human impact on the environment

observed or potential changes to biophysical environments and ecosystems caused directly or indirectly by humans, including global warming, environmental degradation, mass extinction and biodiversity loss, ecological crisis and collapse
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human impact on the environment

Summary

human impact on the environment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,037 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • human impact on the environment is a type of environmental change[2].
  • human impact on the environment is a type of external risk[3].
  • human impact on the environment's Commons category is recorded as Environmental impact[4].
  • human impact on the environment comprises Ozone hole[5].
  • human impact on the environment comprises global warming[6].
  • human impact on the environment comprises environmental degradation[7].
  • human impact on the environment comprises ocean acidification[8].
  • human impact on the environment comprises Holocene extinction[9].
  • human impact on the environment comprises biodiversity loss[10].
  • human impact on the environment comprises ecological crisis[11].
  • human impact on the environment comprises ecological collapse[12].
  • human impact on the environment's has cause is recorded as human[13].
  • human impact on the environment's has cause is recorded as human behavior[14].
  • human impact on the environment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Human impact on the environment[15].
  • human impact on the environment's facet of is recorded as environment[16].
  • human impact on the environment's topic has template is recorded as Template:Anthropogenic effects on the environment[17].
  • human impact on the environment's has contributing factor is recorded as population growth[18].
  • human impact on the environment's has contributing factor is recorded as neoliberalism[19].
  • human impact on the environment's has contributing factor is recorded as economic growth[20].
  • human impact on the environment's has contributing factor is recorded as overconsumption[21].
  • human impact on the environment's has contributing factor is recorded as over exploitation[22].
  • human impact on the environment's has contributing factor is recorded as pollution[23].
  • human impact on the environment's has contributing factor is recorded as deforestation[24].
  • human impact on the environment's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as environmental mitigation[25].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include environmental change[2] and external risk[3].

Use and Application

Components include Ozone hole[5], a hole[26]; global warming[6], an atmospheric phenomenon[27]; environmental degradation[7], a pollution[28]; ocean acidification[8]; Holocene extinction[9], an extinction event[29]; and biodiversity loss[10], a concept[30].

Influence

Things named for human impact on the environment include anthrosol[31], a Q12054558[32].

Why It Matters

human impact on the environment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,037 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include anthrosol[31], a Q12054558[32].

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  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . un.org. un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Has contributing factor population growth, neoliberalism, economic growth +4
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