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List of environmental issuesFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This is a list of environmental issues. As such they relate to the anthropogenic effects on the natural environment.
Climate change — Global warming • Global dimming • Fossil fuels • Sea level rise • Greenhouse gas • Ocean acidification • Shutdown of thermohaline
circulation • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Urban Heat Islands • Flooding
Conservation
Ecosystems — Anoxic waters • Biodiversity • Biosecurity • Coral bleaching • Edge effect • Habitat destruction • Habitat fragmentation • Illegal
dumping • In-situ leach
Fishing — Blast fishing • Bottom trawling • By-catch • Cetacean bycatch • Gillnetting • Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing • Environmental effects
of fishing • Overfishing • Marine pollution • Whaling
Forests — Clearcutting • Deforestation • Illegal logging
Natural resources — Resource depletion • Exploitation of natural resources
Species — Endangered species • Genetic diversity • Habitat destruction • Holocene extinction • Invasive species • Poaching • Pollinator decline •Species
extinction • Threshold host density • Wildlife trade • Wildlife disease
Energy — Energy conservation • Efficient energy use • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of the energy
industry •Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Renewable energy • Renewable energy commercialization •
Environmental degradation — Eutrophication • Habitat destruction • Invasive species • Soda lake
Environmental health — Air quality • Asthma • Birth defect • Developmental disability • endocrine disruptors • Environmental impact of the coal
industry • Electromagnetic fields •Electromagnetic radiation and health • Indoor air quality • Lead poisoning • Leukemia • One Health • Sick Building
Syndrome • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
Environmental issues with war - Agent Orange • Depleted Uranium •Military Superfund site (Category only)•War and environmental law • Scorched earth
Environmental law - Environmental crime • Environmental justice • Polluter pays principle • Precautionary Principle
Genetic engineering — Genetic pollution • Genetically modified food controversies
Hydrology - Environmental impacts of reservoirs • Tile drainage • Hydrology (agriculture) • Flooding• Landslide •
Intensive farming — Environmental effects of meat production • Irrigation • Monoculture • Nutrient pollution • Overgrazing • Pesticide
drift • Plasticulture • Slash and burn • Tile drainage
Land use — Built environment • Desertification • Habitat fragmentation • Habitat destruction • Land degradation — Land pollution • Urban sprawl
Soil — Alkali soil •Brownfield • Superfund sites • Residual Sodium Carbonate Index • Soil conservation • Soil erosion • Soil contamination • Soil
salination • Superfund
Nanotechnology — Nanotoxicology • Nanopollution
Nuclear issues — Nuclear fallout • Nuclear meltdown • Nuclear power • Nuclear weapons • Nuclear and radiation accidents • Nuclear safety • High-level
radioactive waste management •
Overpopulation — Burial • Overpopulation in companion animals • Tragedy of the commons • Gender Imbalance in Developing Countries • Sub-
replacement fertility levels in developed countries• Water crisis
Ozone depletion — CFC • Biological effects of UV exposure
Pollution — Nonpoint source pollution • Point source pollution • Light pollution • Noise pollution • Visual pollution • Interplanetary contamination
Water pollution — Acid rain • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Eutrophication• Groundwater recharge • Marine pollution • Ocean dumping • Oil
spills • Thermal pollution •Urban runoff • Water crisis • Marine debris • Microplastics • Ocean acidification • Ship pollution • Wastewater • Fish kill • Algal
bloom • Mercury in fish • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
Air pollution — Atmospheric particulate matter•Environmental impact of the coal industry • Smog • Tropospheric ozone • Indoor air quality • Volatile
organic compound • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
Resource depletion — Exploitation of natural resources • Overdrafting Overexploitation
Consumerism — Consumer capitalism • Planned obsolescence • Over-consumption
Fishing — Blast fishing • Bottom trawling • Cyanide fishing • Ghost nets • Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing • Overfishing • Shark
finning • Whaling
Logging — Clearcutting • Deforestation • Illegal logging
Mining — Acid mine drainage • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Mountaintop removal mining • Slurry impoundments
Water (depletion) — Anoxic waters • Aral Sea • California Water Wars • Dead Sea • Lake Chad • Water pollution • Water crisis • Wastewater
Toxicants — Agent Orange•Asbestos• Beryllium•Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) • Cyanide • DDT • Endocrine
disruptors • Explosives •Dioxin • Toxic heavy metals • Environmental impact of the coal
industry • Herbicides • Hydrocarbons • Perchlorate • Pesticides • •PBDE • Persistent organic pollutant • PCB • Polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons • Radioactive contamination •Volatile organic compounds • Bioaccumulation • Biomagnification • Environmental impact of
hydraulic fracturing
Waste — Electronic waste • Great Pacific Garbage Patch • Incineration • Litter • Waste disposal incidents • Marine debris • Medical
waste • Landfill • Leachate • Toxic waste•Environmental impact of the coal industry • Exporting of hazardous waste• Environmental impact of
hydraulic fracturing
See also[edit]Environment portal
Ecology portal
Sustainable development portal
Renewable energy portal
Environmentalism
Index of environmental articles
List of conservation topics
List of environmental disasters
List of environmental organizations
List of sustainability topics
Lists of environmental topics
External links[edit]
7 Environmental Problems That Are Worse Than We Thought | EarthFirst.com
Environmental Issues and Research Topics | AurumScience.com
Environmental Issues | GlobalIssues.com
8 Most Dangerous Human Activities That Harm The Environment | The Energy Physics
A List of 10 Most Significant Environmental Threats That We are Going to Face in 21st Century | The Energy Physics (causes and effects)
Human impact on the environment
GeneralAnthropocene Environmental issues Human impacts Impact assessment
Planetary boundaries
Causes
Agriculture fishing irrigation meat production palm oil Energy
industry biodiesel coal electricity generation nuclear power oil shale petroleum
reservoirs wind power Manufacturing cleaning agents
concrete nanotechnology paint paper pesticides
pharmaceuticals and personal care Transport aviation roads shipping Other land
use mining genetic pollution human overpopulation
overexploitation particulates pollution war
Effects
Biodiversity threats Deforestation Desertification Erosion Coral reefs
Freshwater cycle Global warming Habitat destruction Holocene extinction Nitrogen
cycle Land degradation Phosphorus cycle
Ocean acidification Ozone depletion
Mitigation
Birth control Cleaner production Climate change mitigation Climate
engineering Ecological engineering Environmental engineering Environmental
mitigation Industrial ecology
Mitigation banking Organic agriculture Reforestation Restoration ecology
Sustainable consumption
Waste minimization