ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Handia (Drink), Environmental Science, Scientific Method

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Basic science of human impact on environment. Environmental issues and challenges we are facing as a global community. Fisheries a(cid:272)t had (cid:373)a(cid:374)y restri(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s agai(cid:374)st (cid:449)hat you (cid:272)a(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t do to fish ha(cid:271)itats however with the implementation of bill c-38, many of the restrictions have been lifted and fisheries are being destroyed. The bill only prevents destruction but has no restrictions against disruption or alteration. Environmental science explores interactions between humans and the physical and biological world: Encompasses the biogeochemical-physical system in which people and other organisms exist. Dynamic interrelationships among organisms (including people) and their surroundings (cid:894)physi(cid:272)al, (cid:272)he(cid:373)i(cid:272)al, (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al, geologi(cid:272)al, so(cid:272)ial/(cid:272)ultural (cid:895) Understanding made up of a sum of disciplines like biology, ethics, chemistry, geology, oceanography, history, political science, etc. A systematic process for learning about the world and testing the understanding of it. The accumulated body of knowledge that arises from this dynamic process. Testing ideas through observation, questioning and experimentation.

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