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Over the past two centuries a growing environmental movement has emerged that is concerned about humankind's effects on the Earth. The key issues of this socio-political movement are the conservation of natural resources , elimination of pollution , and the usage of land. [ 45 ]
The Qin dynasty founds China's first empire period of China, conquers large areas of the East Asian mainland, and soon collapses, but is soon rebuilt by the Han dynasty, whose population and environmental impact is similar to that of the Roman Empire. Qin established some of the world's first environmental protection laws. [11] c. 225 BC
This is a list of environmental dates which are designated for creating awareness of environmental issues. Species awareness days highlight biodiversity , with the aim of increasing understanding and appreciation of the subject.
Since the industrial revolution, humans have had an unmistakable impact on Earth -- and it has only accelerated over time. 20 images of Earth over the past 70 years show why countries signed the ...
— United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opened for signature on 9 May ahead of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. — The international Convention on Biological Diversity opened for signature on 5 June in connection with the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. — World Oceans Day began on 8 June at the Earth Summit in Rio de ...
In 1967, Roderick Nash published Wilderness and the American Mind, a work that has become a classic text of early environmental history.In an address to the Organization of American Historians in 1969 (published in 1970) Nash used the expression "environmental history", [4] although 1972 is generally taken as the date when the term was first coined. [5]
The discovery indicates that the Earth’s center regularly pauses and reverses its rotation, researchers in China wrote in a study published Jan. 23 in the journal Nature Geoscience.
The history of environmental pollution traces human-dominated ecological systems from the earliest civilizations to the present day. [1] This history is characterized by the increased regional success of a particular society, followed by crises that were either resolved, producing sustainability, or not, leading to decline.