ENVS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: American Forests, Invasive Species, Cincinnati Zoo And Botanical Garden

• School: SJSU
• Department: Environmental Studies, Department of
• Course: ENVS 110
• Professor: Professor

Document Summary

The interdisciplinary study of humanity"s relationship with the biotic and abiotic environment. Meeting our needs today without compromising the needs of future generations: environmentally sound decisions, socially equitable decisions, economically viable decisions. In pacific: discovered 1722, rapa nui, moai statues, analyze pollen green, species don"t exist, deforestation, loss of natural resources, soil erosion, no canoes for fishing, revolt, war among class, decline of society. Societal persistence depends on their relationship to their natural environment. Human impacts on environment populatoin: modern humans appeared about 100,000 years ago in africa and quicily explanded, now about 7. 4 billion, growing exponentially, agriculture. We are the most significant agent of environmental change. Diversity of life: number of species unknown, most common estimate: 14 million, only named 1. 8 million, exist mostly in tropical regions or deep ocean. A group of similar organisms whose members freely interbreed with one another in the wild to produce fertile offspring.