Environmental Locations Flashcards by Samuel Hemr

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Brazil, deforestation

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Amazon Rainforest

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Kazakhstan, dried up sea

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Aral Sea

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India, pesticide explosion

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Bhopal

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Ukraine, nuclear meltdown 1986

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Chernobyl

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Indonesia, deforestation

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Borneo

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China, largest hydroelectric facility

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Three Gorges Dam

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Africa, deforestation and cobalt mining

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Dem. Rep. of the Congo

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Florida, wetland destruction

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Everglades

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USA, Hoover Dam waterway

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Colorado River

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USA & Canada, freshwater system

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Great Lakes

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USA, pollution

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Los Angeles

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New York, polluted neighborhood

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Love Canal

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Japan, mercury poisoning

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Minamata Bay

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Central USA, Groundwater depletion

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Ogallala Aquifer

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Pennsylvania, almost nuclear meltdown 1979

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Three Mile Island

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Canada, Fish population collapse

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Newfoundland

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USA & Canada, large oil and gas deposit

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Bakken Formation

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Australia, Pollution and coral bleaching

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Great Barrier Reef

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Caribbean, earthquakes

A

Haiti

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Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill

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BP Horizon Oil Spill

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Europe, highly overfished area

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Mediterranean Sea

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Ohio, polluted river

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Cuyahoga River

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Canada, oil extraction

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Alberta Tar Sands

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Pacific Ocean, Garbage

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North Pacific Gyre

Japan, tsunami 2011

Fukushima

Nevada, Nuclear Waste Storage

Yucca Mountain

France, Climate Conference 2015

Paris

South Asia, climate displacement

Bangladesh

USA, Permafrost

Alaska Tundra

Pacific, Volcanic Activity

Ring of Fire

USA, corn

Corn Belt

North of Caribbean, nutrient pollution

Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

Louisiana, rising sea levels Katrina

New Orleans

Europe, geothermal energy

Iceland

Degree of Latitude, Desert

30 degree latitude

Norway, vault of seeds

Svalbard Global Seed Bank