Anthropocene Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Raymond Williams "Ideas of Nature" 1980 - Answer does nature include humans? to know nature was to know god nature and god became divided as a species we want to intervene and we desire nature is separate from man we do not know nature or appreciate its changing conditions William Cronon "The Trouble with Wilderness: Or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature" 1996 - Answer honor the wild respect use and non-use acknowledge autonomy of the other ask if a part of nature we need to u...

Dit document omvat een samenvatting van het vak Global Change, gegeven door prof. Philippe Huybrechts aan de VUB. Dit document bevat alle lectures, en is volledig uitgewerkt met behulp van lesnotities en de slides. Dit document is bevat lecture 1 (climate change, the physical science basis), lecture 2 (the thermohaline circulation), lecture 3 (the climate solution in less than 75 minutes), lecture 4 (land-atmosphere interactions in a changing climate), lecture 5 (mangroves in the anthropocen...

According to one article we read early in this class what new name has been proposed to describe the geological time period we are now in? a. Infozoic b. Computational Age c. Degradozoic d. Anthropocene correct answer: d. Anthropocene If humans are causing enough change to merit the designation of a new epoch according to the authors of the paper we read and your ideas in class which one of the following may NOT be one of the things that future geologists will see in the rock record from...

Raymond Williams "Ideas of Nature" 1980 - ANSWERdoes nature include humans? to know nature was to know god nature and god became divided as a species we want to intervene and we desire nature is separate from man we do not know nature or appreciate its changing conditions William Cronon "The Trouble with Wilderness: Or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature" 1996 - ANSWERhonor the wild respect use and non-use acknowledge autonomy of the other ask if a part of nature we need to use...

GGH2604 SUMMARY 2022/2023 Learning Theme 1 – Geography in the Anthropocene 1.1 Introduction - Geography offers a unique perspective on how human activities affect and influence ecological processes at different scales - The ANTHROPOCENE – the age of man - Evidenced by the widespread pollution & presence of artificial radioactive particles - Zalasiewicz (2016) -: sufficient evidence exists to suggest that the Anthropocene is a real ecological phenomenon with potential to be formali...

The Great Divergence occurred because: - Economic advancement came quickly to technology-enabled societies, whereas societies without technology did not advance at a similar rate. Compared to a place like Las Vegas, why might the desert city of Phoenix, Arizona be less concerned about its water supply for the foreseeable future? - Phoenix, Arizona has water rights associated with its historical agricultural activities True or False? A rigorous focus on climate change and the carbon cycle i...

ESRM 101 Quiz 1 question and answers graded A+ latest update 2023Why do we need a whole class on humans and forests? - correct answer 1) Cultural and Spiritual Values 2) Humans/Plants/Animals harvest & survive on food, water and energy from forests and their ecosystem services 3) Forests mitigate environmental & climate change impacts What does it mean to be an Anthropocene World? - correct answer Humans are the major drivers of change in our environments Is the Amazon Rainforest absorbi...

sustainable development correct answers Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. environmental sustainability correct answers maintenance of important environmental functions, hence the maintenance of the capacity of nature to provide these functions. ecosystem services correct answers Services necessary to support life that humans rely on. Example: provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting. e...

Notes of POE 2020-2021. The notes include a summary of all lectures and a summary of all reading material. The notes are really extensive, include all themes and concepts and are supported by screenshots from the PowerpPoints used in the lecture. With the help of these notes, I ended the course with an average of 9.0/10.0

The Great Divergence occurred because: - Economic advancement came quickly to technology-enabled societies, whereas societies without technology did not advance at a similar rate. Compared to a place like Las Vegas, why might the desert city of Phoenix, Arizona be less concerned about its water supply for the foreseeable future? - Phoenix, Arizona has water rights associated with its historical agricultural activities True or False? A rigorous focus on climate change and the carbon cycle i...