Unit 6: Energy
The highest efficiency nuclear fuels produce the most heat per unit time. In other words, they have the shortest ones of these.
Just down the road, I-394 is built with quiet pavement, minimizing this form of "air" pollution.
Noise Pollution
The most effective option in the "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" trio
Reduce
Atmospheric deposition happens with all gases, but ocean acidification happens because of this one in particular.
Carbon Dioxide
This biome is characterized by hot dry summers and cool moist winters. It is rare, and is known as a chaparral in the US
Temperate Shrubland
Despite advances in fossil fuel based transportation and technology, half the worlds population still relies on this for energy.
Wood (fuel wood)
No-Burn Days can be announced to prevent forest fires, or to spare us the inhalation of pollutants getting trapped by this atmospheric effect.
Thermal Inversion
Sanitary landfills aren't much different than normal ones, apart from this extra step.
Covering with dirt
This type of radiation tries to leave earth, but some is stopped by a collection of greenhouse gases.
Infrared (heat)
High latitude river basins may not be the best choice for solar power, but they could use this type of power generation.
Hydroelectric
If you can afford the up-front cost, you could cut your dairy farm's energy bill dramatically by taking advantage of this, instead of shipping manure away as waste.
Anaerobic decomposition
In some areas, plants can get acid burns from all the sulfur dioxide being released into the atmosphere. These acidic chemicals are usually a byproduct of this pollutant.
Coal smoke (coal burning)
Battery acid and toxic metals leach into soil and waterways as a common result of this special type of solid waste.
E-Waste
Invasive plant species are particularly problematic because they are not the food of choice for local herbivores, lowering this coefficient of energy that gets passed from trophic level to trophic level.
10%
Particulate matter is hard to remove once it's in the atmosphere, but it can be removed from the source using these expensive devices.
Electrostatic Precipitators
If you get hot water from an electric company, you are likely utilizing this method of capturing heat during energy production.
Cogeneration
The Montreal Protocol saw many countries vow to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by swearing off these.
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Heavy Metals
As ocean surfaces warm, these cyclic patterns in the South Pacific are intensifying.
El Niño and La Niña
Non-point source
Fuel cells can supply all of our energy needs, as long as we can afford them, and supply enough of these reactants.
Hydrogen and Oxygen
This threshold tells you if a particle is small enough to enter your bloodstream via the lungs, which causes many more issues than coughing.
PM2.5
Check frequently for these in your water if you live near a cattle ranch.
Coliform bacteria
Local biodiversity is all but removed when mining companies access coal this way.
Mountaintop Removal
Grasslands are becoming endangered biomes largely due to this practice, which causes desertification.
Overgrazing