EVSC 1080 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Natural Capital, Ecosystem Services
21 May 2016
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The environment is everything around us, including the living and nonliving things with which we interact in a complex web that connects us to one another and to the world we live in. The three goals of environmental science: 1) to learn how life on the earth has survived and thrived. 2) to understand how we interact with the environment 3) to find ways to deal with environmental problems and live more sustainably. Ecology is the biological science that studies how organisms interact with one another and their environment. An ecosystem is a set of organisms within a defined area or volume that interact with one another and with the nonliving matter and energy in their environment. Natural capital the natural resources and ecosystem services that keep us and other species alive and support our human economies. Ecosystem services- processes in nature (ex pollination, purification of air and water, renewal of topsoil) that support life and human economies.
