Land and water use
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| acid mine drainage | show 🗑
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| show | The rapid growth of a population of algae
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| Eutrophication | show 🗑
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| Aquifer | show 🗑
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| show | concentrated animal feeding operation which is a large feedlot used to produce a large amount of animal products quickly and cheaply.
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| show | Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting.
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| drip irrigation | show 🗑
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| ecological footprint | show 🗑
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| furrow irrigation | show 🗑
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| show | Agricultural revolution that increased production through pesticides, fertilizers, high-yield crop varieties, GMOs, and large-scale irrigation; helped to support rising Asian populations.
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| show | a variety of pest control methods that aim to keep the size of a pest population below the size which causes economic damage.
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| NPK Fertilizers | show 🗑
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| Salinization | show 🗑
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| tilling | show 🗑
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| show | Movement of people from rural areas to cities
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| water table | show 🗑
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| Waterlogging | show 🗑
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| show | situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire community
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| show | The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
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| slash and burn agriculture | show 🗑
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| show | cutting down only some trees in a forest and leaving a mix of tree sizes and species behind
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| Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) | show 🗑
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| show | process through which a farmer uses more pesticides, with increasing costs, as the effectiveness of pesticides decreases. This is because some pests are resistant to the chemical and they survive and reproduce.
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| show | a trait possessed by certain individuals that are exposed to a pesticide and survive
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| Manure lagoon | show 🗑
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| show | The unintentional catch of nontarget species while fishing
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| strip mining | show 🗑
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| show | removing the entire top of a mountain with explosives and large machinery to expose coal and minerals
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| show | surfaces that don't absorb water ex. roads, sidewalks, houses / buildings
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| green roof | show 🗑
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| no-till agriculture | show 🗑
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| contour plowing | show 🗑
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| mitigate | show 🗑
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| show | a farming system that is in the form of steps going up a mountain
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| wind breaks | show 🗑
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| Perennial plants | show 🗑
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| show | Live only one season and must be replanted each year, which causes disruption to soil (Example: wheat and corn)
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| crop rotation | show 🗑
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| green manure | show 🗑
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| rotational grazing | show 🗑
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| flood irrigation | show 🗑
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| spray irrigation | show 🗑
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| show | the maximum amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested without compromising the future availability of that resource
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| Overfishing | show 🗑
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| show | a fishing technique in which the ocean floor is literally scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path.
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| long-line fishing | show 🗑
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| sonar fishing | show 🗑
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| show | a fishing method capable of harvesting large quantities of surface fish by surrounding the school with a net. (can create a lot of bycatch)
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| show | Raising marine and freshwater fish in cages under controlled conditions
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| show | planting young trees or seeds on lands where trees have been cut or destroyed
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| overburden | show 🗑
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| show | Waste products that are mined with the ore
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| urban sprawl | show 🗑
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| show | Warmer temps are experienced in urban landscapes due to solar energy retention on darker surfaces. (streets, sidewalks, parking lots and buildings as opposed to farmland)
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