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Environmental Problems and Solutions (Spanish)

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Rolling mountainous landscape with tree in foreground. Spanish captions.

Students explore the important role the environment plays in everyday life. Several environmental problems are highlighted, with a focus on pollution and global warming. Additional concepts and terminology discussed include ecology, biological extinction, resource depletion, overconsumption of resources, fossil fuels, global climate change, and natural resources.

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