[EUS 202] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (19 pages long)

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The anthropocene ecological footprints january 18, 2017. Why has it slowed in recent years: contraceptives, waiting longer to have kids, no longer need kids to sustain and help family survive. Anthropocene the new human-dominated period of the earth"s history: global disruptions in the earth system on a scale unprecedented in human history. Stage 1 the industrial era (1800-1945) Stage 2 the great acceleration (1945-2015) Stage 3 (starting now and unnamed), people have started to become aware of the state of human impact on the earth and are initiating stewardship of earth"s systems. Water use, dangerous as we start to run out. Fertilizer consumption, bad because it runs off into streams and more chemicals from fertilizer goes in water and streams which creates algae blooms which are toxic and block oxygen, and affects the marine life in the aquatic system. Stratospheric ozone (this is good, because it protected us from harmful sun rays)