Environmental Locations Flashcards by Samuel Hemr | Brainscape

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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

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Japan, tsunami 2011

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Fukushima

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Nevada, Nuclear Waste Storage

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Yucca Mountain

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France, Climate Conference 2015

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Paris

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South Asia, climate displacement

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Bangladesh

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USA, Permafrost

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Alaska Tundra

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Pacific, Volcanic Activity

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Ring of Fire

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USA, corn

A

Corn Belt

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North of Caribbean, nutrient pollution

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Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

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Louisiana, rising sea levels Katrina

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New Orleans

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Europe, geothermal energy

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Iceland

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Degree of Latitude, Desert

A

30 degree latitude

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Norway, vault of seeds

A

Svalbard Global Seed Bank