List of environmental issues
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This is an alphabetical list of environmental issues, harmful aspects of human activity on the biophysical environment. They are loosely divided into causes, effects and mitigation, noting that effects are interconnected and can cause new effects.
Issues
- Greenhouse gas emissions — Coal-fired power station • Carbon dioxide • Methane • Fluorinated gases
- Human population — Biocapacity • climate change • Carrying capacity • Exploitation • Industrialisation • I = PAT • Land degradation • Land reclamation • Optimum population • Overshoot (population) • Population density • Population density • Population dynamics • Population growth • Projections of population growth • Total fertility rate • Urbanization • Waste • Water conflict • Water scarcity • Overdrafting
- Flooding • Landslide
- Environmental effects of meat production • Intensive animal farming • Intensive crop farming • Irrigation • Monoculture • Nutrient pollution • Overgrazing • Pesticide drift • Plasticulture • Slash-and-burn • Tile drainage • Zoonosis
- Nanotechnology — Impact of nanotechnology
- Natural disasters
- Nuclear safety • High-level radioactive waste management
- Ocean trash — Garbage patch • Ghost net • Washed Ashore
- Water pollution
Effects
- Flooding
- Loss of biodiversity • Habitat destruction • Invasive species
- Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
- Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
- Environmental impact of transport
- Environmental impact of aviation
- Externalities of automobiles
- Environmental impact of shipping (Cruise ships in Europe • Cruise ships in the United States)
- Gender Imbalance in Developing Countries • Sub-replacement fertility levels in developed countries
- Mutation breeding — Genetic pollution
- Synthetic DNA • Artificially Expanded Genetic Information System • Hachimoji DNA
- Genetically modified livestock • Genetically modified food controversies
- Pollution — Nonpoint source pollution • Point source pollution
- Atmospheric particulate matter CFC • Biological effects of UV exposure
- Light pollution • Visual pollution
- Noise pollution
- Superfund sites
- Space debris • Interplanetary contamination • Ozone depletion
- Resource depletion — Exploitation of natural resources • Overdrafting (groundwater) • Overexploitation
- Over-consumption
- Logging — Clearcutting • Deforestation • Illegal logging
- Slurry impoundments
- Volatile organic compounds
- Environmental impact of the coal industry • Exporting of hazardous waste
Mitigation
- Conservation
- In-situ leach
- Forests — Clearcutting • Deforestation • reforestation and afforestation • Illegal logging • Trail ethics
- Natural resources — Resource depletion • Exploitation of natural resources • Steady-state economy • Waste hierarchy
- Energy conservation — Alternatives to car use • Efficient energy use • Carfree city • Energy hierarchy • Local food
- Renewable energy — Renewable energy commercialization
- Recreation — Protected areas
- Water conservation
- Disaster mitigation
- Environmental law — Environmental crime • Environmental justice • Polluter pays principle • Precautionary principle • Regulatory capture • Trail ethics
- Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles
- Environmental aspects of the electric car
- Hydrogen economy
- Rail electrification
- Scrappage program
- Vehicle recycling
- Phase-out of single-use plastics
- Shopping trolley (caddy)
- Bottled water ban — Reuse of bottles
- Plastic straw ban
- Sustainable agriculture
- reducitarianism • veganism • vegetarianism)
See also
- Citizen Science, cleanup projects that people can take part in.
- Environmental history
- Environmental history of Latin America
- Environmentalism
- Environmental racism
- Environmental racism in Europe
- Index of environmental articles
- List of conservation topics
- List of environmental disasters
- List of environmental organizations
- List of population concern organizations
- List of sustainability topics
- Lists of environmental topics
- List of environmental organisations topics
- Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
External links
- Environmental Issues and Research Topics | AurumScience.com
- Environmental Issues | GlobalIssues.com
- Human Activities that affect the Environment | The Energy Physics
- Environmental Threats That We are Going to Face | The Energy Physics (causes and effects)
- Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
