Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 58 Rapid urbanization 57 Soil erosion 54 ecological degradation 53 rampant deforestation 53 environmental degradation 52 Urban sprawl 51 urbanization 51 frequent droughts 50 coastland 49 Invasive plants 49 habitat fragmentation 49 saltwater intrusion 49 lakeshores 48 species extinctions 48 rapidly urbanizing 48 habitat degradation 48 rapid urbanization 48 biodiversity 48 prolonged droughts 47 fragile ecology 47 deficient monsoon 47 overfishing pollution 47 Suburban sprawl 47 overdevelopment 47 Everglades ecosystem 47 urban sprawl 47 ecological 47 elephant poaching 47 prolonged drought 47 drier summers 46 overexploitation 46 grassland habitat 46 milder winters 46 wildlife habitats 46 drylands 46 ecologically sensitive areas 46 seagrasses 46 soil erosion 46 Melting glaciers 46 ecological catastrophe 45 wetland ecosystems 45 forested wetlands 45 Severe drought 45 Large tracts 45 ecologically fragile 45 urbanizing 45 landlessness 45 freshwater ecosystems 45 freshwater marshes 45 encroachment 45 overhunting 45 pine beetle epidemic 45 coastal erosion 45 erosion 45 toxic algae blooms 45 deciduous forests 45 aridity 44 visual amenity 44 habitats 44 nutrient runoff 44 deforestation 44 pine beetle infestation 44 Lake Natron 44 overgrazing 44 sugarcane cultivation 44 wildlife habitat 44 caribou herds 44 indiscriminate dumping 44 erratic monsoon 44 overgrazed 44 scanty rainfall 44 suburbanization 44 wetlands 44 dangerously polluted 44 despoliation 44 grassland birds 44 pastoralist communities 44 Urbanization 43 saltmarsh 43 irrigated crops 43 shoreline erosion 43 elephant herds 43 desertification 43 deficient rainfall 43 hotter summers 43 habitat 43 wetland habitats 43 bee populations 43 Feral hogs 43 silting 43 scanty rains 43 saturated soils 43 siltation 43 ecology 43 unsightliness 43 scarcities 43 arable lands 43 Unseasonably cold 43 nutrient loading 43 pollinating insects 43 birdlife