SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
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Question
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Global Warming
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Acid Rain
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Oil Spill
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Rapid Population Growth
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sea level rise is not an environmental impact of fossil fuels on the environment.
Detailed explanation-2: -When fossil fuels are burned, they release large amounts of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the air. Greenhouse gases trap heat in our atmosphere, causing global warming.
Detailed explanation-3: -Overpopulation is associated with negative environmental and economic outcomes ranging from the impacts of over-farming, deforestation, and water pollution to eutrophication and global warming.
Detailed explanation-4: -Environmental Externalities Air pollution from fossil fuels can cause acid rain, eutrophication (excessive nutrients that can harm aquatic ecosystems by lowering oxygen levels), damage to crops and forests, and harm to wildlife.