GEOG 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ecological Footprint, Sea Level Rise, Anthropocene
29 Jul 2020
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In fact, geoscientists have recently identified a new geological epoch, called the. Anthropocene - the time during which humans have had a an overwhelming impact on. As people have grown more aware of their environmental impacts, they have put forth numerous proposals to limit damage to the biosphere, defined here as the entirety of. Earth"s integrated physical and biological systems, with humans and their impacts included as part of nature, not separate from it. Intensive per capita resource consumption is now deeply ingrained, especially in wealthy countries that, with just 20% of the world"s population, consume more than 80% of the available world resources. Human consumption of natural resources is now being examined using the concept of the ecological footprint. A method of estimating the amount of biologically productive land and sea area needed to sustain a human at the average current standard of living for a given population (country).
