Studies find that modern factors like climate change, ecological degradation and population pressures may make it more likely that viruses jump from animals to humans.

The production of fish steadily declined during the 1980s due to over fishing and ecological degradation, but started increasing by the mid-1990s.

Humane education examines the challenges facing the planet, including human oppression and animal exploitation as well as materialism and ecological degradation.

Contemporary reports have noted the contribution of sandstone quarrying to ecological degradation.

They blame ecological degradation on the inclination to short-term, profit-inspired decisions inherent within a market system.