A researcher is studying how the logging industry has affected the ecosystem of the rainforest. Which of the five themes of geography is the researcher most likely studying?

The researcher is examining how a human activity—logging—affects a natural environment, the rainforest ecosystem. That is the theme of human-environment interaction. Location, place, and region focus on where an area is or what it is like, rather than how people affect it.

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