This document discusses several key themes in environmental science including:
1) Human population growth and its impact on the environment through overconsumption of resources and famine when populations exceed environmental carrying capacity.
2) Increasing urbanization and its multiplied impact on the environment when combined with population growth.
3) The concepts of sustainability and carrying capacity in relation to sustaining both human populations and natural ecosystems indefinitely.
This document discusses several key themes in environmental science including:
1) Human population growth and its impact on the environment through overconsumption of resources and famine when populations exceed environmental carrying capacity.
2) Increasing urbanization and its multiplied impact on the environment when combined with population growth.
3) The concepts of sustainability and carrying capacity in relation to sustaining both human populations and natural ecosystems indefinitely.
This document discusses several key themes in environmental science including:
1) Human population growth and its impact on the environment through overconsumption of resources and famine when populations exceed environmental carrying capacity.
2) Increasing urbanization and its multiplied impact on the environment when combined with population growth.
3) The concepts of sustainability and carrying capacity in relation to sustaining both human populations and natural ecosystems indefinitely.