enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of environmental issues - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_issues

    Environmental issues with energy — Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of the energy industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing; Environmental impact of transport; Environmental impact of aviation Environmental impact of the petroleum industry — Exhaust gas • Waste tires • Motor vehicle ...

  3. Human impact on the environment - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/.../Human_impact_on_the_environment

    The environmental impacts of nuclear power plant disasters such as the Chernobyl disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the Three Mile Island accident, among others, persist indefinitely, though several other factors contributed to these events including improper management of fail safe systems and natural disasters putting ...

  4. List of environmental disasters - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental...

    This article is a list of environmental disasters. In this context it is an annotated list of specific events caused by human activity that results in a negative effect on the environment . Main article: Environmental disaster

  5. Environmental hazard - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_hazard

    Environmental hazards are hazards that affect biomes or ecosystems. [1] Well known examples include oil spills, water pollution, slash and burn deforestation, air pollution, ground fissures, [2] and build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide. [3] Physical exposure to environmental hazards is usually involuntary [3]

  6. Effects of climate change - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change

    Some climate change effects: wildfire caused by heat and dryness, bleached coral caused by ocean acidification and heating, environmental migration caused by desertification, and coastal flooding caused by storms and sea level rise. Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an overall ...

  7. Climate change - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change

    Many climate change impacts have been observed in the first decades of the 21st century, with 2024 the warmest on record at +1.60 °C (2.88 °F) since regular tracking began in 1850. [19] [20] Additional warming will increase these impacts and can trigger tipping points, such as melting all of the Greenland ice sheet. [21]

  8. Environmental issues - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues

    [39] [40] The environmental degradation process amplifies the impact of environmental issues which leave lasting impacts on the environment. [41] Environmental degradation is one of the ten threats officially cautioned by the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change of the United Nations.

  9. Air pollution - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution

    Where air pollution laws may seek to limit the emissions of a particular pollutant, or the concentration in a particular environment, the health impacts depend on people's exposure to that pollutant. [101] Based on the 2021 WHO air quality standards, 99% of the world population is exposed to harmful air pollution. [9]