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Across
  1. 2. globally, these are rising about an inch every 8 years
  2. 3. Supreme Court's one-word decision on Trump's appeal to withhold his taxes from Manhattan prosecutors.
  3. 7. reptiles known as the "lawn mowers of the sea"
  4. 8. name of the NASA car-size rover that landed on Mars this week.
  5. 12. The white extremist group Trump ordered "to standback and stand by"
  6. 15. before Biden nominated Merrick Garland to be his Attorney General, Barack Obama nominated Garland to serve on the _____ _____.
  7. 16. as permafrost in Alaska thaws it releases what climate-warming gas into the atmospher?
  8. 17. face masks, bubbles, and six feet distancing, for examples
Down
  1. 1. US is approaching 500,000 dead as a result of Covid-19, a grim ______.
  2. 4. it may take some of this to fly in the thin atmospher of Mars
  3. 5. The US recently rejoined this agreement
  4. 6. Manufacturer that uses the Native American tribal name, Cherokee, for one of its vehicles.
  5. 9. leading governments around the world consider a new tax on the wealthy,loosely referred to as a ____ ____ tax.
  6. 10. what happens to sea turtles when temperatures drop below 50 degrees F (two words)
  7. 11. on February 2nd, a military coup seized power in this country, jailing its civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
  8. 13. World Health Organization investigators visit the virology lab in this Chinese city.
  9. 14. most effective way to improve the immune system's health is to reduce _____