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Human Impact EEE 105 Read Ch. 12
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Human Impact We were first hunter-gatherers Australian aborigines
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Human Impact We were first hunter-gatherers Human population growth
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Human Impact We were first hunter-gatherers Human population growth pollution biodegradable non-biodegradable
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Human Impact We were first hunter-gatherers Human population growth pollution natural resource exploitation renewable resources non-renewable resources
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Human Impact Resource Exploitation economic costs energy cost ecological costs
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Human Impact Mineral Resource Exploitation e.g. Coal Countries dependent on coal for electricity non-renewable resource
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Human Impact Mineral Resource Exploitation e.g. Coal Reserves
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Human Impact Mineral Resource Exploitation e.g. Coal IL has largest bituminous coal reserves of any state but coal production depressed Lower sulfur western coal out competes IL
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Human Impact ecological costs of coal sulfur emissions acid rain CO 2 emission global warming
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Human Impact ecological costs of coal sulfur emissions acid rain CO 2 emission global warming Mining leachate acid arsenic
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Human Impact ecological costs of coal
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Human Impact ecological costs of coal
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Human Impact Strip mining
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Human Impact Strip mining Surface Mining Act, 1977
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