Environmental Problems

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Across
  1. 3. A worldwide increase in temperature that cause changes in the established climate
  2. 8. The alteration of the planets weather systems in an adverse way
  3. 10. The spread of cities and towns out into the countryside
  4. 12. This type of pollution is particularly damaging to nocturnal animals
  5. 13. The spaces specifically designed to house a populations rubbish waste
  6. 14. The range of life on the planet. Climate issues are causing the variety to decrease by 150 per day
Down
  1. 1. Cutting down trees which prevents them from converting and storing carbon, but also releases stored carbon into the atmosphere
  2. 2. Excessive rain in an area that causes crops and livestock to die
  3. 4. The result of warm humid air reacting with cold unstable air
  4. 5. Made of long chain carbon polymers that take millions of years to break down
  5. 6. Gas, Coal and Oil, made from the dead bodies of ancient creatures.
  6. 7. The unsustainable increase of people on the planet
  7. 9. Resistance to these drugs means that we are more likely to get sick from resilient infections
  8. 11. The protective layer of O3 around the earth that protects us from UV rays
  9. 15. The lack of rain in an area that causes crops and livestock to die