ENVS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Santa Barbara City College, Environmental Science, Applied Science
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Environmental science environment: the surroundings or conditions, including living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) components, in which an organism lives. Environmental science empirical science investigates the natural world through systematic observation and experimentation. Applied science uses the empirical findings to inform actions and solve practical problems. Humanities how do people express their relationship to their home? (literature, music, theatre) How do people express their relationship to their home? (literature, music, theatre) Norse settlement - greenland: colonized circa 985 ce, little contact with europe after 1408 ce, no sign of society by 1480 ce. Greenland human impact: high soil erosion, overgrazing of grassland, harvested soil to insulate homes, cut down trees for fuel, homes, and other wood objects. In contrast, icelanders reduced their reliance on livestock and timber: greenland climate change. Iceland was never colonized by the thule people: greenland respond to change, resource use determined by excavating norse middens (dumps, the bones found indicate what food was popular.
