment, thinking, and breakpoint when making the 2.5 liters per day. It is estimated that today about 1.1 billion people lack decision or the time of intense difficulty or danger [1]. In everyday access to clean drinking water, while more than 2.5 billion people do use, the crisis means the condition that deviates from the usual, not have secured a healthy sanitation. More than 5 million people die normal order of things. The crisis, disruption to the normal may be every year from diseases caused by poor or unhealthy drinking water caused as a result of effects of natural factors and as a result of harmful [3]. UN Reports on water and forecasts are higher than black. Every human activities. Nature can cause a crisis of catastrophic proportions; day more than 5,000 dying children younger than 5 years of disease earthquake, tsunami, fires, meteorite impact, even infectious diseases directly caused by polluted water. In the next 20 years, the average as the planet has experienced in the fourteenth century, when the amount of drinking water will be decreased by one-third, compared plague (Black death), killed a quarter of Europe’s population, and to its current stock [4]. What a paradox- continuously reducing the more than 25 million in Africa [2]. The human factor is responsible reserves of fresh water, with a predicted increase in global sea level due for the crisis and disasters as well as product activity; ravages of war, to melting glaciers and ice at the poles. terrorism, industrial disaster, even some natural disasters caused by the disruption of ecosystems.Planet Earth is a highly dynamic, marked by What's this point the situation in Serbia? In Serbia, there is less numerous events. Meteorologists amounts of data that the planet every healthy spring water. Uncontrolled deforestation only accelerates the day gets hit more than eight million times by lightning. Often electrical problem. The bombing of 1999, with the use of depleted uranium, has discharge of assorted be fatal or can cause a forest fire that spread to contaminated some of the karst springs in southern Serbia. After the enormous proportions. Understanding of plate tectonics explains the reserves of drinking water, we are at the 47th place [5]. A special problem earthquakes, although the doctrine is still unable to provide data where is the pollution of groundwater. It should be understood that any waste and when it can get to the next attack? For years, the accumulated sooner or later reaches the groundwater and pollute them. Almost no energy is released in the moment and caused incalculable damage scale. arranged landfills Belgrade directly into the mouth of the Sava and the Material destruction and many victims may cause the devastating power Danube discharge their waste water at some twenty localities, without of the volcano eruption, probably a terrifying display of natural forces, any processing. which can extremely affect the vast expanses of the entire surface of the planet. Life on the planet is constantly endangered by anthropogenic Water covers about 70% of our planet's surface. But only 2.5% of effects. War conflicts, then terrorism- monster of the modern era, the total quantities (about 35 million cubic kilometers), is usable for achieved through a well-functioning individuals and organized groups- drinking, or less than 1% of drinking water is directly accessible to the religious, political fanatics unable to because of their goals everyday life people for use, which is about 0.007% of all water on earth! [6], another of an ordinary man into a nightmare. Excessive pollution of air and problem is the uneven distribution of fresh water as well as its renewal water, have launched a chain reaction - we are witnessing the current through atmospheric precipitation. climate change and the consequences that these changes cause, but are we aware of how the situation is bad, even though our planet giving a warning almost daily? One of the main challenges in the XXIth century will be focused on building awareness of environmental security and *Corresponding author: Branislav R Tanasic, Professor, National University Sabac, Serbia, Tel: 00381637730 632; 38115354652; E-mail: [email protected] increase efforts to reduce the pollution of water, air and soil. Received February 27, 2017; Accepted March 13, 2017; Published March 15, This paper is an attempt to draw attention to the situation of 2017 essential, vitally important resource of the planet who have been Citation: Tanasic BR (2017) Potential Causes of Global Crisis. J Geogr Nat Disast adversely affected, the possible threats and consequences of strong 7: 183. doi: 10.4172/2167-0587.1000183 earthquakes and volcanoes, but also the dangers of the universe, the Copyright: © 2017 Tanasic BR. This is an open-access article distributed under events of the recent past which have led a life on the edge of the Earth the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted Quench, the possibility that a blue planet once again be exposed to use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and similar temptations. source are credited. J Geogr Nat Disast, an open access journal Volume 7 • Issue 1 • 1000183 ISSN: 2167-0587 Citation: Tanasic BR (2017) Potential Causes of Global Crisis. J Geogr Nat Disast 7: 183. doi: 10.4172/2167-0587.1000183 Page 2 of 7 So it is with consumption, one who has a lot of water that spent. the clock hands. Trapped air in the middle of the climb, as the only A resident of the United States consumes daily about 300 liters of possible choice movement, carrying extra moisture, which results in water; while for example, the average resident of Egypt spends the heavy rain. Most of the cyclone is formed by deforming a front of cold day with 22 liters of water. An interesting fact is that agriculture uses polar air [12]. Something similar happened with Tamara, namely the the lion's share of 90% of total water consumption, while industry field of low pressure formed over the Adriatic, as well as the penetration and households account for only 5% of consumed water. Water of polar, cold air from Central Europe to the Mediterranean basin. knows no national boundaries in the world, there are 276 rivers that Polar, cold wave in a collision with a moist subtropical air caused flow through more state territory. About 46% of the planet's surface the field of very low pressure, which is moved and stationed over the covered rivers that flow through two or more countries. From this, it Balkans. Otherwise, this field has taken on huge proportions with a follows that it is unusually important to the beneficiary countries of diameter of about 1000 kilometers and a thickness of approximately 100 this natural resource to each other by mutual agreement regulating km! Usually the cyclone of this type still worn in the coastal zone, but the level of consumption, and water conservation from a variety of thanks to the extremely high humidity air masses over land, the cyclone pollution. More than 90% of wastewater in developing countries flows is an additional "feeding" the scenario of catastrophic rainfall was ready. directly into the river flows, without any pre-treatment and treatment. This was followed by rains that collapsed in quantity all the records About 80% of all the water in the world is poured into rivers without recorded in the region. Some weather Centres gave cyclone name Ivette any treatment! It seems that the awareness of the dangers of the lack but what prevailed was the named Tamara. Extreme rainfall caused of clean water is growing, as evidenced by the fact that in the period floods in addition to an additional problem, worked through numerous from 1820 to 2007 signed 450 agreements and contracts that solve the landslides across Serbia. The crisis arose during the floods, has grown problems of exploitation of common waterways, dams, and lakes [7]. A into a catastrophe, and all agree that this is the biggest peacetime very important event, which can help in solving international problems catastrophe in Serbia ever, with huge material losses, and unfortunately and crises induced water shortage, is ICWE - International Conference the people.