Critical Issues Basics & Primers

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A Satellite Image of the World. Image Credit: NASA

Climate

Power lines. Image Credit: U.S. Department of Energy

Energy

The Peru earthquake of May 31, 1970 caused slumping and cracking of this paved road. Image Credit: U.S. Geological Survey

Hazards

Rare earth elements include 17 elements: Yttrium, Scandium, and the Lanthanide Series. Image Credit: Peggy Greb, Agricultural Research Service, USDA

Mineral Resources

An irrigation canal in Montana. Image Copyright © Marli Miller, University of Oregon. http://www.earthscienceworld.org/images

Water

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