A natural process or phenomenon that may cause widespread injury, death, and property damage.

The ruin or alteration of a place inhabited by an ecological community.

Pollution that comes from a specific site.

The average consumption per person within a population.

A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area.

An unwanted change in the environment caused by substances or forms of energy.

A resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which the resource is comsumed.

Any natural material or energy source that is used by humans, such as water, petroleum, minerals, forests, and materials.

A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed.

Describes a species that has died out completely.

The warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases absorb and reradiated energy.

Widespread injury, death, and property damage caused by a natural hazard.

To reduce the severity or impact of something.