List of environmental issues

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Environmental topics Alphabetical index: 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Environmental studies  |  Environmental science Issues  |  Portal  |  Category

This is a list of environmental issues that are due to human activity. These articles relate to the anthropogenic effects on the natural environment.

• Climate change — Global warming • Fossil fuels • Sea level rise • Effects of the automobile on societies

• Conservation — Genetic erosion • Holocene extinction event • Invasive species • Species extinction • Habitat destruction • Habitat fragmentation • Pollinator decline • Coral bleaching • Whaling

• Dams - Environmental impacts of dams

• Energy - Energy conservation • Renewable energy • Efficient energy use • Renewable energy commercialization

• Genetic engineering — Genetic pollution

• Intensive farming — Overgrazing • Irrigation • Monoculture

• Land degradation — Land pollution • Desertification

Soil — Soil conservation • Soil erosion • Soil contamination • Soil salination

• Nanotechnology — Nanotoxicology • Nanopollution

• Nuclear issues — Nuclear fallout • Nuclear meltdown • Nuclear power

• Overpopulation — Burial

• Ozone depletion

• Pollution — Air pollution • Light pollution • Noise pollution • Thermal pollution

Water pollution — Acid rain • Eutrophication• Ocean dumping • Oil spills • Water crisis

• Resource depletion — Exploitation of natural resources

Fishing — Blast fishing • Bottom trawling • Cyanide fishing • Ghost nets • Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing • Environmental effects of fishing • Overfishing

Logging — Clearcutting • Deforestation • Illegal logging

Mining — Acid mine drainage

• Toxins — Chlorofluorocarbons • DDT • Dioxin • Heavy metals • Herbicides • Pesticides • Toxics use reduction • Toxic waste

• Urban sprawl

• Waste — Waste disposal incidents

[edit] See also

• Lists of environmental topics
• List of conservation topics
• List of conservation issues
• Environmentalism