Environmental impact of war
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Related e |
Featured: |
Study of the environmental impact of war focuses on the modernization of warfare and its increasing effects on the environment. Scorched earth methods have been used for much of recorded history. However, the methods of modern warfare cause far greater devastation on the environment. The progression of warfare from chemical weapons to nuclear weapons has increasingly created stress on ecosystems and the environment. Specific examples of the environmental impact of war include: World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, the Rwandan Civil War, the Kosovo War and the Gulf War.
[edit]
See also
- Biological warfare
- Chemical warfare
- Environmental effects of the Syrian Civil War
- List of environmental issues
- Nuclear warfare
- Nuclear winter
- Scorched earth
- Unconventional warfare
- Well poisoning
- War crimes
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Environmental impact of war" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.