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| - The Environment, in a broad sense, is the combination of Earth's lifeforms, resources, relief and climate. This includes, but is not limited to: plants, animals, minerals, water, atmosphere, plate tectonics and the position of everything relative to humanity. Human effects on the environment, termed anthropogenic effects, are major factor in the evolution of the life and geography of the planet. The ability of people to transform their world both deliberately and accidentally is astounding. The prosperity and preservation of the environment has become the duty of human beings to manage ever since their industrial power allowed them to shape continents and modify the atmosphere.
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| - The Environment, in a broad sense, is the combination of Earth's lifeforms, resources, relief and climate. This includes, but is not limited to: plants, animals, minerals, water, atmosphere, plate tectonics and the position of everything relative to humanity. Human effects on the environment, termed anthropogenic effects, are major factor in the evolution of the life and geography of the planet. The ability of people to transform their world both deliberately and accidentally is astounding. The prosperity and preservation of the environment has become the duty of human beings to manage ever since their industrial power allowed them to shape continents and modify the atmosphere. The natural path of the Earth was maintained for billions of years, chaotically shifting from a burning rock to a tropical paradise to an Ice Age and back and forth between the latter two. Until the 20th century, natural forces determined the length and form of these shifts but the last ice age saw the emergence of an intelligence that has come to mold the planet to its own wishes, as diverse and conflicting as those are. This page outlines the reciprocal influences of humans and their environment, including natural resources, biospheres, terraforming, disasters and the broader context of human activity.
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