WELCOME TO

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WELCOME TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE?
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IS A STUDY THAT USES
INFORMATION FROM PHYSICAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE TO LEARN HOW THE
EARTH WORKS, HOW WE INTERACT WITH THE EARTH, AND
HOW TO DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
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Environmental science is the science of the
interactions between the physical, chemical, and
biological components of the environment,
including their effects on all types of organisms
but more often refers to human impact on the
environment. - Wikipedia -
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WAIT, WHATS THE ENVIRONMENT?
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WHAT IS THE ENVIRONMENT? EVERYTHING THAT AFFECTS
AN ORGANISM DURING ITS LIFETIME IS COLLECTIVELY
KNOWN AS ITS ENVIRONMENT.
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ECOLOGY - A BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE THAT STUDIES THE
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LIVING ORGANISMS AND THEIR
ENVIRONMENT.
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• SOME PROBLEMS WE ARE CONCERNED WITH
• POPULATION GROWTH
• RESOURCE USE AND WASTE
• POVERTY
• LOSS OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
• GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

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• SOME QUESTIONS WE WILL CONSIDER
• WHAT KEEPS US ALIVE? WHAT IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY
  SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY?
• HOW FAST IS THE HUMAN POPULATION INCREASING?
  WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC
  DEVELOPMENT, AND GLOBALIZATION?
• WHAT ARE THE EARTHS MAIN TYPES OF RESOURCES?
  ARE THEY RENEWABLE OR NOT?

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4. WHAT ARE THE MAIN TYPES OF POLLUTION?
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT POLLUTION? 5. WHAT ARE THE
BASIC CAUSES OF TODAYS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS?
HOW ARE THESE CAUSES CONNECTED? 6. IS OUR CURRENT
COURSE SUSTAINABLE? WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? QUESTIONS FROM MILLER,
14TH EDITION
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DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF SEPARATE FROM THE
ENVIRONMENT? IN OTHER WORDS, DO YOU FEEL LIKE
YOURE HERE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IS EVERYTHING OUT
THERE?
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WHEN WE TRY TO PICK OUT ANYTHING BY ITSELF, WE
FIND IT HITCHED TO EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE
UNIVERSE. - JOHN MUIR -