ENVS 1000U Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Triple Bottom Line, Source Reduction, Humus
Document Summary
It is the knowledge and understanding of how the environment works. It is interdisciplinary (drawing on many divisive disciplines) It describes the patterns of atmospheric conditions (such as temperature, moisture content, precipitation, wind, etc. ) across large geographic regions over long periods of time. Specific atmospheric conditions over short time periods (hours, days) within small geographic areas. The sun exerts more influence on the climate because without it the earth would be dark and frozen. The atmosphere exerts more influence on the climate since without tit the earth"s temp. would be colder. The oceans exert more influence on the climate by shaping the climate through storing/transporting heat/moisturise. It describes the trend and variations in earths" climate (e. g. temperature, precipitation, storm frequency and weather extremes) global warming. It is the increase in the earth"s average temperature. Rapid climate change taking place now are due to human activity (fossil fuels, combustion, and deforestation)
