blizzard, a severe snowstorm, earthquake, a sudden shaking of the ground, flooding, water that overflows onto land that is normally dry, hurricane, a large, powerful storm that forms over warm ocean waters. Called a typhoon in some regions., tornado, a rotating column of air that touches both the ground and a cloud, tsunami, a series of large ocean waves caused by undersea earthquakes or volcanoes, wildfire, an uncontrolled fire that spreads rapidly through forests or grasslands, climate change, long-term changes in Earth's average temperature and weather patterns, conservation, the careful use and protection of natural resouces so they are not wasted or destroyed, deforestation, the clearing or cutting down of forests for farming, housing or industry, desalinization, the process of removing salt from seawater to make it fresh and drinkable, desertification, the process where fertile land becomes desertt due to drought, overgrazing or deforestation, dredging, the removal of sediment and debris from the bottom of rivers, lakes or harbors to keep waterways deep or to prevent flooding, ecosystem, a community of living things interacting with their nonliving environment, hydraulic fracturing, a method of extracting oil or gas from deep underground by injecting water and chemicals at high pressure, natural hazard, a natural event that has the potential to harm people or the envirnonment, natural disaster, when a natural hazard actually causes great damage or loss of life, environment, the natural world that surrounds us, including land, air water, plants and animals., sustainability, using resources in ways that meet current needs without harmming the ability of future generations to meet theirs., urbanization, the growth and spread of cities as people move from rural areas for jobs and better opportunities..

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