Dr. Annette M. Parrott
|Earth’s Environmental Issues |
|Issues |Resource Harmed |Why the resource is necessary for life on earth |2 ways to conserve this resource |
|Atmosphere issues |
|1 | | |a. b. |
|2 | | |a. b. |
|3 | | |a. b. |
|Biosphere Issues |
|1 | | |a. b. |
|2 | | |a. b. |
|3 | | |a. b. |
|Hydrosphere Issues |
|1 | | |a. b. |
|2 | | |a. b. |
|3 | | |a. b. |
|Lithosphere issues |
|1 | | |a. b. |
|2 | | |a. b. |
|3 | | |a. b. |
Agent Smith: Humans are a Virus From an Environmental Science standpoint, What facts could support Mr. Smith’s claim? What facts could refute Mr. Smith’s claim?
What are some of Earth’s major Environmental Issues, how did they arise and what can we do about them?
|Atmosphere |Hydrosphere |Lithosphere |Biosphere |
|TedEd: Carbon Cycle |TedEd: Conserving our spectacular, vulnerable |Soil 101 |TedEd: Why is biodiversity so important? |
|Carbon Footprint |coral reefs |The Soil Story |TedEd: Can wildlife adapt to climate change? |
|TedEd: Climate change: Earth's giant game of |Nature is Speaking: I Am Water |*Why is soil so important? |Threats to Biodiversity |
|Tetris |Nature is Speaking: The Ocean |Let’s Talk about the Soil | |
|TedEd: How Heavy is Air? |Project Ocean |How Compost is Made | |
|Nature Speaking: I Am Sky |Ocean of Truth |Nature is Speaking: I am Soil | |
|Importance of Air |10 Ways to Conserve Water |The Story of Stuff | |
|How the Beach Benefits Your Health | |Vermicomposting: How worms can reduce our waste | |
|What is Acid Rain? | |Would you want a green burial? | |
|The Science of Smog | |Human Composting | |
| | |Life in the Soil | |
| | |The Value of Soil | |
|Earth Song |
|Earth’s Environmental Issues |
|MAN vs EARTH (Prince EA) |
|Bozeman: Human Impacts on Earth Systems |
|Planet Earth: The Effects of Humankind (BBC) |
|Sustainability easily explained |
|TedEd: A guide to the energy of the Earth |
|Planet Earth 100 Million Years In The Future - What will happen to our world? - HD Full Documentary |
|5 Human Impacts on the Environment: Crash Course Ecology #10 |
|Top 10 Before & After Photos of Mankind Destroying The Environment |
|Earth’s Environmental Issues |
|Issues |Resource Harmed |Why the resource is necessary for life on earth |2 ways to conserve this resource |
|Atmosphere issues |
|1. Pollution: VOC, smog, CO2, |Oxygen, clean gasses |Provides O2 for respiration (making Energy) |a. carpool b. turn off the lights |
|particulates | | |c. user Energy saving appliances d. reduce, reuse recycle |
|2. Global climate change (warming)|Ozone =Protective layer of the earth |Stratospheric Ozone Layer Regulates earth’s |a. use alternative fuels & forms of energy |
| |(from UV radiation, heat & cold) |temperature |b. stop eating meat |
| | |Allow for weather to maintain earth’s ecosystems | |
| | |Greenhouse gases protect earth from harmful solar | |
| | |radiation | |
|3. Acid Rain |pH of precipitation, lakes, rivers, |Proper pH for health of Ecosystems |a. use alternative fuels & forms of energy (hydropower, geothermal power, wind |
| |streams | |power) |
|4. Combustion of Fossil Fuels | | |a. use alternative fuels & forms of energy (hydropower, geothermal power, wind |
| | | |power) |
| | | |b. carpool, walk, live in community neighborhoods |
| | | |c. use electric cars |
| | | |d. eat food that is grown closer to him |
|5. tropospheric Ozone aka smog | | | |
|Biosphere Issues |
|1 | | |a. b. |
|2 | | |a. b. |
|3 | | |a. b. |
|Hydrosphere Issues |
|Pollution: Oil spills, runoff, |Clean water |Regulates Earth’s climates (temperature & weather)|a. put trash where it belongs |
|point pollution, nonpoint |Biodiversity |Provides home for many creatures |b. planting to reduce erosion control |
|pollution, trash, recreational |Habitats/Ecosystems |Cleans the air through precipitation |c. not using fertilizer |
|activities, acid rain | | |d. plant indigenous plants |
| | | |e. use nontoxic alternatives |
|Overconsumption |Amount of Water |Most chemical reactions require H2O |a. don’t let it run b. use gray water |
| | |We get medicines from it |c. fix leaky faucets or pipes d. wash smarter |
| | | |e. reduce, reuse, recycle f. keyhole gardening |
|3. Damming water: changing path |Ecosystems |It makes up ~70% of all bodies |a. creating marine & freshwater reserves b. |
|and ecosystems |Temperature of water |It recycles carbon dioxide, taking it out of the |building aquafers to store water |
| |Wetlands for Buffer zones |air |c. planting wetlands to prevent flooding |
| |Aquifers | | |
| |Wetlands for filtration | | |
|Lithosphere issues |
|1. Urbanization: Cities, |Available soil for growing |Soil needs to be available to use |a. green burial b. composting, c. using existing housing |
|Landfills, Cemeteries | |95% of our food comes from soil | |
|2. Deforestation |Soil Fertility, soil quality, soil |Greater species diversity ensures natural |a. reforestation b. planting trees c. using alternatives to tree paper |
| |biodiversity |sustainability | |
|3 Compaction & desertification |Soil friability |Allows for air permeability |a. adding organic matter b. |
| | |Allows for water infiltration | |
| | |Allows for plant root growth | |
|4. Water and Wind Erosion |Soil friability, soil availability |soil belongs on the lithosphere not in rivers and |a. Cover Crops b. rocks in water ways |
| | |lakes | |
|5. Loss of Organic Matter |soil fertility, soil biodiversity |gives nutrients to life on earth |a. Composting b. Cover Crops |
|6. Poor Soil Management: Tillage &|Soil fertility, soil disease |biodiversity & food |a. Crop rotation b. Cover Crops c. permaculture |
|Monoculture | | | |
|7. Pollution | |decomposes dead organisms |a. Dispose of wastes properly |
| | |recycles wastes | |
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