Question

List of various environmental problems causes , effects and mitigation

Answer 1

EffectsEdit

Climate change — Global warming • Global dimming • Fossil fuels • Sea level rise • Greenhouse gas • Ocean acidification • Shutdown of thermohaline circulation • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Urban Heat Islands • FloodingEnvironmental degradation — Habitat destruction • Invasive speciesEnvironmental health — Air quality • Asthma • Birth defect • Developmental disability • endocrine disruptors • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of nanotechnology • Electromagnetic field • Electromagnetic radiation and health • Indoor air quality • Lead poisoning • Leukemia • Nanotoxicology • Nature deficit disorder • One Health • Sick Building Syndrome • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturingEnvironmental issues with energy —Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of the energy industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturingEnvironmental issues with war - Agent Orange • Depleted Uranium • MilitarySuperfund site (Category only)•Scorched earth • War and environmental law • Unexploded ordnanceOverpopulation — Burial • Overpopulation in companion animals • Tragedy of the commons • Gender Imbalance in Developing Countries • Sub-replacement fertility levels in developed countriesMutation breeding — Genetic pollutionSynthetic biologyGenetically modified food - Genetically modified crops - Genetically modified livestockPollution — Nonpoint source pollution • Point source pollutionAir pollution — Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Indoor air quality• Smog • Tropospheric ozone • Volatile organic compound Atmospheric particulate matter CFC • Biological effects of UV exposureLight pollution • Visual pollutionNoise pollutionSoil pollution — Alkali soil • Brownfield • Residual Sodium Carbonate Index • Soil conservation • Soil erosion • Soil contamination • Soil salination • Superfund • Superfund sitesWater pollution — Acid rain • Agricultural runoff • Algal bloom • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing• Eutrophication • Fish kill • Groundwater pollution • Groundwater recharge • Marine debris • Marine pollution • Mercury in fish • Microplastics• Nutrient pollution • Ocean acidification •Ocean dumping • Oil spills• Soda lake • Ship pollution • Thermal pollution • Urban runoff • WastewaterSpace debris • Interplanetary contamination * Ozone depletionResource depletion — Exploitation of natural resources • Overdrafting(groundwater) •OverexploitationConsumerism — Consumer capitalism • Planned obsolescence • Over-consumptionFishing — Blast fishing • Bottom trawling• Cyanide fishing • Ghost nets • Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing • Overfishing • Shark culling • Shark finning• WhalingLogging — Clearcutting • Deforestation • Illegal loggingMining — Acid mine drainage • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Mountaintop removal mining • Slurry impoundmentsWater (depletion) — Anoxic waters • Aral Sea • California Water Wars • Dead Sea • Lake Chad • Water scarcityToxicants — Agent Orange • Asbestos • Beryllium • Bioaccumulation • Biomagnification • Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) • Cyanide • DDT • Endocrine disruptors • Explosives • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Herbicides • Hydrocarbons • Perchlorate • Pesticides • Persistent organic pollutant • PBBs • PBDEs• Toxic heavy metals • PCB • Dioxin • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons • Radioactive contamination • Volatile organic compoundsWaste — Electronic waste • Great Pacific Garbage Patch • Illegal dumping • Incineration • Litter • Waste disposal incidents • Marine debris • Medical waste • Landfill • Leachate • Toxic waste • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Exporting of hazardous waste

MitigationEdit

ConservationEcosystems — Anoxic waters • Biodiversity • Biosecurity • Coral bleaching • Black carbon • Edge effect • Habitat destruction • Organic farming • Habitat fragmentation • In-situ leachFishing — Blast fishing • Bottom trawling • By-catch • Cetacean bycatch• Gillnetting • Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing • Environmental effects of fishing • Marine pollution • Overfishing • WhalingForests — Clearcutting • Deforestation • Illegal logging • Trail ethicsNatural resources — Resource depletion • Exploitation of natural resources • Steady-state economySpecies — Endangered species • Genetic diversity • Habitat destruction • Holocene extinction • Invasive species• Poaching • Pollinator decline • Species extinction • Threshold host density • Wildlife trade • Wildlife diseaseEnergy conservation — Efficient energy use - Carfree-city - Local foodRenewable energy — Renewable energy commercializationRecreation — Protected areasWater conservationDisaster mitigationEnvironmental law - Environmental crime • Environmental justice • Polluter pays principle • Precautionary principle • Regulatory capture - Trail ethics