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