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

Effects

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)
Air pollution — Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Indoor air qualitySmog • Tropospheric ozone • Volatile organic compoundAtmospheric particulate matter CFCBiological effects of UV exposure
Light pollution • Visual pollution
Noise pollution
Soil pollution — Alkali soil • Brownfield • Residual Sodium Carbonate Index • Soil conservationSoil erosion • Soil contamination • Soil salination • Superfund • Superfund sites
Water pollutionAcid rainAgricultural runoffAlgal bloom • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Eutrophication • Fish kill • Groundwater pollutionGroundwater rechargeMarine debris • Marine pollution • Mercury in fishMicroplastics • Nutrient pollution • Ocean acidificationOcean dumpingOil 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 fishingOverfishing • Shark culling • Shark finning • Whaling
LoggingClearcuttingDeforestation • Illegal logging
MiningAcid mine drainage • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Mountaintop removal mining • Slurry impoundments
Water (depletion) — Anoxic waters • Aral SeaCalifornia Water WarsDead SeaLake ChadWater scarcity

Mitigation

See also

  • Citizen Science, cleanup projects that people can take part in.
  • Environmental history
  • Environmental history of Latin America
  • Environmentalism
  • Environmental racism
  • Environmental racism in Europe
  • 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
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