Across
- 4. People that have been forced to leave their homes, temporarily or permanently, due to environmental disruption
- 5. A gas that absorbs radiant energy at thermal infrared wavelengths.
- 6. The removal of beach or dune sediments by wave action, tidal currents, wave currents, or drainage
- 8. The ability to reflect sunlight
- 11. The effect caused by trapping some of the heat a planet's surface radiates
- 12. The branch of science concerned with the properties of the earth's water, and especially its movement in relation to land
- 13. The amount of salt dissolved in a body of water
- 14. Portions of Earth's surface where water is in solid form (e.g., snow cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground)
Down
- 1. Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
- 2. The height of the water as measured along the coast relative to a specific point on land
- 3. A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles
- 5. Increase in volume of the world's oceans
- 7. Water formed by the melting of snow and ice, especially from a glacier
- 9. All the waters on the earth's surface
- 10. Restoration of land to its natural state, including plants and animals