11:375:101 Lecture 2: Intro to Enviro Class 2 Notes
11 Sep 2018
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Environmental science is the study of connections in nature. The environment- physical, chemical, and biological aspects. Humans have existed for 1-2 seconds compared to other living things on the planet. In the last 200 years, our population has increased a lot. Human actions are driving many species extinct and changing the climate of the planet. Thomas malthus says that consequences of population growth will lead to uncontrolled population growth will lead to scarcity of resources. Paul ehrlich - predicted that the amount of available resources was going to become limiting by the end of the 20th century. Impact of population - standard of living based on: Energy use per capita (cooking , fuel) Different countries have different standard of living. A measure of the enviro impact on an individual. Expressed in the amount of land needed to provide all of the resources used.
