AGNR 301 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Coal Question, Wet-Bulb Temperature, Kuznets Curve
13 Mar 2017
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Untangling the environmental paradox: human well-being is increasing as ecosystem services are decreasing. Ecosystem services: provisioning services: food, water, forest, regulating services: changing climate, floods, water quality, cultural services: recreational, spiritual beliefs, supporting services: soil formation, photosynthesis. Human well-being: basic materials, health security, good social relations, freedom of choice, freedom of actions. Hdi- human development index- measures life expectancy, literacy, education, and per capita gdp. Forecasting ecosystem services: understand how human demand regulates production of eco services and predict future ecosystems. Maintain or raise society"s hdi score without enlarging its ecological footprint to safeguard our. Nearly 60% of california faces exceptional drought and has noticeable change in levels of groundwater. No snow in sierras, ogallala water aquifer is thin and very important for water supply in u. s. agriculture. Takes a lot of water to go into farming and growing crops/vegetables (as well as raising livestock) > the present, because we don"t want to lose what we have right now.
