List of environmental issues

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.

Issues
 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 • 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
 Water Pollution

Effects
 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 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
 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 • Bioaccumulation • Biomagnification • Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) • Cyanide • DDT • Endocrine disruptors • Explosives • Environmental 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
 Conservation
 Ecosystems — Anoxic waters • Biodiversity • Biosecurity • Coral bleaching • Black carbon • Edge effect • Habitat destruction • Organic farming • Habitat fragmentation • In-situ leach
 Fishing — Blast fishing • Bottom trawling • By-catch • Cetacean bycatch • Gillnetting • Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing • Environmental effects of fishing •  Marine pollution • Overfishing • Whaling
 Forests — Clearcutting • Deforestation • Illegal logging • Trail ethics
 Natural resources — Resource depletion • Exploitation of natural resources • Steady-state economy
 Species — Endangered species  • Genetic diversity • Habitat destruction • Holocene extinction • Invasive species • Poaching • Pollinator decline • Species extinction • Threshold host density • Wildlife trade • Wildlife disease 
 Energy conservation —  Efficient energy use - Carfree city - Local food
 Renewable energy  —  Renewable energy commercialization
 Recreation — Protected areas
 Water conservation
 Disaster mitigation
 Environmental law - Environmental crime • Environmental justice • Polluter pays principle • Precautionary principle • Regulatory capture - Trail ethics

See also 
  Citizen Science, cleanup projects that people can take part in.
 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

External links 

 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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