degradation

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When dams, altered water flows, or habitat degradation disrupt these connections, populations can drop quickly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Ocean warming has far-reaching consequences, such as degradation of marine ecosystems, biodiversity loss and reduction of the ocean carbon sink, the agency said.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

And without that, do you forecast some kind of degradation of Fox’s role in the decades to come?

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

The degradation of these systems reportedly led the US to redeploy Thaad components from South Korea to the Middle East.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

It will be the working base for an action program designed to eliminate the political oppression, the economic exploitation, and the social degradation suffered daily by twenty-two million Afro-Americans.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey