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  2. Human impact on the environment - Wikipedia

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    Human activities have substantial impact on coral reefs, contributing to their worldwide decline. [147] Damaging activities encompass coral mining, pollution (both organic and non-organic), overfishing, blast fishing, as well as the excavation of canals and access points to islands and bays.

  3. Category:Human impact on the environment - Wikipedia

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    Environmental impacts of animal agriculture; Environmental effects of scuba diving; Environmental impact of Big Tech; Environmental impact of recreational diving; Environmental impact of scuba diving; Environmental impacts of artificial intelligence; Environmental issues; Environmental Science Center; Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts

  4. Human impact on marine life - Wikipedia

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    Human activities affect marine life and marine habitats through overfishing, habitat loss, the introduction of invasive species, ocean pollution, ocean acidification and ocean warming. These impact marine ecosystems and food webs and may result in consequences as yet unrecognised for the biodiversity and continuation of marine life forms. [3]

  5. Human Footprint - Wikipedia

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    The Human Footprint is an ecological footprint map of human influence on the terrestrial systems of the Earth. It was first published in a 2002 article by Eric W. Sanderson, Malanding Jaiteh, Marc A. Levy, Kent H. Redford, Antoinette V. Wannebo, and Gillian Woolmer. [ 1 ]

  6. Environmental issues - Wikipedia

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    Human impact on the environment (or anthropogenic environmental impact) refers to changes to biophysical environments [14] and to ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources [15] caused directly or indirectly by humans.

  7. Human impact on river systems - Wikipedia

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    Indicators that make the human impact measurable and quantitatively assessable are: artificial water surface ratio, artificial water surface density ratio, disruption of longitudinal connectivity ratio, artificial river ratio, sinuosity of artificial cutoff, channelization ratio, artificial levee ratio, road along river ratio, artificial ...

  8. List of environmental issues - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Effects of climate change on human health - Wikipedia

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    Extreme weather and its health impact can also threaten the livelihoods and economic stability of people. These factors together can lead to increasing poverty, human migration, violent conflict, and mental health issues. [7] [8] Climate change affects human health at all ages, from infancy through adolescence, adulthood and old age. [3]