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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

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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

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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

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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

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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