CAS AN 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Essentialism, Ecological Anthropology, Curbed
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Global climate change, also called global warming, is fueled by population growth and. 24. 1 global climate change increasing consumption of fossil fuels that produce greenhouse gases, unnaturally altering the earth and its atmosphere. Since the industrial revolution, the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases has increased substantially, leading to global changes in sea level, precipitation, storms, and ecosystems. These changes threaten coastal communities in particular with increased flooding and more severity in storms and surges. Because greenhouse gases can remain in the atmosphere for centuries, emissions of these gases must be curbed now through political, economic, and cultural changes. Ethnoecology is the set of environmental practices and perceptions of a given society, a cultural model of the relationship between people and the environment in the context of that community. As global forces work to exploit and degrade or in some cases to preserve the environment, indigenous ethnoecologies face increasing influence to change.
