anthropogenic
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- adjective
- /ˌænθrəpəˈdʒɛnɪk/
- Specialized
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antropogénico
- The identification and reduction of anthropogenic nutrient inputs is one potential action.
- anthropogenic emissions
- anthropogenic change
- anthropogenic greenhouse gas
To me, the risk of that dwarfs anything that might be true about anthropogenic climate change.
- To me, the risk of that dwarfs anything that might be true about anthropogenic climate change.
- So I guess the anthropology term is anthropogenic landscapes.
Examples
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Northwest Amazonia shows signs of resiliency (if conserved), but "growing anthropogenic impacts" are already affecting northeastern Brazil.
Academic text (2011) -
Measuring rebound effects is therefore essential to formulating effective policies to mitigate anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
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And so when universities and and these other truth seeking institutions do get things right, like anthropogenic climate change is real, it's happening.
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Those are the three undeniable ways that we can measure our anthropogenic impact on climate.
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The future of the ocean and its inhabitants will depend on our ability to learn how anthropogenic activity affects them.
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More than 95 percent of the mercury in polar bears is of anthropogenic origin.
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The great challenge is to understand how anthropogenic disturbances, such as atmospheric deposition,
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Since the dawn of agriculture and anthropogenic fermentation, humans have depended on microorganisms for a wide range of functions.
Academic text (1996) -
Chronic levels of stress in animals caused by frequent and interacting anthropogenic disturbances could impair animals' capacity to survive or recover.
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Many scientists agree that the increase in global temperatures is primarily due to anthropogenic factors such as industrial emissions.
Synonyms
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3.4
Made by people rather than happening in nature
Caused by people rather than by nature
Relating to changes people cause to Earth's climate and environment
Antonyms
How Human-Caused
Surface Forms
Morphology
anthropogenic = anthropo + gen + ic
The word is reasonably interpretable as 'human' + 'producing/causing', but the analysis relies on bound classical forms and the environmental sense is somewhat specialized.
Etymology
The word anthropogenic comes from the Greek parts anthropo- meaning 'human', seen in anthropology, and -genic meaning 'produced by', like generate. So anthropogenic describes something, especially pollution or environmental change, that is 'caused by people'.