Which environmental problems are caused by man?

Answer 1

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

• Anoxic waters --- Anoxic event • Hypoxia • Ocean deoxygenation • Dead zone

• Climate change --- Global warming • Global dimming • Fossil fuels • Sea level rise • Greenhouse gas • Ocean acidification • Shutdown of thermohaline circulation

• Conservation --- Species extinction • Pollinator decline • Coral bleaching • Holocene extinction • Invasive species • Poaching • Endangered species

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

• Environmental degradation --- Eutrophication • Habitat destruction • Invasive species

• Environmental health --- Air quality • Asthma • Electromagnetic fields • Electromagnetic radiation and health • Indoor air quality • Lead poisoning • Sick Building Syndrome

• Genetic engineering --- Genetic pollution • Genetically modified food controversies

• Intensive farming --- Overgrazing • Irrigation • Monoculture • Environmental effects of meat production • Slash and burn • Pesticide drift • Plasticulture

• Land degradation --- Land pollution • Desertification

Soil --- Soil conservation • Soil erosion • Soil contamination • Soil salination

• Land use --- Urban sprawl • Habitat fragmentation • Habitat destruction

• Nanotechnology --- Nanotoxicology • Nanopollution

• Nuclear issues --- Nuclear fallout • Nuclear meltdown • Nuclear power • Nuclear weapons • Nuclear and radiation accidents • Nuclear safety • High-level radioactive waste management.

• Overpopulation --- Burial • Water crisis • Overpopulation in companion animals • Tragedy of the commons

• Ozone depletion --- CFC

• Pollution --- Light pollution • Noise pollution • Visual pollution • Nonpoint source pollution • Point source pollution

Water pollution --- Acid rain • Eutrophication • Marine pollution • Ocean dumping • Oil spills • Thermal pollution • Urban runoff • Water crisis • Marine debris • Microplastics • Ocean acidification • Ship pollution • Wastewater • Fish kill • Algal bloom • Mercury in fishAir pollution --- Smog • Tropospheric ozone • Indoor air quality • Volatile organic compound • Particulate matter • Sulphur oxide

• Reservoirs --- Environmental impacts of reservoirs

• Resource depletion --- Exploitation of Natural Resources • Overdrafting

Consumerism --- Consumer capitalism • Planned obsolescence • Over-consumptionFishing --- Blast fishing • Bottom trawling • Cyanide fishing • Ghost nets • Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing • Overfishing • Shark finning • WhalingLogging --- Clearcutting • Deforestation • Illegal loggingMining --- Acid mine drainage • Mountaintop removal mining • Slurry impoundments

• Toxins --- Chlorofluorocarbons • DDT • Endocrine disruptors • Dioxin • Toxic heavy metals • Herbicides • Pesticides • Toxic waste • PCB • Bioaccumulation • Biomagnification

• Waste --- E-waste • Litter • Waste disposal incidents • Marine debris • Medical waste • Landfill • Leachate • Recycling • Incineration • Great Pacific Garbage Patch