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Strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thus decrease the severity of climate change are known as adaptation.

Which energy alternative has the side effect of depriving soil of the nutrients it would receive from the natural decomposition of plant matter, leading to a depletion of soil fertility?

Select all correct answers. Why have atmospheric carbon dioxide levels risen to levels that are far higher than it has been in more that 800,000 years.

Select all correct answers. Why have atmospheric carbon dioxide levels risen to levels that are far higher than it has been in more that 800,000 years.

One way to improve sustainability of plants and landscaping is to plant non-native species.

Select all correct answers. The pillars of sustainability are

This is the term for the systematic change in Earth’s climate, such as temperature, precipitations, and storm intensity. 

The figure below is an example of ____________, which involves using devices to focus, move, or store solar energy.   

The nucleus of an atom contains protons and electrons.

The human activity known as artificial eutrophication can sometimes introduce too many nutrients into a lake, which can cause some species to flourish (algae, bacteria) while harming other species (some fish).