Air pollution: The presence in or introduction into the air of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.
Noun: Air pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable levels.
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Solid waste: A solid waste is any material that is discarded by being: Abandoned: The term abandoned means thrown away.
Noun: Solid waste includes garbage, construction debris, commercial refuse, sludge from water supply or waste treatment plants.
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Expanding: Become or make larger or more extensive.
Verb: Their business expanded into other hotels and properties
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Planet: A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
Noun: No generation has the right to pollute the planet.
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Acid Rain: Rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes.
Noun: Acid rain has caused severe erosion on the hillside
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Global warming: A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
Noun: To stop the meltdown we must slow global warming.
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Overfishing: deplete the stock of fish in (a body of water) by too much fishing.
Verb: This part of the Mediterranean is terribly overfished.
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Country: A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
Noun: The country's increasingly precarious economic position
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Fossil fuel: A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
Noun: A major cause of climate change is the burning of fossil fuels to create energy.
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Deserts: A person's worthiness or entitlement to reward or punishment.
Noun: The penal system fails to punish offenders in accordance with their deserts
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Climate change: A change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Noun: Climate change is a major environmental issue.
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Flooding: The covering or submerging of normally dry land with a large amount of water.
Noun: A serious risk of flooding
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Desertification: The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.
Noun: Nearly one fifth of the world's land is threatened with desertification
