Invasive Maneuvers
Many invasive species are a result of the exotic pet industry, including this large python
What is the Burmese Python?
Countries like this low-lying East Asian nation are particularly at risk from sea-level rise
What is Bangladesh?
These mechanisms are often used in coal-fired power plants to reduce the amount of Sulfur Dioxide released
This approach to energy conversation uses waste heat from one process to power or heat another process
What is cogeneration?
This layer of soil usually contains high levels of organic material, water, and nutrients.
What is the A Horizon?
This invasive species has infiltrated many freshwater ecosystems in the Eastern USA, often growing so fast as to obstruct pipes.
What is the Zebra Mussel?
This country has the highest average ecological footprint per person.
What is the United States of America?
Nuclear waste is often stored in dry casks lined with this metal.
What is lead?
This method of harvesting natural gas can often lead to the contamination of nearby groundwater supplies.
What is fracking?
Fossil fuels, such as coal and petroleum, are commonly this type of rock
What is sedimentary rock?
Invasive species are often this type of strategist, denoted by a single letter
What is an r-strategist?
By 2100, the world population is expected to reach this staggering number
What is 11 Billion?
This approach to mitigating solid waste pollution is often known as the first of three “R’s”
What is reduce?
Many power plants use this device, often turned by steam, to then turn a generator and create electricity
What is a turbine?
This type of plate boundary is most often responsible for Earthquakes.
What is a transform plate boundary?
The invasive Chytrid fungus is particularly dangerous to this type of animal.
What are amphibians?
In many developing nations, providing this service to women and girls can dramatically reduce the population growth
What is education? What is birth control?
Catalytic converters reduce the pollutants released by automobiles, including Nitrous Oxides, Carbon Monoxide, and these smelly chemicals.
What are Volatile Organic Compounds?
This source of energy is the fastest growing energy sector in the United States
What is natural gas?
The breakdown of rock by wind and water is known as this phenomenon
What is weathering?
The invasive Cane Toads that have taken over Australia were intentionally introduced by farmers in this year.
What is 1930?
Geothermal energy is the fastest growing form of energy in this country.
What is Kenya?
This piece of USA legislation is responsible for the cleanup of abandoned hazardous waste sites
What is CERCLA or the Superfund Aact?
In April 2021, Japan announced it will release 1.25 million tons of treated wastewater contaminated by this wrecked Nuclear Power plant into the ocean
What is Fukushima Daiichi?
Japan and Hawaii island chains are results of this fiery phenomenon
What are hotspots?