Daily Dive #99 · Prompt 6 of 7 · October 22, 2026
Krillion answers: “Name an environmental problem (like pollution)”
Krillion accepted 249 answers for this prompt: 1 One in a Krillion, 128 Deep Cut, 76 Rare, 37 Schooler and 7 Plankton. The 100-point gem starts with “N” — it is listed first below, followed by every other answer from rarest to most common.
One in a Krillion: Nurdle pollution. A 2021 ship fire spilled billions of pellets onto Sri Lanka's coast.
249 accepted answers
One in a Krillion · 100 pts (1)
- Nurdle pollutionA 2021 ship fire spilled billions of pellets onto Sri Lanka's coast.
Deep Cut · 85 pts (128)
- Acid mine drainage
- Acid sulfate soils
- Ammonia pollution
- AMOC weakening
- Amphibian decline
- Antimicrobial resistance in the environment
- Aquaculture pollution
- Arctic amplification
- Arsenic contamination
- Aviation emissions
- Ballast water discharge
- Bark beetle infestation
- Bioaccumulation
- Biomass burning
- Bird-window collisions
- Black carbon
- Blast fishing
- Brownfields
- Bushmeat hunting
- Cadmium pollution
- Carbon sink loss
- Chromium contamination
- Coal ash
- Coal seam fires
- Coastal squeeze
- Construction waste
- Contaminants of emerging concern
- Coral mining
- Crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks
- Cyanide fishing
- Desalination brine
- Destructive fishing
- Dioxins
- Dolphin drive hunting
- Dredging
- Drift netting
- Ecosystem collapse
- Electromagnetic pollution
- Endocrine disruptors
- Environmental racism
- Fatbergs
- Fireworks pollution
- Fish kills
- Fluoride contamination
- Footpath erosion
- Forest degradation
- Freshwater acidification
- Gas flaring
- Genetic pollution
- Ghost nets
- Gillnetting
- Global dimming
- Grassland loss
- Ground-level ozone
- Hazardous waste export
- Hedgerow loss
- Human-wildlife conflict
- Interplanetary contamination
- Jellyfish blooms
- Kelp forest decline
- Land subsidence
- Land-use change
- Legacy pollution
- Lithium mining
- Locust swarms
- Loss of genetic diversity
- Mangrove loss
- Marine animal entanglement
- Mining waste
- Monoculture
- Muro-ami
- Nanopollution
- Ocean deoxygenation
- Ocean stratification
- Odor pollution
- Off-road vehicle damage
- Open defecation
- Orphan wells
- Over-irrigation
- Overcultivation
- Overexploitation
- Overtourism
- PCB pollution
- Peat fires
- Peatland loss
- Persistent organic pollutants
- Pharmaceutical pollution
- Quarrying
- Radon
- River damming
- Road salt pollution
- Salinization
- Saltwater intrusion
- Sand mining
- Sargassum influx
- Seagrass loss
- Season creep
- Sediment pollution
- Selenium pollution
- Shark culling
- Ship pollution
- Ship strikes
- Shipbreaking
- Shrinking lakes
- Snow cover loss
- Soil acidification
- Soil compaction
- Soil sealing
- Southeast Asian haze
- Species range shifts
- Stubble burning
- Sulfur dioxide pollution
- Sunscreen coral damage
- Tar sands
- Tire waste
- Tire wear pollution
- Tree disease
- Underwater noise pollution
- Unexploded ordnance
- Urban stream syndrome
- Visual pollution
- Volatile organic compounds
- War pollution
- Waste oil
- Water stagnation
- Waterlogging
- Wildlife disease
- Woody plant encroachment
Rare · 60 pts (76)
- Agricultural runoff
- Asbestos contamination
- Bird population decline
- Bottom trawling
- Bycatch
- Carbon monoxide pollution
- Chemical pollution
- Chemical spills
- Clear-cutting
- Climate migration
- Coastal erosion
- Cryptocurrency mining energy use
- Data center water and energy use
- Dead zones
- Deep-sea mining
- Electronic waste
- Energy waste
- Environmental degradation
- Eutrophication
- Factory farming
- Fast fashion
- Food waste
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch
- Groundwater depletion
- Groundwater pollution
- Habitat fragmentation
- Harmful algal blooms
- Hazardous waste
- Heavy metal pollution
- Illegal dumping
- Illegal fishing
- Illegal logging
- Illegal wildlife trade
- Indoor air pollution
- Industrial waste
- Insect decline
- Land degradation
- Lead pollution
- Marine debris
- Medical waste
- Mercury pollution
- Mining
- Nuclear accidents
- Nuclear fallout
- Nuclear testing
- Nutrient pollution
- Ocean dumping
- Ocean warming
- Oil drilling
- Open burning of waste
- Overconsumption
- Overgrazing
- Overhunting
- Packaging waste
- Particulate matter
- Permafrost thaw
- Pesticide pollution
- PFAS
- Radioactive pollution
- Resource depletion
- Roadkill
- Sewage pollution
- Shark finning
- Slash-and-burn
- Smoke pollution
- Soil pollution
- Space debris
- Textile waste
- Thermal pollution
- Urban heat island
- Urban runoff
- Waste incineration
- Wastewater pollution
- Water overuse
- Wetland loss
- Whaling
Schooler · 30 pts (37)
- Acid rain
- Bee decline
- Biodiversity loss
- Coral bleaching
- Desertification
- Drought
- Extinction
- Fracking
- Glacier retreat
- Greenhouse effect
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Habitat destruction
- Industrial pollution
- Invasive species
- Land pollution
- Landfills
- Light pollution
- Littering
- Marine pollution
- Melting ice caps
- Microplastics
- Noise pollution
- Nuclear waste
- Ocean acidification
- Oil spills
- Overfishing
- Overpopulation
- Ozone depletion
- Poaching
- Sea level rise
- Smog
- Soil erosion
- Urban sprawl
- Vehicle emissions
- Waste
- Water scarcity
- Wildfires
Plankton · 10 pts (7)
- Air pollution
- Climate change
- Deforestation
- Global warming
- Plastic pollution
- Pollution
- Water pollution
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