Deforestation
The biome in which the most deforestation occurs
What are tropical rainforests?
Desertification
Soil pollution
What is the presence of toxic chemicals in soil?
SDW
What is Solid Domestic Waste?
Mining
What is the extraction of precious materials from deposits on the Earth?
This country has the highest rate of deforestation of any country
What is Brazil?
The major cause of desertification worldwide
The four broad categories of garbage
What are organic waste, toxic waste, recyclable, and soiled?
Environmental impacts of mining
What are air pollution, water pollution, damage to land, and loss of biodiversity?
An agricultural method during which farmers allow ash to fertilize land
What is slash-and-burn agriculture?
Overgrazing
What is when many animals graze in one spot and destroy the vegetation?
Continents where soil pollution occurs the most
What are Europe and North America?
Waste disposal options
What are landfill, incineration, recycling and composting?
Underground mining
What is when the mineral deposits are located deep below the surface of the Earth’s crust.?
Today, this percentage of western Europe is forested.
What is 34?
Factors that cause desertification
What are urbanization, climate change, overuse of groundwater, deforestation, natural disasters, and tillage practices?
Industrial pollutants
What are the most common causes of soil pollution?
Incineration
Types of mining
What are strip mining, mountaintop removal, and open-pit mining?
REDD
What is Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation?
Desertificaiton affects
What are topsoil, groundwater reserves, surface runoff, human, animal, and plant populations?
Mitigation methods of soil pollution
What are nutrient management techniques, drainage practices that conserve resources, year-round ground covering, field buffers, conservation tillage, and access to streams for livestock?
Composting
What is a natural bio-degradation process?
Surface mines
What are mines typically used for more shallow and less valuable deposits?