Basics of Environmental Science

Part 1 Introduction: what is environmental science? environmental interactions, cycles and systems ecology and environmentalism history of environmental science changing attitudes to the natural world. Part 2 Earth sciences: formation and structure of the earth the formation of rocks, minerals, and geologic structures weathering the evolution of landforms coasts, estuaries, sea levels energy from the sun albedo and heat capacity the greenhouse effect the evolution, composition, and structure of the atmosphere general circulation of the atmosphere oceans, gyres, currents weather and climate glacials, interglacials, and interstadials dating methods climate change climatic regions and floristic regions. Part 3 Physical resources: fresh water and the hydrological cycle eutrophication and the life cycles of lakes salt water, brackish water, and desalination irrigation, waterlogging, and salinization soil formation, ageing, and taxonomy transport by water and wind soil, climate, and land use soil erosion and its control mining and processing of fuels mining and processing of minerals. Part 4 Biosphere: biosphere, biomes, biogeography nutrient cycles respiration and photosynthesis trophic relationships energy, numbers, biomass ecosystems succession and climax arrested successions colonization stability, instability, and reproductive strategies simplicity and diversity homeostasis, feedback, regulation limits of tolerance. Part 5 Biological resources: evolution evolutionary strategies and game theory adaption dispersal mechanisms wildlife species and habitats biodiversity fisheries forests farming for food and fibre human populations and demographic change genetic engineering. Part 6 Environmental management: wildlife conservation 57: Zoos, nature reserves, wilderness pest control restoration ecology world conservation strategies pollution control transnational pollution

Environmental planning · Geography · Environmental Science · Marine and environmental studies

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