the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects
Adapt
make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose
Modify
make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme
Natural Disaster
Deforestation
Global Warming
a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants
Greenhouse Effect
the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface
Acid Rain
rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes
Greenhouse Gases
a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation
Depend
Depend is to be controlled or determined by or rely on
