Environmental issues

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Across
  1. 2. A prolonged dry period in the natural climate cycle that can occur anywhere in the world.
  2. 5. Non-renewable energy sources such as coal.
  3. 7. A tropical system with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more.
  4. 8. Disappearance of ice floes due to global warming.
  5. 10. How much CO2 a person, company, event emits.
  6. 11. A fire that is burning strongly and out of control on an area of grass or bushes due to extreme heat.
  7. 12. A period of unusually hot weather that typically lasts two or more days.
  8. 13. Also known as an illness or a sickness.
  9. 14. Gases in the Earth's atmosphere that trap the heat.
Down
  1. 1. Contamination of the environment.
  2. 3. The purposeful cleaning of forested land.
  3. 4. The rapid increase of average temperatures on Earth.
  4. 6. Energy that comes from a source that won't run out.
  5. 9. Refers to the shifts of temperatures and weather patterns.