Human Environment
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| 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.
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| Greenhouse gases | a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation
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| 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.
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| Acid rain | rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes.
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| pollution | the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
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| adapt | to change to make something suitable for new use or purpose
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| Depend | to be controlled or determined by
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| Modify | to make small changes to something to make it better or to make it less extreme
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| Natural Disaster | a major event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; floods, fires, hurricanes
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| Deforestation | to cut down or clear away trees from forests
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