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WELCOME TOENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 10
(ES 10)
Spring 2012David Schwartz, Sue Holt and Christa Fink
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 10:The scientific study of our environment as well as our role in it.
Environmental scientists use the scientific method to study processes and systems in the environment in which we live.
An interdisciplinary study that examines the role of humans on the earth.
ES 10 is a physical, biological and social science.
We will focus on information from a variety of disciplines.Topics include: economics, population biology, ecosystems, biodiversity, biochemistry and the chemistry of pollution, geological processes, oceanography, natural resources and climatology. ES 10 will also include an analysis of how human behavior and institutions affect the environment.
SLO’s / Class Goals
• Evaluate local and global environmental resources and processes.
• Explain the scientific laws and methods for investigating environmental phenomena and understanding human-environment interactions.
• Describe many important environmental problems, analyze their causes and investigate possible short and/or long term solutions.
Cunningham (Chap 1) lists the following aspersistent environmental problems:• Clean water• Food Supplies• Energy Resources
• Climate Change• Air Quality• Biodiversity Loss• Marine Resources (food supplies, biodiversity loss)
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Air Pollution• Global climate
change• Stratospheric ozone
depletion• Urban air pollution• Acid deposition• Outdoor pollutants• Indoor pollutants• Noise
Biodiversity Depletion• Habitat destruction• Habitat degradation• Extinction• Introduced Species
Water Pollution• Sediment• Nutrient overload• Toxic chemicals• Infectious agents• Oxygen
depletion• Pesticides• Oil spills• Excess heat
Waste Production• Solid waste• Hazardous waste
Food Supply Problems• Overgrazing• Farmland loss
and degradation• Wetlands loss
and degradation• Overfishing• Coastal pollution• Soil erosion• Soil salinization• Soil waterlogging• Water shortages• Groundwater
depletion• Loss of biodiversity• Poor nutrition
MajorEnvironmental
Problems
A few details are missing from both lists………..
Think about things we do to the environment VS things the environment does to us.
Air Pollution• Global climate
change• Stratospheric ozone
depletion• Urban air pollution• Acid deposition• Outdoor pollutants• Indoor pollutants• Noise
Biodiversity Depletion• Habitat destruction• Habitat degradation• Extinction• Introduced Species
Water Pollution• Sediment• Nutrient overload• Toxic chemicals• Infectious agents• Oxygen
depletion• Pesticides• Oil spills• Excess heat
Waste Production• Solid waste• Hazardous waste
Geologic Hazards / Natural Disasters• Earthquakes
• Tsunamis
• Mass Wasting
• Volcanism
• Hurricanes
• Flooding
• Coastal Erosion / Sea Level Rise
• Wetland loss
• Erosion / soil loss
• Fires
OTHEREnvironmental
Problems
Air Pollution• Global climate
change• Stratospheric ozone
depletion• Urban air pollution• Acid deposition• Outdoor pollutants• Indoor pollutants• Noise
Biodiversity Depletion• Habitat destruction• Habitat degradation• Extinction• Introduced Species
Water Pollution• Sediment• Nutrient overload• Toxic chemicals• Infectious agents• Oxygen
depletion• Pesticides• Oil spills• Excess heat
Waste Production• Solid waste• Hazardous waste
Geologic Hazards / Natural Disasters
• Earthquakes
• Tsunamis
• Mass Wasting
• Volcanism
• Hurricanes
• Flooding
• Coastal Erosion / Sea Level Rise
• Wetland loss
• Erosion / soil loss
• Fires
MajorEnvironmental
Problems
Plastic and debris in the world’s oceans
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Japan Earthquake& Tsunami
March 11, 2011
Tsunami Characteristics
CapitolaCalifornia
March 11, 2011
1. Chile 1960 9.5 2. Prince William Sound, Alaska 1964 9.2 3. Northern Sumatra Indian Ocean 2004 9.1 4. Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan 2011 9.0 5. Kamchatka 1952 9.0 6. Offshore Maule, Chile 2010 8.8
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Earthquake activity in Japan from 1990 to
2011
DART = Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis
Tsunami Warning Area
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What NOT to do during atsunami warning….
Beach in northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011 Odaka district in
Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture,
Top: beach before tsunami
Center and Bottom: beach being hit by third wave of the tsunami
(AP Photo/Sadatsugu Tomisawa)
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A view of flooding and destruction in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture, Saturday, after a tsunami was unleashed by an 8.9 quake.
A fishing boat sits amongst debris of houses and cars in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
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Japan-earthquake-tsunami-debris-floating-US-West-Coast
Floating Debris Heading Toward US West Coast
Crescent City, California
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Seacliff State Beach, Aptos, CA