Environmental change

Environmental change is usually defined as a change or disturbance of the environment most often caused by human influences and natural ecological processes. Environmental changes can include any number of things, including natural disasters, human interference, or animal interaction. Environmental change does not only encompass physical changes, but it can be things like an infestation of invasive species is also environmental changes^[1] and is described in the following articles:

• Climate change
• Environment (biophysical)

References

1. Johnson, D.L.; Ambrose, S.H.; Bassett, T.J.; Bowen, M.L.; Crummey, D.E.; Isaacson, J.S.; Johnson, D.N.; Lamb, P.; Saul, M.; Winter-Nelson, A.E. (1997). "Meanings of environmental terms". Journal of Environmental Quality 26: 581–589. doi:10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600030002x.

See also

• Acclimatization
• Atlas of Our Changing Environment
• Phenotypic plasticity