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== [[Film]] ==
* ''The Arrival''. Aliens are causing global warming in order to kill off humans and make the planet more comfortable for their kind.
* ''[[They Live!]]'' used a similar premise, with aliens "turning our world into theirs".
* ''[[Battle for Terra]]'' - The humans sends a machine that can convert the air on Terra to be human breathable in seven days. This would leave the air unbreathable for the Terrians.
* ''[[The Trollenberg Terror]]'' is about aliens' native air slowly enveloping a mountain and later the surrounding area.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The ''[[Command
* ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' in its released form contains hints of this - most notably, the Combine drain the Earth's oceans and use Xen species such as Headcrabs and Leeches as biological weapons. The original beta however went much further - a key location in the game was the "[http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Air_Exchange Air Exchange]", which replaced the air with noxious gases breathable by the Combine, and which meant that all human characters in the game had to wear gas masks.
* In ''[[Star Control II]]'', Mycon Deep Children reshape planets they collide with, stimulating their volcanic activity to the point where it's comfortable for Mycons - obviously, since they enjoy temperatures above 600 Kelvins, it's less than comfortable for pretty much everyone else. Mycons don't seem to care.
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