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| human impacts on environment via climate change |
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| rise in water temp, drought, sea level rise |
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| increased water temp leads to |
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| coral bleaching, pathogen outbreaks (vibbrio cholera) |
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| aquatic and plant life loss |
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| loss of ice floes and impacts on polar bears |
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| fire results may be an impact of |
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| human impacts on environment via habitat loss |
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| 95% loss of coastal wetlands and dunes, Katrina destruction, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, loss of grasslands and other ecosystems |
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| what is entailed in whatershed assessment |
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| water chemistry analysis, stream walks, benthic macroenvironments |
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| ecological impacts such as Hawaii and Great Lakes, impact on evolutionary processes (species without predators), evolutionary processes |
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| zebra mussels, goats, rats, vegetation, cane toad |
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| a surface in which water can't get to the soil such as roofs, cars, etc |
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| pollutio impact on the environment |
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| sewage, harmful algal bloomes, benthic community impact, reproductive impact, dead zones, habitat destruction |
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