Living Green, Sustainable Tomorrow

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Across
  1. 2. Gas released by anaerobic decomposition in landfills, potent greenhouse gas
  2. 4. Scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environment
  3. 5. Rainfall contaminated by atmospheric pollutants like sulfur dioxide
  4. 7. Organisms that break down dead organic matter
  5. 11. Technology mimicking nature to solve complex human problems
  6. 12. Type of plastic designed to decompose through microbial action
  7. 13. Unit measuring the ecological impact of an individual or population
  8. 15. Ability of a system to remain diverse and productive over time
  9. 16. Gas essential for photosynthesis, now dangerously rising in the atmosphere
Down
  1. 1. Waste-to-energy technology that uses oxygen-free decomposition
  2. 3. Energy harnessed from Earth’s internal heat
  3. 6. Global goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions
  4. 8. Microscopic photosynthetic organisms responsible for ~50% of Earth’s oxygen
  5. 9. Energy form generated by wind turbines
  6. 10. Process by which green plants remove carbon from the atmosphere
  7. 14. Toxic heavy metal once common in fuels, paints, and batteries