Global Change

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Across
  1. 2. Human knowledge and abilities.
  2. 4. The study of economics as a component of ecological systems.
  3. 8. See "exotic species."
  4. 13. An approach to stabilizing greenhouse gases by removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
  5. 15. Species that live in their historical range, typically where they have lived for thousands or millions of years.
  6. 20. A species living outside its historical range. (Also known as "alien species.")
  7. 23. The study of how humans allocate scarce resources in the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
  8. 25. (U.S.) According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN), species that have a high risk of extinction in the future; according to U.S. legislation, any species that is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
  9. 26. A species that is in danger of extinction within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
  10. 27. A worldview that focuses on human welfare and well-being.
  11. 28. (EPA) The U.S. organization that oversees all governmental efforts related to the environment, including science, research, assessment, and education.
  12. 29. A worldview that places equal value on all living organisms and the ecosystems in which they live.
  13. 30. The careful and responsible management and care for Earth and its resources.
Down
  1. 1. The warming of the oceans, land masses, and atmosphere of Earth.
  2. 3. Value independent of any benefit to humans.
  3. 4. A subfield of economics that examines the costs and benefits of various policies and regulations that seek to regulate or limit air and water pollution and other causes of environmental degradation.
  4. 5. A species that spreads rapidly across large areas and causes harm.
  5. 6. A worldview that holds that humans are just one of many species on Earth, all of which have equal intrinsic value.
  6. 7. A tax placed on environmentally harmful activities or emissions in an attempt to internalize some of the externalities that may be involved in the life cycle of those activities or products.
  7. 9. When the economic system does not account for all costs.
  8. 10. A pledge by 195 countries to keep global warming less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. (Also known as the "Paris Climate Accord.")
  9. 11. A worldview that encompasses how one thinks the world works; how one views one's role in the world; and what one believes to be proper environmental behavior.
  10. 12. A U.S. act that prohibits interstate shipping of all illegally harvested plants and animals.
  11. 14. reserve Protected area consisting of zones that vary in the amount of permissible human impact.
  12. 16. (IUCN) According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN), species that have a high risk of extinction in the future; according to U.S. legislation, any species that is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
  13. 17. All goods and infrastructure that humans produce.
  14. 18. An international agreement that sets a goal for global emissions of greenhouse gases from all industrialized countries to be reduced by 5.2 percent below their 1990 levels by 2012.
  15. 19. A global institution dedicated to the improvement of human health by monitoring and assessing health trends and providing medical advice to countries.
  16. 21. A global institution that provides technical and financial assistance to developing countries with the objectives of reducing poverty and promoting growth, especially in the poorest countries.
  17. 22. A global institution dedicated to promoting dialogue among countries with the goal of maintaining world peace.
  18. 24. A 1973 treaty formed to control the international trade of threatened plants and animals.