Causes: Agriculture, logging. Effects: Habitat destruction, soil degradation, climate change.

Causes: Overgrazing, deforestation, climate change. Effects: Loss of biodiversity, displacement of people.

Causes: Excess greenhouse gases. Effects: Global warming, rising sea levels, uninhabitable ecosystems.

Causes: Increased birth rates, decreased death rates. Effects: Increased demand for resources, pressure on environment.

Causes: Migration to cities for opportunities. Effects: Habitat destruction, resource depletion, increased pollution.

Causes: Technological advancements, economic growth. Effects: Increased pollution, resource extraction, waste generation.

Causes: Increased trade and interconnectedness. Effects: Increased resource extraction, environmental degradation, spread of pollution.

Causes: Energy production, transportation. Effects: Release of greenhouse gases, climate change, air pollution.

Causes: Global warming, greenhouse effect. Effects: Coral death, melting ice caps, species extinction.

Causes: Oil spills like the Mega Borg spill. Effects: U.S. responsible for damages from their oil spills.

Vast areas were cleared for agriculture and logging, demonstrating large-scale environmental impacts of human actions.

It mandated that industrialized nations cut their greenhouse gas emissions, though many developing countries were exempt.

It was a response to oil spills, like the Mega Borg spill in the Gulf of Mexico, making the U.S. responsible for damages from their oil spills.

Causes coral death, melting of polar ice caps, and species extinction.

Devastating consequences, including loss of biodiversity and displacement of people who depend on the land.

Releases greenhouse gases, contributing to climate change.

Leads to loss of biodiversity and displacement of people who depend on the land.

Fueled the production of goods, often with harmful substances, releasing pollutants into the air and water.

Increases the demand for housing, transportation, and infrastructure, often leading to habitat destruction and resource depletion.

Increases demand for resources, leading to increased pressure on the environment.

The clearing of forests, leading to habitat destruction, soil degradation, and climate change.

The transformation of fertile land into dry, unusable land, often caused by overgrazing, deforestation, and climate change.

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere by greenhouse gases like CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O, leading to global warming.

The degradation of the environment through depletion of resources, destruction of habitats, pollution, and other harmful impacts.

Harmful substances introduced into the environment that damage soil, air, and water quality.

The long-term heating of Earth's climate system observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth's atmosphere.

The process by which the population shifts from rural areas to urban centers, leading to increased demand for housing, transportation, and infrastructure.

The process of transforming an economy from primarily agricultural to one based on manufacturing and the mass production of goods.

The increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of countries through trade, investment, migration, and cultural exchange.

Gases that trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O).