Environmental degradation,

Definition of Environmental degradation:

1. Erosion of the quality of natural environment caused, directly or indirectly, by human activities.

How to use Environmental degradation in a sentence?

1. The environmental degradation in the area made the area sub-optimal for the location of our future factory in the arid region.
2. The trucks and cranes parked on the sand to build the new hotel are causing environmental degradation to the beach.
3. When you fly into LAX, you can see the city stretching out all the way to the horizon, which is covered in a thick layer of smog, a clear sign of environmental degradation despite the citys efforts.