Anthropogenic ("human" + "generating") is an adjective that may refer to: Anthropogeny, the study of the origins of humanity Counterintuitively, anthropogenic may also refer to things that have been generated by humans, as follows: Human impact on the environment, i.e. anthropogenic impact on the environment Anthropogenic biome Anthropogenic climate change, human-caused global warming and its effects Anthropogenic cloud Anthropogenic greenhouse gases Anthropogenic hazard Anthropogenic metabolism