As global population grows it puts pressure on the environment leading to water shortages and pollution, deforestation and famine. Responsible management strategies can reduce human resource abuse.

Human activities have affected the penguins ... Pupils could be asked to list the ways humans have an impact on the environment both in their local community and on a global scale.

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

NGM MAPS. Source: “spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean,” Ben S. Halpern and others, Nature Communications; UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected ...

However, these lofty ambitions are clouded by questions over the impact of space travel on human health. Short exposures to a microgravity environment ... manned space activities by developing ...

Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring was a landmark in the development of the modern environmental movement. Her scientific perspective about the effect of pesticides on the natural world sparked ...

Environmental geography represents a critically important set of analytical tools for assessing the impact of human presence on the environment by measuring the result of human activity on natural ...

The Anthropocene epoch highlights the significant impact of human activity on the environment, prompting a reevaluation of capitalism's role in addressing climate change and environmental degradation.