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  2. List of environmental issues - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Lists of environmental topics - Wikipedia

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    List of Australian environmental books; List of books about coal mining; List of books about energy issues; List of books about nuclear issues; List of climate change books; List of environmental books; List of environmental economics journals; List of environmental journals; List of environmental law reviews and journals; List of environmental ...

  4. Environmental issues - Wikipedia

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    Environmental issues are disruptions in the usual function of ecosystems. [1] Further, these issues can be caused by humans (human impact on the environment) [2] or they can be natural. These issues are considered serious when the ecosystem cannot recover in the present situation, and catastrophic if the ecosystem is projected to certainly ...

  5. Human impact on the environment - Wikipedia

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    The environmental impact of agriculture involves a variety of factors from the soil, to water, the air, animal and soil diversity, plants, and the food itself. Some of the environmental issues that are related to agriculture are climate change, deforestation, genetic engineering, irrigation problems, pollutants, soil degradation, and waste.

  6. Pollution - Wikipedia

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    Various definitions of pollution exist, which may or may not recognize certain types, such as noise pollution or greenhouse gases.The United States Environmental Protection Administration defines pollution as "Any substances in water, soil, or air that degrade the natural quality of the environment, offend the senses of sight, taste, or smell, or cause a health hazard.

  7. Environmental science - Wikipedia

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    Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, meteorology, mathematics and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geography, and atmospheric science) to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems.

  8. Air pollution - Wikipedia

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    Problems with thinking (cognitive issues) are also associated with air pollution. In people over the age of 40, both NO x and PM 2.5 have been linked to general cognitive problems. PM 2.5 was also associated with reduced verbal fluency (for instance, number of animals one can list in a minute) and worse executive functions (like attention and ...

  9. Noise pollution - Wikipedia

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    Documented problems associated with noise in urban environments go back as far as ancient Rome. [4] Research suggests that noise pollution in the United States is the highest in low-income and racial minority neighborhoods, [ 5 ] and noise pollution associated with household electricity generators is an emerging environmental degradation in ...