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.

Contents

 1Issues
 2Effects
 3Mitigation
 4See also
 5External links

Issues[edit]
 Human overpopulation — Biocapacity climate
change • Carrying
capacity • Exploitation • Industrialisation • I =
PAT • Land degradation • Land
reclamation • Optimum population • Overshoot
(population) • Population density • Population
dynamics • Population growth • Projections of
population growth • Total fertility
rate • Urbanization • Waste • Water
conflict • Water scarcity • Overdrafting
 Hydrology — Environmental impacts of
reservoirs • Tile drainage • Hydrology
(agriculture) • Flooding • Landslide
 Intensive farming — Agricultural subsidy • Barn
fires • Environmental effects of meat
production • Intensive animal farming • Intensive
crop farming • Irrigation • Monoculture • Nutrient
pollution • Overgrazing • Pesticide
drift • Plasticulture • Slash and burn • Tile
drainage
 Land use — Built
environment • Desertification • Habitat
fragmentation • Habitat destruction • Land
degradation • Land pollution • Lawn-
environmental concerns • Trail ethics • Urban
heat island • Urban sprawl
 Nanotechnology — Impact of nanotechnology
 Natural disasters
  Nuclear issues — Nuclear fallout • Nuclear
meltdown • Nuclear power • Nuclear
weapons • Nuclear and radiation
accidents • Nuclear safety • High-level radioactive
waste management
 Ocean trash • Garbage Patch • Ghost
net • Washed Ashore
 Water Pollution

Effects[edit]
 Climate change — Global warming • Global
dimming • Fossil fuels • Sea level
rise • Greenhouse gas • Ocean
acidification • Shutdown of thermohaline
circulation • Environmental impact of the coal
industry • Urban Heat Islands • Flooding
 Environmental degradation — Habitat
destruction • Invasive species
 Environmental health — Air
quality • Asthma • Birth defect • Developmental
disability • endocrine disruptors • Environmental
impact of the coal industry • Environmental
impact of nanotechnology • Electromagnetic
field • Electromagnetic radiation and
health • Indoor air quality • Lead
poisoning • Leukemia • Nanotoxicology • Nature
deficit disorder • One Health • Sick Building
Syndrome • Environmental impact of hydraulic
fracturing
 Environmental issues with
energy — Environmental impact of the coal
industry • Environmental impact of the energy
industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic
fracturing
 Environmental impact of transport
Environmental impact of aviation
Environmental impact of the petroleum
industry — Exhaust gas • Waste tires • Motor vehicle
emissions and pregnancy • Externalities of
automobiles
Environmental impact of shipping (Cruise ships in
Europe • Cruise ships in the United States)

 Environmental issues with war - Agent

Orange • Depleted
Uranium • Military Superfund site (Category
 only)•Scorched earth • War and
environmental law • Unexploded ordnance
 Overpopulation — Burial • Overpopulation in
companion animals • Tragedy of the
commons • Gender Imbalance in Developing
Countries • Sub-replacement fertility levels in
developed countries
 Mutation breeding — Genetic pollution
 Synthetic biology — Synthetic
DNA — Artificially Expanded Genetic
Information System — Hachimoji DNA
 Genetically modified food - Genetically
modified crops - Genetically modified
livestock - Genetically modified food
controversies
 Pollution — Nonpoint source pollution • Point
source pollution
Air pollution — Environmental impact of the coal
industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic
fracturing • Indoor air quality • Smog • Tropospheric
ozone • Volatile organic compound Atmospheric
particulate matter CFC • Biological effects of UV
exposure
Light pollution • Visual pollution
Noise pollution
Soil pollution — Alkali soil • Brownfield • Residual
Sodium Carbonate Index • Soil conservation • Soil
erosion • Soil contamination • Soil
salination • Superfund • Superfund sites
Water pollution — Acid rain • Agricultural
runoff • Algal bloom • Environmental impact of the
coal industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic
fracturing• Eutrophication • Fish kill • Groundwater
pollution • Groundwater recharge • Marine
debris • Marine pollution • Mercury in
fish • Microplastics • Nutrient pollution • Ocean
acidification • Ocean dumping • Oil spills• Soda
lake • Ship pollution • Thermal pollution • Urban
runoff • Wastewater
Space debris • Interplanetary contamination * Ozone
depletion

 Resource depletion — Exploitation of
natural
resources • Overdrafting (groundwater)
•Overexploitation
Consumerism — Consumer capitalism • Planned
obsolescence • Over-consumption
Fishing — Blast fishing • Bottom trawling • Cyanide
fishing • Ghost nets • Illegal, unreported and
unregulated fishing • Overfishing • Shark
culling • Shark finning • Whaling
Logging — Clearcutting • Deforestation • Illegal
logging
Mining — Acid mine drainage • Environmental
impact of hydraulic fracturing • Mountaintop removal
mining • Slurry impoundments
Water (depletion) — Anoxic waters • Aral
Sea • California Water Wars • Dead Sea • Lake
Chad • Water scarcity

 Toxicants — Agent
Orange • Asbestos • Beryllium • Bioac
cumulation • Biomagnification • Chloro
fluorocarbons
(CFCs) • Cyanide • DDT • Endocrine
disruptors • Explosives • Environmenta
l impact of the coal
industry • Herbicides • Hydrocarbons • 
Perchlorate • Pesticides • Persistent
organic
pollutant • PBBs • PBDEs • Toxic
heavy
metals • PCB • Dioxin • Polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons • Radioactive
contamination • Volatile organic
compounds
 Waste — Electronic waste • Great
Pacific Garbage Patch • Illegal
dumping • Incineration • Litter • Waste
disposal incidents • Marine
debris • Medical
waste • Landfill • Leachate • Toxic
waste • Environmental impact of the
coal industry • Exporting of hazardous
waste

Mitigation[edit]
 Mitigation of aviation's
environmental impact – Aviation
taxation and subsidies (Air passenger
tax • Kerosene tax) • Electric aircraft
 Conservation
o Ecosystems — Anoxic
waters • Biodiversity • Biose
curity • Coral
 bleaching • Black
carbon • Edge
effect • Habitat
destruction • Organic
farming • Habitat
fragmentation • In-situ leach
o Fishing — Blast
fishing • Bottom
trawling • By-catch • Cetace
an
bycatch • Gillnetting • Illegal,
unreported and unregulated
fishing • Environmental
effects of fishing • Marine
pollution • Overfishing • Wh
aling
o Forests — Clearcutting • D
eforestation: reforestation a
nd afforestation • Illegal
logging • Trail ethics
o Natural
resources — Resource
depletion • Exploitation of
natural resources • Steady-
state economy
o Species — Endangered
species • Genetic
diversity • Habitat
destruction • Holocene
extinction • Invasive
species • Poaching • Pollina
tor decline • Species
extinction • Threshold host
density • Wildlife
trade • Wildlife disease
o Energy
conservation — Efficient
energy use - Carfree
city - Local food
o Renewable
energy — Renewable
energy commercialization
o Recreation — Protected
areas
o 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
o Environmental aspects of
the electric car
o Hydrogen economy
o Scrappage program
o Vehicle recycling
 Phase-out of single-use plastics
o Phase-out of lightweight
plastic
bags (Australia • United
States) • Biodegradable
bags • Reusable shopping
bag
o Bottled water
ban — Reuse of bottles
o Plastic straw ban
 Sustainable agriculture
o Nutrition
transition — Cellular
agriculture (cultured meat)
• Plant-based
diet (reducitarianism • vega
nism • vegetarianism)

See also[edit]
 Citizen Science, cleanup projects that
people can take part in.
 Environmental history
 Environmental history of Latin America
 Environmentalism
 Environmental racism
 Environmental racism in Europe
 Global issues
 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[edit]
 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
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o decline in insect populations

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