LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

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' — Invasive species • Species extinction • Pollinator decline • Coral bleaching

★ 'Dams' - Environmental impacts of dams

★ 'Energy' - Energy conservation

★ 'Genetic engineering'

★ 'Intensive farming' — Overgrazing • Irrigation

★ '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'
::'Fishing' — Environmental effects of fishing • Overfishing • Bottom trawling
::'Logging' — Illegal logging • Deforestation
::'Mining' — Acid mine drainage

★ 'Toxic waste' — Dioxin • Chlorofluorocarbons • Heavy metals • Herbicides • Pesticides

★ 'Urban sprawl'

★ 'Waste' — Waste types • Waste management • The waste hierarchy • Waste legislation • Waste collection • Waste treatment technologies

Contents

See also

Reference

See also

★ Environmentalism

★ List of environment topics

★ List of conservation topics

Reference

★ Miller, G. Tyler (2004) ''Environmental science : working with the Earth'' 10th edition California:Thomson Brooks/Cole ISBN 0534424082