[ENVS 4402] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (29 pages long)

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Climate change = tough questions to address. It"s (cid:374)ot hopeless, we just have to be strong-willed in proceeding into the future. Midterm and final exam: reading material is testable, environmental change and challenge by phillip dearden and bruce mitchell 2016. Union of concerned scientists (cid:1005)99(cid:1006) world (cid:272)ie(cid:374)tist"s war(cid:374)i(cid:374)g to hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)it(cid:455) They looked at certain aspects of climate system which we need to be concerned abuot. Water: (cid:449)e"re reall(cid:455) depleti(cid:374)g our grou(cid:374)d (cid:449)ater. Indigenous communities near tar sands (water) cancer rates are way above normal for canada. Soil: contaminated soil getting into water (if you overuse nitrogen, deplete quality of soil. Living species: indicated in video, amount of species that can come extinct. Have to talk about it even though people shy away because of ethical implications. The earth is finite its ability to provide food and energy is finite, everything is finite.