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Frozen: (of a liquid) having turned into ice as a result of extreme cold.

Part of speech: verb: I like the movie frozen

atmosphere: the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

Part of speech: noun: part of the sun's energy is absorbed by the earth's atmosphere

Protected area: a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long term conservation of nature.

Part of speech: noun: I now many protected areas

Burning: on fire.

verb: a burning building

Melting: becoming liquefied by heat.

Part of speech: noun: the film will feature a car chase across a melting glacier

Carbon dioxide: a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 percent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.

Part of speech: noun: The carbon dioxide is dangerous

Untreated sewage: waste water and excrement conveyed in sewers.

Part of speech: noun: A sewage treatment

Solid waste: eans any garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural

Part of speech: noun: There is many solid waste in the word.

Overfishing: deplete the stock of fish in (a body of water) by too much fishing.

Part of speech: noun: this part of the Mediterranean is terribly overfished

Greenhouse gas: a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons.

Part of speech: noun: The damage already done to the climate by man's greenhouse gas emissions will affect us for the next 1,000 years.

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.

Part of speech: noun: The global warming is dangerous.

Fossil Fuels: a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.

Part of speech: noun: All persons use fossil fuels.

Endangered species: a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.

Part of speech: noun: special collections of rare and endangered species from Crete

Desertification: the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.

Part of speech: noun: nearly one fifth of the world's land is threatened with desertification

Deforestation: the action of clearing a wide area of trees.

Part of speech: noun: a key aim is to try to halt widespread deforestation in the Amazon

coastal flooding: when the coast is flooded by the sea.

Part of speech: noun: The storm wind pushes the water up and creates a coastal flooding

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 produced by the use of f

Part of speech: noun: the climate change is very common.

Air pollution: the presence in or introduction into the air of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.

Part of speech: noun: diesel exhaust and other forms of air pollution

Acid rain: rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes. The main cause is the industrial burning of coal and other fossil fuels, the waste gases from which con

Part of speech: noun: Acid rain is harmful to the environment.