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Environment Issues                                   310,086        298,154

Acid mine drainage                                            66                  69

Acid rain                                                         1,330            1,270

Air pollution                                                   6,109            5,950

Blast fishing                                                           9                   9

Bottom trawling                                                  23                  24

Burial                                                              1,640             1,580   

Chlorofluorocarbons                                        155                155  

Clearcutting                                                        44                  49

Climate Change                                           16,200           16,900

Conservation                                                24,200           23,100

Consumer capitalism                                           5                    5

Consumerism                                                 1,120             1,170

Coral bleaching                                                  91                   92

Cyanide fishing                                                  13                   14

Dams +Environmental Impact                         90                   91

Dams                                                              2,530               2,480

DDT                                                                1,100               1,080

Deforestation                                                 2,610               2,550

Desertification                                               1,260               1,140

Dioxin                                                               542                   539

E-Waste                                                           313                   259

Energy                                                        88,700              86,600

Energy conservation                                   2,430                 2,440 

Energy efficiency                                        9,320                 9,530     

Eutrophication                                               961                    928

Exploitation of natural resources                   55                      56

Fishing                                                         7,350                  7,150

Fossil fuels                                                   3,520                  3,460

Genetic engineering                                      817                      818

Genetic pollution                                             20                        20

Ghost nets                                                          2                          2

Global warming                                         5,300                   5,500

Greenhouse gas                                          5,160                   5,380

Habitat destruction                                       289                      292

Habitat fragmentation                                  139                        98

Heavy metals                                              1,480                   1,480

Herbicides                                                      944                      949

Holocene extinction                                           1                          0

Illegal logging                                                364                       341

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing 18                          5

Intensive farming                                             61                        66

Invasive species                                              586                      522

Irrigation                                                     7,410                   7,200

Land degradation                                          890                      861

Land pollution                                                  44                       49

Light pollution                                                162                     182

Litter                                                            1,830                   1,930

Logging                                                        8,360                   8,190

Marine pollution                                            189                      182     

Meat production environmental effects          1                          4

Mining                                                         4,620                   4,690

Monoculture                                                  256                      236

Mountaintop removal mining                         7                           7         

Nanopollution                                                   0                           0

Nanotechnology                                         2,320                    2,290 

Nanotoxicology                                                 7                           9

Noise pollution                                              295                       304

Nuclear fallout                                                15                         19

Nuclear issues                                                 40                         39

Nuclear meltdown                                          14                         17

Nuclear power                                           3,010                    2,980

Ocean dumping                                              39                         40

Oil spills                                                        502                       487

Overfishing                                                   354                       342

Overgrazing                                                  321                       290

Ozone depletion                                            573                       583

Pesticides                                                    4,990                    4,970

Planned obsolescence                                     37                         39

Pollinator decline                                             2                           4

Pollution                                                  20,300                   20,800

Renewable energy commercialization       252                        234

Renewable energy                                    8,000                      8,270

Resource depletion                                      281                         286

Sea level rise                                              1,460                      1,550

Shark fishing                                                    5                             4

Soil                                                            18,200                    17,800

Soil conservation                                          466                         447

Soil contamination                                         94                             4

Soil erosion                                                1,280                      1,170

Soil salination                                                   1                             0

Soil salinity                                                     46                           49

Species extinction                                         136                         141

Toxic waste                                                   335                         352

Toxics use reduction                                      23                           23

Toxins                                                        2,820                        2800

Urban runoff                                               213                           205

Urban sprawl                                               365                          363

Waste                                                       31,500                     31,900

Waste disposal incidents                               77                            66

Water crisis                                                  142                          136

Water pollution                                         1,910                      1,930

Whaling                                                        144                          145

 

The list of Environment Issues used in this section of the  Scientific Supercourse is derived from Wikipedia's List at

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_issues

 

 

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License