IDS-2603 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Keystone Species, Sea Level Rise, Water Scarcity
21 Aug 2018
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Environment- everything that affects a living organism or any unique form of life. Ecology- biological science that studies the relationship between living organisms and the environment. Environmental science- an interdisciplinary study that uses information from the physical sciences and social sciences to learn how to deal with the environmental problems. Integration of ideas from natural world (biosphere) and our culture (culturesphere) Environmentalism- social movement that represents ideas to preserve natural resources and protect the environment. If the cultural amenities such as luxuries such as the technology that raise their impact beyond basic levels, the term cultural carrying capacity is used. In 2008 we used exactly all the resources for 1 earth. If trends continue, we will need 3 earths by. Growth rate slows as maximum capacity is met. Building blocks of ecology: biosphere, ecosystem: among species and non-living, community: among species, population, organism, cell, molecule, atom.
