Environmental problems
Across
- 2. The large-scale removal of trees, often for agriculture or urbanization.
- 5. The contamination of air, water, or land with harmful substances.
- 6. A long period with little or no rainfall.
- 7. A violent storm with strong winds and heavy rain, often forming over warm oceans.
- 10. The thinning of the Earth's protective atmospheric layer due to chemicals.
Down
- 1. Rainfall that has been made acidic by air pollution, harming ecosystems.
- 3. The increase in ocean levels due to melting ice caps and thermal expansion.
- 4. A large, uncontrolled fire that spreads quickly through forests or grasslands.
- 8. overflow of water that submerges land.
- 9. Warming The gradual increase in Earth's temperature due to greenhouse gases.