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Environmental Science Fields of Study

Environmental Science Fields of Study. Environmental science is interdisciplinary: Ecology – How living things interact with each other and their nonliving environment For example: A ecologist might study the relationship between bees and the plant that bees pollinate

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Environmental Science Fields of Study

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  1. Environmental Science Fields of Study

  2. Environmental science is interdisciplinary: Ecology – How living things interact with each other and their nonliving environment For example: A ecologist might study the relationship between bees and the plant that bees pollinate Chemistry – Helps us understand the nature of pollutants Geology – Helps us model how pollutants travel underground Botany and Zoology – Provide information to preserve species Paleontology – Can help us understand how Earth’s climate has changed in the past.

  3. What Are Our Main Environmental Problems?

  4. Resource Depletion: • Any natural material that is used by humans is called a natural resource • These resources can either by renewable or non renewable • Renewable: ones that can be replaced relatively quickly by natural processes • Examples – water, air, soil, trees and energy from the sun • Nonrenewable: ones that form at a much slower rate • Examples – minerals and fossil fuels

  5. Pollution: • An undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival, or activities of humans or other organisms

  6. Loss of Biodiversity • - Biodiversity is the number and variety of species that live in an area • Organisms are considered a natural resource and if they become extinct they are considered a nonrenewable resource

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