degradation

Example Sentences

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This is often due to dangers animals face in the wild, including poaching for bushmeat, habitat loss and degradation — in some instances caused by mineral hunting for electronics — as well as disease.

From Los Angeles Times

While sand and the steppe have always been part of life in Central Asia, scientists warn climate change and other human activities are accelerating desertification and the degradation of the land.

From Barron's

Space radiation can accelerate the degradation of chips, thermal management is still tricky and rocket launches are still very expensive, according to the Deutsche Bank analysts.

From MarketWatch

The impoverished local Nama community living amid the environmental degradation in the far north-west of South Africa – also known as Namaqualand - wonder what has happened to the riches their land has yielded.

From BBC

The strong fibres do not dissolve in water or evaporate, and are resistant to degradation from chemicals, heat and fire.

From BBC