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human dimensions of global environmental change  

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  • Studies of the human dimensions of global environmental change explore the social causes and consequences of large-scale environmental transformations. These include, for example, climate change or global warming, stratospheric ozone depletion, acid rain, land use changes such as wetlands loss and deforestation, biodiversity loss, and changes in the abundance, diversity, and productivity of marine populations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change]

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