Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Environmental Degradation

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the natural environment through the depletion of resources such as air, water and soil, the destruction of ecosystems and habitats, and the loss of biodiversity. It is driven largely by human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, intensive…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 38× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2642-3146 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the natural environment through the depletion of resources such as air, water and soil, the destruction of ecosystems and habitats, and the loss of biodiversity. It is driven largely by human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, intensive and unsustainable agriculture, industrial pollution, mining and urban expansion. These pressures manifest as soil erosion and land degradation, water and air pollution, contamination of rivers and wetlands, declining water quality, and the decline or extinction of plant and animal populations, and they are closely linked with climate change, which can in turn accelerate further degradation. Because it undermines the natural systems that support food production, clean water, health and livelihoods, environmental degradation is a central concern for sustainability and conservation. Research in Energy Conservation and related OpenAccessPub titles addresses these themes, including the role of crop-residue retention in sustaining agriculture in semi-arid regions, the impact of agricultural land-use practices on wetland water quality, the climate-change–land-degradation–food-security nexus, and the social and community dimensions of environmental conservation. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to environmental degradation and the conservation of natural resources.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 38 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Environmental Degradation, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Energy Conservation (ISSN 2642-3146).

Journal editorial board
Abd El-Fatah Abomohra · Germany Amjad Almusaed · Sweden Andrew Kusiak · United States

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