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Definition of anthropogenic
: of, relating to, or resulting from the influence of human beings on nature
anthropogenic pollutants
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Other Words from anthropogenic
anthropogenically
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Examples of anthropogenic in a Sentence
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Ice loss is a function of natural climate variability and anthropogenic warming caused by increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations. — Julienne C. Stroeve, Scientific American, "When Will All the Ice in the Arctic be Gone?," 14 Aug. 2019 According to climate models, anthropogenic warming since the late 1800s has increased the atmospheric vapor-pressure deficit by approximately 10 percent and this increase is projected to double by the 2060s. — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, "Warming climate likely leading to larger California fires," 18 July 2019 Iron input from anthropogenic sources, like the burning of fossil fuels and other industrial activities, is believed to be comparatively much lower. — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, "Humans May Be Accidentally Geoengineering the Oceans," 15 July 2019 To their delight, the rock grew less anthropogenic by the day. — Quanta Magazine, "In a Grain, a Glimpse of the Cosmos," 13 June 2014 As a whole, Ackroyd and Harvey鈥檚 body of work focuses on process and time, things like urban political ecologies, anthropogenic climate change, and environmental degradation. — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, "The Coats Worn at the Extinction Rebellion Protests in London Are Made From Fresh Seedling Grass," 19 Feb. 2019 Natural selection simply does not operate on the same timescale as industrialization, so to keep pace with anthropogenic change, wild animals have resorted to altering their behavior rather than their genes. — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, "How Humans Created the Ultimate Superpests," 9 July 2018 Where is his own secret science that refutes findings anthropogenic greenhouses gas are a major problem? — Scott Waldman, Scientific American, "Judge Orders EPA to Produce Science Behind Pruitt鈥檚 Warming Claims," 5 June 2018 What with anthropogenic climate change, more and more people are trading in combustion motors for an electric model. — Ellen Airhart, WIRED, "Alternatives to Cobalt, the Blood Diamond of Batteries," 7 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'anthropogenic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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anthropogenic
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Medical Definition of anthropogenic
: of, relating to, or resulting from the influence of human beings on nature
anthropogenic sources of pollution