The phrase "affecting a broad range" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the impact or influence of something on various areas, groups, or aspects.
Example: "The new policy is affecting a broad range of industries, from technology to agriculture."
Alternatives: "impacting a wide array" or "influencing a diverse spectrum".
In May, the National Academies of Science reported to Congress that "the U.S. should act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop a national strategy to adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change," because global warming is "caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems".
A 2010 report from the National Academy of Sciences found, for instance, that "climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems".
Edwardsiella tarda, is a serious bacterial pathogen affecting a broad range of aquaculture fish species.
The mature microsclerotia can disperse in the environment as persistent infective propagules, affecting a broad range of herbaceous and woody hosts [ 13].
Drosophila has emerged as an important model for examining the function of genes that are relevant to diverse human diseases affecting a broad range of cell types (for reviews, see Bier, 2005; Bier and McGinnis, 2008).
Pleiotropic effects were less evident in the o7 mutant, but severe in the o2 and o2o7 backgrounds, with large changes in gene expression patterns, affecting a broad range of kernel-expressed genes.
BED is a clinically significant disorder affecting a broader range of individuals than anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) [ 3].
Although autism affects a broad range of skills, the Yale researchers consider its central feature to be "a profound social disability," in Dr. Klin's words.
Brazilian officials have intentionally chosen a wide range of products with relatively small tariff increases to affect a broad range of producers in the United States.
While the measure primarily gave the government vast new powers of surveillance and investigation, it also provided for sweeping new anti-money-laundering requirements that will affect a broad range of companies.
The regulations affect a broad range of American chemical, energy and electronics companies, and industry groups say bureaucrats they did not elect are wielding unprecedented power over them, based on insufficient evidence of harm.
