damage ecology
Frequency: 6.99.1 per million words
To cause harm to the natural systems of an area.
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- Industrial pollution can severely damage the local ecology.
- The oil spill damaged the marine ecology for decades.
- Building the new highway could irreversibly damage its fragile ecology.
- The introduction of non-native fish has damaged the river's ecology.
- Unregulated tourism is beginning to damage the island's unique ecology.
- Climate change continues to damage the global ecology at an alarming rate.
- If we don't act now, we will damage the forest ecology beyond repair.
- The delicate mountain ecology was damaged by excessive hiking and camping.
- Scientists are studying how chemical runoff has damaged the lake's ecology.
- We must avoid policies that might damage the natural ecology of our national parks.