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Introduction 1
Introduction 1
Environmental science
• systematic study of environment and our proper place
in it
• how human activities affect the natural ecosystems
• studies how the earth works, our interaction with the
earth, and ways to deal with environment problems
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/coronav
irus-information-center
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/mining-coronavirus-genomes-clues-outbreak-s-origins
https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-pandemic-linked-to-destruction-of-wildlife-and-worlds-ecosystems/a-53078480
Environmental Science is Interdisciplinary
ECOLOGICAL LEVELS OF
ORGANIZATION
organism
system
organ
tissue
cell
ECOLOGICAL LEVELS OF
ORGANIZATION
biosphere
landscape
ecosystem
community
populations
Organism
Brown pelican
Spinal cord
Organ system
Nervous system
Brain Organ
Nerve
Brain
Tissue
Nervous tissue
Atom
Cell Nucleus
Nerve cell
Organelle
Nucleus Molecule
DNA
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Florida coast
Community
All organisms on
the Florida coast
Population
Group of brown
pelicans
Organism
Brown pelican
Individual / Organismal Ecology
Population Ecology
Community Ecology
Ecosystem Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Biomes
Biomes
Biosphere
Environmental Science is an applied
science
Environmental Science is an applied
science
Productivity and N
availability in a grassland
Environmental
Science is related to
Information
Technology
Project Noah
Project Noah
Project Noah
Current Global
Conditions
According to environmental
scientists…
Causes of Environmental Problems
Billions of people
8
7
6
5
4
3
Industrial revolution
2
Black Death—the Plague
1
0
2–5 million 8000 6000 4000 2000 2000 2100
years Time B. C. A. D.
Hunting and Agricultural revolution Industrial
gathering revolution
Fig. 1-11, p. 16
Unsustainable Use of Resources
Poverty has harmful environmental and
health effects
• Poverty occurs when the basic needs for adequate food,
water, shelter, health, and education are not met
• One in every five people live in extreme poverty
(<$1.25/day), and more are susceptible
Harmful effects of poverty
Per capita threshold (PhP) Poverty Incidence among families (%)
2006 Poverty
2009 Incidence
2012 in2006
RP 2009 2012
RP 6,703 8,448 9,385 23.4 22.9 22.3
NCR 7,718 9,456 10,084 2.8 3.7 3.8
CAR 7,031 8,492 9,734 25.6 22.7 22.6
Region 1 7,086 8,729 9,224 23.3 18.5 16.7
Region II 6,984 8,566 9,224 22.0 22.3 19.8
Region III 7,344 9,251 10,121 13.0 12.5 12.2
Region IV-A 6,611 8,481 9,601 10.1 10.8 11.2
Region IV-B 6,238 7,751 8,525 34.1 30.6 28.4
Region V 6,618 8,420 9,022 36.2 36.5 34.1
Region VI 6,421 8,153 8,957 27.5 26.7 24.7
Region VII 7,269 8,648 9,296 35.0 31.6 28.8
Region VIII 6,266 8,107 8,989 33.3 36.2 37.2
Region IX 6,159 8,053 8,881 41.0 41.5 36.9
Region X 6,450 8,456 9,604 35.1 35.4 35.6
Region XI 6,721 8,547 9,927 26.9 27.3 28.6
Region XII 6,619 8,126 9,243 34.7 31.1 37.5
CARAGA 6,996 8,905 9,779 43.3 43.3 34.1
ARMM 6,319 8,257 10,027 43.0 42.0 46.9
Prices of goods and services not include
harmful environmental and health costs
• company’s goal is often to maximize the profit
• often consumers do not know the damage caused by
their consumption.
• develop ways to include harmful costs of goods and
services
2016 World Environmental
Performance (Yale 2016 report)