Environmental Issues
LIST of environmental issues caused by human activity.
- Climate change:
Global warming • Global dimming • Fossil fuels • Sea level rise • Greenhouse gas
- Conservation:
Species extinction • Pollinator decline • Coral bleaching • Holocene extinction event • Invasive species • Poaching • Endangered species
- Dams:
Environmental impacts of dams
- Energy:
Energy conservation • Renewable energy • Efficient energy use • Renewable energy commercialization
- Genetic engineering:
Genetic pollution • Genetically modified food controversies
- Intensive farming:
Overgrazing • Irrigation • Monoculture • Environmental effects of meat production
- Land degradations:
Land pollution • Desertification
- Soil:
Soil conservation • Soil erosion • Soil contamination • Soil salination
- Nanotechnology:
Nanotoxicology • Nanopollution
- Nuclear issues:
Nuclear fallout • Nuclear meltdown • Nuclear power • Radioactive waste
- Overpopulation:
Burial
- Ozone depletion:
CFC
- Pollution:
Light pollution • Noise pollution • Visual pollution
- Water pollution:
Acid rain • Eutrophication • Marine pollution • Ocean dumping • Oil spills • Thermal pollution • Urban runoff • Water crisis • Marine debris • Ocean acidification • Ship pollution • Thermal pollution • Urban runoff • Wastewater
- Resource depletion:
Exploitation of natural resources
- 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
An example, is the forested area in front of Ridge View High next the entrance of the Summit. No trees left because they are being cut down to build a FOOD LION?! This could go under the "Urban Sprawl" category too.
- Mining:
Acid mine drainage • Mountaintop removal mining • Slurry impoundments
- Toxins:
Chlorofluorocarbons • DDT • Endocrine disruptors • Dioxin • Heavy metals • Herbicides • Pesticides • Toxic waste • PCB • Bioaccumulation • Biomagnification
- Urban sprawl:
Excessive house-building
- Waste:
E-waste • Litter • Waste disposal incidents • Marine debris • Landfill • Leachate • Recycling • Incineration
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