climate change
Across
- 2. the cycle of thermonuclear reactions believed to occur in stars, in which carbon nuclei are repeatedly formed and broken down in the conversion of hydrogen into helium.
- 5. the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
- 8. the primary means for governments to communicate internationally the steps they will take to address climate change in their own countries
- 9. the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
- 10. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- 11. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
- 14. energy generated in ways that do not deplete natural resources or harm the environment, especially by avoiding the use of fossil fuels and nuclear power.
- 15. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
- 16. any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere.
- 17. the action of clearing a wide area of trees.
- 18. the process of turning from liquid into vapor.
- 19. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
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- 1. long-term heating of Earth's surface observed since the pre-industrial period
- 3. a region with particular prevailing weather conditions.
- 4. a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
- 6. the action or process of adapting or being adapted.
- 7. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.
- 12. a prolonged period of abnormally hot weather
- 13. a colorless, odorless flammable gas which is the main constituent of natural gas. It is the simplest member of the alkane series of hydrocarbons.
- 16. a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect