ENV 1101 Study Guide - Shortwave Radiation, Data Theft, Sea Surface Temperature

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ENV 1101
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Innate need to connect with other life forms and the living world around us. The connections that human subconsciously seek with the rest of life. Essential to * our development * our well-being. Contact with nature regular play in a natural environment helps children. Develop *motor skills, awareness, observation, creativity, imagination, sense of wonder, social and communication skills, independence, individual identity. Last child in the woods: richard louv (2008) Car transport (almost everywhere), experience nature through windows and on screen. Oct 22~24th air pollution and global climate change. Wind blows 250km/h much of the year due to jet stream. Only 1/3 the concentration of oxygen per unit air compared to sea level. Temperature is usually well below freezing; can go to 75"c. Where we live (and everything else on earth) Temperature gets colder the higher you go (dry air cools at c/100m; moist air typically at a slower rate)