Ecological Footprint Crossword

The impact humans or other organisms have on the environment they occupy. This is expressed by the amount of land it takes to sustain the natural resources for the organisms/humans.
the ability to maintain a certain state or rate
a specific gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing potentially harmful solar rays called infrared radiation which traps heat.
human activity or related to human activity
the standard rate of extinction in Earth’s geological and biological history before humans became a primary contributor to extinctions.
the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
the many and varied benefits humans freely gain from the natural environment and a properly-functioning ecosystem.
when the footprint of a population exceeds the biocapacity of the area available to the population.
when a population’s demand on an ecosystem exceeds the capacity of that ecosystem to regenerate the resources it consumes and adsorbs its wastes
the maximum number of a specific organism or species that an area can maintain.