ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Environmental emergency

Imagine one day you woke up and saw a big mess in your room! Your toys are scattered all around, your books are on the floor, and your clothes are all over the place. This is just like an environmental emergency.

The Earth, where we live on, is our home and we need to take care of it, but sometimes bad things happen that make it sick. Examples are floods, wildfires, oil spills, and pollution. They can hurt animals, plants, and people.

Just like your room, the Earth needs to be cleaned and fixed after these emergencies happen. Scientists and people who work for the environment come together to help. They use special tools and techniques to clean up the mess and make the Earth healthy again.

The most important thing is to prevent these types of emergencies from happening by protecting the environment, which means taking care of trees and oceans around you, turning off lights when you are not using them, recycling, and more!