ES101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pedogenesis, Social Movement, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
14 Jan 2018
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The great pacific garbage patch: pile of garbage about the size of texas, garbage extends from surface of water to bottom, non-biodegradable garbage. Environment everything that affects a living organism. Ecology a biological science that studies the relationship between living organisms and their environment. Environmental studies studies human interaction with the environment to solve complex problems. Environmental science study that uses information from the physical and social science to learn how earth works. Environmentalism social movement dedicated to protecting earths life support systems. The mea provides a global assessment of ecological impacts and trends (four-year assessment). Contains the knowledge of scientists across the planet through a series of. One important output from this process was the attempt to transform the scientific principles of ecosystem components and processes into language and strategies that were more understandable and applicable to socio- economic or human systems as well as ecosystems. Provides global assessment of ecological impacts and trends (4-year process)
