Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Rising Heat and Climate Shifts Crossword
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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- 1. Surface reflectivity affecting Earth’s temperature
- 3. Uncontrolled blaze worsened by dry, hot conditions
- 4. Prolonged dry spell intensified by global warming
- 5. Energy source harnessing the sun’s power
- 7. Gases released that contribute to the greenhouse effect
- 12. To maintain resources without depleting them
- 13. Gas produced by trees and essential for life
- 14. Potent greenhouse gas often from livestock or wetlands
Down
- 2. To adjust to environmental changes
- 6. Cold biome at risk from thawing permafrost
- 8. Dense forest that helps absorb atmospheric CO2
- 9. Time horizon impacted by climate change policies
- 10. Rising water threatens coastal communities
- 11. Ancient fuels formed from prehistoric organisms
- 15. Process threatening polar ice caps
- 16. Element central to fossil fuels and climate change