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6 Cards in this Set
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El Nino
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"the boychild"
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El Nino
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periods of tiem when unusually warm surface water along the western coast of South America causes extreme conditions around the globe, from floods to droughts
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the Gaia
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ancient Greek goddess of the earth
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the greenhouse effect
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the warming of the earth's surface and atmosphere due to the earth absorbing more of the sun's radiation than usual
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the "Ring of Fire"
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network of earthquakes and volcanoes that exist along tectonic plate boundaries in the Pacific Ocean
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the thermal spring
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a pool of water that is heated by underground volcanic activity
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