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The items listed on this page form part of the multi-page list of environment topics.

This is a list of topics related (in whole or in part) to (a) phenomena in the natural environment which have a definite or significantly possible connection with human activity or (b) features of human activity which have a definite or significantly possible connection with the natural environment, even if the connection is made indirectly through the built environment. For example, hamster has been included because the effect on the built environment can affect the natural environment. Also, factory farming (often practiced indoors) has been associated with epidemics, which do not stay indoors.

The connections can be positive (even remedial) or negative or both. Some introduced species intended to benefit the ecosystem have acted as invasive species, damaging the ecosystem. Also, different sources of energy development have both pros and cons. Furthermore, an environmental topic can be such for multiple reasons at one time, as in the case of resource extraction and processing; commodity distribution, use, and misuse; and waste management.

Contents: W-Was | Wat-Wateq | Water (separate word) | Water (in hyphenated compound words) | Water (in solid compound words) | Wates-Wazzz | Wb-Wd | We | Wf-Wg | Wh | Wi-Wim | Win | Wio-Wiz | Wj-Wn | Wo-Woq | Wor-Worlc | World (separate word) | World (in hyphenated compound words) | World's | World0-World9 | Worlda-Worldz | Worle-Wozzz | Wp-Wz

W-Was

 * walking
 * wall (see also list of walls)
 * waste
 * waste management (see also list of waste management acronyms and list of waste management concepts
 * and list of waste management topics)


 * waste vegetable oil
 * wastewater (see also list of waste water treatment technologies)

Water (separate word)

 * water (see under Effects on human civilization)
 * water conservation
 * water contamination
 * water cycle (see under Changes over time)
 * water desalination (desalination)
 * water dispute
 * Water Fluoridation controversy
 * water fuel cell
 * water industry
 * water pipe
 * water pollution
 * water privatization
 * water purification
 * water quality
 * water quality modelling
 * water resources
 * Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat)
 * water supply
 * water supply and sanitation in Venezuela
 * water supply network (water supply system)
 * water treatment
 * water well

Water (in hyphenated compound words)

 * water-mill
 * water-wheel
 * (water-wise gardening) xeriscaping

Water (in solid compound words)

 * waterborne disease
 * watercooling
 * watercourse (see also list of watercourses in the Australian Capital Territory
 * and list of watercourses in Western Australia)


 * watershed (drainage basin) (see also list of largest drainage basins)
 * waterway (see also list of waterways)
 * waterway restoration
 * Waterways Experiment Station (WES) (in the US)

Wates-Wazzz

 * wave power (energy harnessed from ocean surface waves) (see also list of wave topics
 * [including topics related to electromagnetic waves, sound waves, and water waves])

We

 * weapons of mass destruction
 * weather (see also list of weather instruments and list of weather records)
 * weathering
 * weathering of buildings
 * weatherization
 * weed control
 * (weed wacker) (weedeater) string trimmer
 * (weedkiller) herbicide
 * weedy species
 * weevil
 * well drilling
 * well logging
 * well poisoning
 * well water
 * wetlands
 * (Wetlands Centre) WWT London Wetlands Centre
 * wetlands conservation
 * Wetlands International

Wh

 * whale (see under Human impacts)
 * whale watching
 * whaling
 * (wheat blast) Magnaporthe grisea
 * wheat mildew
 * (wheat rust) rust (fungus)
 * (white biotechnology, included in) biotechnology
 * Whittier Narrows earthquake (in 1987) (in California in the US)
 * (WHO) World Health Organization
 * WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
 * Whole Foods Market (see under Environmental involvement)
 * (wholphin) wolphin

Wi-Wim

 * WILD Foundation
 * wilderness
 * wilderness area (see also list of wilderness areas in Nevada [in the US])
 * wildfire
 * wildlife corridor
 * wildlife refuge
 * wildlife trade
 * Wildlife Trust (disambiguation)
 * Willamette National Forest
 * (Wilson cloud chamber) cloud chamber
 * (Wilson cycle) Supercontinent Cycle

Win

 * Wind Cave National Park
 * Wind River Experimental Forest
 * wind chill
 * wind energy
 * wind farm (see also list of wind farms in Canada)
 * wind jet
 * wind power
 * wind turbine (see also list of wind turbine manufacturers)
 * (wind vane) weather vane
 * windbreak
 * windcatcher
 * windmill (see also list of windmills)
 * (Windscale: see) Sellafield
 * Windscale fire
 * windstorm
 * Winter of 1886-1887 (in the US)
 * Winter of 1946-1947 (in the UK)
 * Winter Quarters Mine disaster (in 1900) (in Utah in the US)
 * winter storm
 * winter storm warning
 * winter storms of 2006–07 (in North America)
 * Winter storms of 2007-08 (in North America)
 * Winter Weather Advisory

Wio-Wiz

 * wire chamber (for detecting ionizing radiation) (see paragraphs 6 and 7)
 * wise use

Wo-Woq

 * wolf hunting
 * wolf hunting controversy
 * wood (see also list of woods)
 * wood fuel
 * wood gas
 * wood management
 * (wood mizer) portable sawmill
 * woodland
 * (woolly mammoth) mammoth

World (separate word)

 * World Animal Day
 * World Asthma Day
 * World Climate Change Conference
 * World Climate Conference
 * World Climate Programme
 * World Climate Report
 * World Climate Research Programme
 * World Commission on Environment and Development
 * World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity as an Aid to their Survival (WCBESCAS)
 * World Conference on Disaster Reduction
 * World Conservation Union (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) (IUCN)
 * World Day for Water (unofficially, World Water Day)
 * (World Environment Day) UN World Environment Day
 * World Food Conference
 * World Food Day (October 16)
 * World Food Programme
 * (World Food Summit) Food security
 * World Heritage Site (see also)
 * list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom
 * list of World Heritage Sites in Africa
 * list of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia
 * list of World Heritage Sites in Europe
 * list of World Heritage Sites in India
 * list of World Heritage Sites in Poland
 * list of World Heritage Sites in the Americas
 * list of World Heritage Sites in danger
 * (world map scaled by population: see) cartogram
 * World Meteorological Organization
 * World No Tobacco Day
 * World Ocean Day
 * World Peace Council (World Peace Congress)
 * world population
 * world solar challenge
 * World Sturgeon Conservation Society
 * World Summit on Sustainable Development
 * World Toilet Organization
 * World War I
 * World War II
 * (World Water Day) World Day for Water
 * World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
 * World Wilderness Congress
 * World Women's Congress for a Healthy Planet

World's

 * World's Most Livable Cities

World0-World9

 * World3
 * World3 nonrenewable resource sector

Worlda-Worldz

 * Worldwatch Institute

Worle-Wozzz

 * (worm farm) vermicompost

Wp-Wz

 * Wrecking yard (junkyard)
 * Wu Lihong (imprisoned Chinese environmentalist)
 * WWT London Wetlands Centre (in the UK)
 * WWT National Wetlands Centre (in the UK)