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| 672995138 | atmosphere | the whole mass of air surrounding the earth | |
| 672995139 | deforestation | the act of cutting down trees | |
| 672995140 | degrade | to damage something | |
| 672995141 | depleting | reducing something to an insufficient amount | |
| 672995142 | disrupt | to keep something from moving or growing | |
| 672995143 | ecosystems | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit | |
| 672995144 | emissions | something sent out or given off | |
| 672995145 | energy-efficient | energy efficient homes are composed of a network of elements working together to reduce the overall amount of energy consumption | |
| 672995146 | erosion | the process of slowly destroying the surface through wind or rain | |
| 672995147 | fossil fuels | fuels (as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains | |
| 672995148 | glacial melts | a large persistent body of ice that is melting | |
| 672995149 | greenhouse gases | warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of a planet (as Earth or Venus) that is caused by conversion of solar radiation into heat in a process involving selective transmission of short wave solar radiation by the atmosphere, its absorption by the planet's surface, and reradiation as infrared which is absorbed and partly reradiated back to the surface by atmospheric gases | |
| 672995150 | habitats | places where plants and animals are found | |
| 672995151 | incineration | the process of causing to burn to ashes | |
| 672995152 | industrialize | to build and operate factories and businesses in a city, region, country, etc. | |
| 672995153 | mitigate | to make something less harmful | |
| 672995154 | ozone | a form of oxygen that is found in a layer high in the earth's atmosphere | |
| 672995155 | precipitation | the amount of rain or snow that falls | |
| 672995156 | ramifications | unexpected results or consequences of an action | |
| 672995157 | renewable | that can be replaced naturally |
