INPUT VOCABULARY FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT PROBLEMS
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DESTRUCTION OF THE RAINFORESTS (DEFORESTATION)
MELTING OF THE ICECAPS
EXTINTION OF MANY SPECIES (LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY)
DESTRUCTION OF THE OZONE LAYER
GLOBAL WARMING/ THE “GREENHOUSE EFFECT”
RISING SEA LEVELS
POLLUTION OF LAND, SEA AND AIR
INCREASE OF NATURAL DISASTERS EG, EARTHQUEAKES, LANDSLIDES,
FLOODS, DROUGHTS
CAUSES
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EXCESSIVE EMISIONS OF GREENHOSE GASES, EG CARBON DIOXIDE
CHEMICAL AND INDUSTRISL WASTE
EMISSIONS FROM CA %2