List of Environmental Issues

List of environmental issues
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of environmental issues that is 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 — Holocene extinction event • Invasive species • Species extinction • Habitat destruction • Habitat fragmentation • Pollinator decline • Coral bleaching
Dams - Environmental impacts of dams
Energy - Energy conservation
Genetic engineering — Genetic Pollution — Genetic Erosion
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
Ozone depletion
Pollution — Air pollution • Light pollution • Noise pollution • Thermal pollution
Water pollution — Drinking water • Eutrophication • Water crisis • Oil spills
Resource depletion — Exploitation of natural resources
Fishing — Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing • Environmental effects of fishing • Overfishing • Bottom trawling
Logging — Illegal logging • Deforestation
Mining — Acid mine drainage
Toxic waste — Dioxin • Chlorofluorocarbons • Heavy metals • Herbicides • Pesticides • Toxics use reduction
Urban sprawl
Waste — Waste types • Waste management • The waste hierarchy • Waste legislation • Waste collection • Waste treatment technologies

Excerpts : Wikipedia

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