How to Use anthropogenic in a Sentence

anthropogenic

adjective

• To their delight, the rock grew less anthropogenic by the day.
  — Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2014
• It could be argued that this is a new round of anthropogenic pressure that our oceans do not need.
  — Sverre Alvik, Forbes, 7 June 2022
• What can these anthropogenic clouds tell us about our future?
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 Aug. 2023
• The blue line and map pair show the contribution of anthropogenic climate change (ACC).
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2022
• One camp held that the mammoth was among the first victims of anthropogenic extinction.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
• Widespread light at night is a uniquely anthropogenic force.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
• The waste sector is the third largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions worldwide, accounting for about 20% of the total.
  — Jennifer McDermott and Joeal Calupitan, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
• Even in the midst of what scientists are calling the sixth mass extinction, caused by anthropogenic climate change, the world is teeming with life.
  — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
• The reason is anthropogenic change, although the exact factors are hard to assess.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 15 June 2017
• Experts attribute GLOFs to climate change and the increase of anthropogenic footprints on glaciers.
  — Mudassir Kuloo, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2022
• By gnawing away at the old view that nonhuman animals simply serve as food, such work can counter anthropogenic views of the past.
  — Paige Madison, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
• And now, the onus is on beekeepers to protect bees from anthropogenic threats such as climate change and pesticide use.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 31 Jan. 2023
• Her team now wants to see how anthropogenic emissions, like sulfur dioxide, affect the ability of plants to seed clouds.
  — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
• And the oil and gas industry — one of the largest sources of anthropogenic methane — is uniquely well-positioned to reduce its emissions.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2021
• The first inclination is to make a beeline to anthropogenic climate change.
  — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
• Past research has shown that at least a third of anthropogenic methane comes from the fossil fuel industry.
  — K.e.d. Coan, Ars Technica, 2 Mar. 2022
• Francis has spent his career studying the influence of anthropogenic noise on birds.
  — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2020
• The report reveals that the heatwave observed from January to June this year was 600 times more likely due to anthropogenic climate change.
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 3 Sep. 2020
• What’s abundantly clear at the moment is that anthropogenic mass has grown unchecked and become a nefarious crust over the planet.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 15 Dec. 2020
• With waste, anthropogenic mass began outweighing biomass in 2013, plus or minus five years.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 9 Dec. 2020
• Or hiring a climate science skeptic to lead a center funded to study the effects of anthropogenic climate change.
  — Michael Poliakoff, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• The global food system is the second-biggest source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs), accounting for up to a third of emissions.
  — K.e.d. Coan, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2022
• Meanwhile, new ways of talking that better reflect our anthropogenic epoch are catching on.
  — Kyla Mandel, Time, 23 Dec. 2022
• Noll discusses the natural and anthropogenic climate change context for the event.
  — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• Although drought contributed to the severity of the fires, anthropogenic climate change is not to blame for Maui's drought conditions either.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2023
• How—or even whether—anthropogenic, or human-caused, climate change is taught in the U.S. education system is uneven at best.
  — Elijah Wolfson, Time, 23 Dec. 2022
• Profound anthropogenic changes have exacerbated that, and in many places there has been ecosystem collapse, with more in the offing.
  — Jim Robbins, Wired, 25 June 2022
• What was beginning to happen was anthropogenic soil subsidence—the sinking of the land by human action.
  — Richard Campanella, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2018
• The tiny particles come from natural and anthropogenic sources, but the primary source of harmful levels of PM2.5 pollution is burning fossil fuels and biomass: for transportation, industry and in homes.
  — Olivia Ferrari, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2024
• The findings of the paper indicate a long-lasting detrimental anthropogenic, or human-caused, effect on biodiversity, the researchers said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024