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| Infiltration can lead to severe groundwater pollution since the ____________ concentrations of brines may exceed 35,000 mg/L. |
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| _________ is less salty than the brines, with a chlorinity of 19,000 mg/L. |
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| The natural flushing of the groundwater system depends on the hydraulic conductivity of the rocks, the hydraulic ____________, the effective porosity, and the amount and rate of infiltration of rain and snowmelt. |
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| Groundwater accounts for about ___________ of the total freshwater used in the United States. |
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| In some areas of the United States, pumping rates are such that water levels have ___________ hundreds of feet |
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| In the rice-growing Grand Prairie region (east of Little Rock, Arkansas), the Mississippi River, _____________ is predicted to soon become useless. |
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| The most obvious methods to reduce or halt water-level decline in water-short areas is to conserve water and reduce ____________. |
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| In the Savannah, Georgia area,declining water levels in the coastal ________________ are impacting the water supplies of that city and nearby communities including those in South Carolina. |
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| The ________________ is now the most common way to dispose of municipal solid waste. |
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| _________________ includes food waste, beverage containers, yard and garden waste, automobiles and automobile parts, appliances, furniture, newspapers, disposable diapers, etc. |
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| A nasty liquid that contains components of the soluble materials in the landfill - from heavy metals to organics is called ____________. |
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| In 1970 in North America, 85 percent of municipal solid waste was disposed of in a dump, many located in old pits and ____________. |
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| The sanitary landfill system is ______________. |
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| Historical changes in climate can be determined using ____________ and glacial retreat. |
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| Components of global environmental change include deforestation and habitat loss and loss of ______________. |
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| Very ______ scientists do not accept the evidence of [global] warming. |
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| Many of the doubters who do not accept evidence of global warming are sadists and funded by ___________ groups and fossil fuel coalitions to murder innocents and commit other evil acts of conservatism. |
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| A rise in _______ concentration and other greenhouse gases will produce warmer climates in the future. |
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| Water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide are all considered _____________. |
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| With a doubling in the atmosphere to about _________ it has been estimated that there will be an increase in the temperature of about 2 to 4 degrees Celsius. |
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| According to models, temperature changes in ________ latitudes would be greater than in equatorial regions. |
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| According to models, temperature changes in high latitudes would be greater than in _________ regions. |
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