The Basics | The Climate, It’s a Changing | We’re Not in Springfield Anymore | Hunting for Conservation | Nature Fighting Climate |
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What is capitalism?
An economic system where the means of production are privately owned, rather than government owned
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What is carbon dioxide?
The greenhouse gas primarily responsible for causing climate change
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What is the United States?
The country that invented nuclear power
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What is a hunting tag?
The document hunters need to purchase before shooting an animal
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What are trees?
The original carbon capture machine
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What are property rights?
The right of every individual to privately own resources in the form of physical land or financial capital
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What is China?
The country that produces the most greenhouses gasses in the world
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What is Germany?
This country is on track to close all of its nuclear reactors, creating dependency on Russian fossil fuels
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What is climate change?
This phenomenon is caused by humans and will impact wildlife migration patterns, access to food, habitat loss, etc.
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What is the Amazon Rainforest?
This is commonly referred to as as the “Lungs of the Earth”
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What are subsidies?
A form of the government picking winners and losers in the energy market by providing financial support to certain industries
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What is sea level rise?
The most acute threat from climate change to coastal areas such as Miami, New York City, etc.
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What is a small modular reactor?
A smaller, more advanced version of the traditional nuclear reactor
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What is wildlife population control?
The process of hunting animals to ensure that the population numbers aren’t too high, which would negatively impact ecosystems
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What is no-till farming?
This farming technique prevents soil from releasing carbon dioxide into the air, while crops are being planted
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Who is Elinor Ostrom?
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics, for her work on community responses to resource management
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What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?
The United Nations body responsible for researching the science of man-made climate change
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What is water vapor?
The white plume you see coming out of nuclear plant cooling towers
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What is deer?
This animal is the most hunted animal in America
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What is blue carbon?
This is what we call the CO2 sequestration potential of oceanic ecosystems
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What is the (Environmental) Kuznets Curve?
A statistical graph indicating that pollution rises as nations become richer, but then declines when a certain level of prosperity has been reached
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What is the Greenhouse Effect?
The technical term to describe how the planet is warming up due to a buildup of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere
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What is the Indian Point Nuclear Plant?
The nuclear plant closed in New York City last year, causing emissions to spike 35%
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What is South Dakota?
This state has the highest percentage of inhabitants who are also hunters
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What is photosynthesis?
This is the process by which plants, trees and other ecosystems suck carbon dioxide out of the air and release oxygen
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