Environment Geophysics on Environmental protection in China

Abstract

The environmental problem conexists with the birth and development of human being. When people entered on the Industrial Revolution, especially the twentieth century, with the rapid improvement of the productivity level, the natural resources has been exploited and used at the unprecedented level. When people are creating the material wealth, they are also producing more and more pollution. The environmental problem has been more and more serious. This problem has already done harm to the human existence directly. In recent 20 years, the environmental problem has been one of the most important problems that people are concerned with. In China, there are also many environmental problems such as air pollution, water pollution, refuse treatment, desertification, sand calamity, soil erosion, drought, flood, biodiversity damage,and so on. Some of these problems have already affected the development of national economy and the living of people. So using the modern technology, uniting different subjects, studying these problems roundly and systematacially, and harnessing the pollution are important to the sustainable development of the society and economy. Key words: Geophysics; Environmental protection; pollution