Ecology Lab | The Habitable Planet - Learner
Food web ecology, interactive lab for The Habitable Planet online course.
The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental …
What makes Earth unique among the planets? Explore the natural functions of Earth’s systems and Earth’s ability to sustain life. A video course for high school teachers and college-level instruction; 13 half-hour video programs, online text, professional development guide, and …
Ecology Lab - Annenberg Learner
Learn how scientists study ecosystems to predict how they may change over time and respond to human impacts. What factors influence human population growth trends most strongly, and how does population growth or decline impact the environment? Does urbanization threaten our quality of life or offer a pathway to better living conditions?
Planetary Ecology – Planetary boundaries, climate change, …
2024年6月21日 · To answer this I want to go back to a fascinating document from 1990, “Responding to Climate Change: A Discussion of Options for New Zealand”. Click here for the full report. This was the year of the first IPCC report as well as of New Zealand’s first reports on climate science, climate impacts, and policy options.
Planetary boundaries for a blue planet | Nature Ecology & Evolution
2017年10月24日 · We explore research to support characterization of planetary boundaries for a blue planet. We discuss the ways in which the various boundaries interact, and options for assessing these...
Mapping the planet’s critical natural assets | Nature Ecology
2022年11月28日 · Here we define critical natural assets as the natural and semi-natural ecosystems that provide 90% of the total current magnitude of 14 types of nature’s contributions to people (NCP), and we map...
What To Know About The Role of Ecology In Protecting The Planet
2019年9月17日 · Ecology gives us some understanding of how our planet works because it examines the relationship between plants and animals (including humans) and their environments. Because of this, it can predict the effects of pollution and climate change and show us how to protect habitats and their biodiversity.
Global change ecology: Science to heal a damaged planet
2023年12月11日 · Humanity has drastically altered the biophysical systems that sustain life on Earth. We summarize progress and chart future directions in the emerging field of global change ecology, which studies interactions between organisms and their changing environment.
Earth at the Crossroads: Understanding the Ecology of a Changing Planet
Begin to explore the biological, geological, and physical forces that drive change in the Earth's ecosystems, and develop an appreciation of the important role played in ecology by social factors, including public policy and shifts in human demography.
Aquatic deoxygenation as a planetary boundary and key regulator …
2024年7月15日 · Here we argue that the observed deoxygenation of the Earth’s freshwater and marine ecosystems represents an additional planetary boundary process that is critical to the integrity of Earth’s...