Agriculture
Growing only 1 single species of crop
Monocropping
Cutting down all of the trees in an area
Clearcutting
Farming aquatic organisms in a controlled environment.
Aquaculture
The depletion of a common resource due mutual reliance is a
Tragedy of the Commons
Urbanization includes a lot of burning fossil fuels which produces this main greenhouse gas
CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)
Leaving crop remains after a harvest season instead of tilling
No-Till Agriculture
Using recycled wood or simply reusing wooden furniture is an example of this.
Caused by fertilizer runoff from crops into waterways that lead to rivers and oceans, creating dead zones.
The measure of how much a person consumes in CO2 emissions.
What is Carbon Footprint?
Land that drains into a specific body of water
Watersheds
The Green Revolution
A method for mitigating deforestation.
What is reforestation?
The accidental capture of marine life while fishing
Bycatch
The measure of how much a person consumes, in area of land.
What is ecological footprint?
Water from rain/irrigation/other water sources flooding over asphalt/concrete/roofs and taking pollutants such as trash, oil, or bacteria into the environment
Urban Runoff
Planting crops on natural slopes and not clearing or adding soil to create flat land
Contour Plowing
When a forest is set on fire in order to control the conditions and prevent natural fires
Prescribed Burn
An action of catching more fish than necessary, past the sustainability yield.
The maximum population size that an environment can sustainably support.
What is carrying capacity?
The increase in low density suburbs rather than high density populations, removing more natural environments
Urban Sprawl
Crops that live longer than 2 years that don’t need to be replanted
Cutting away negatively affected trees and removing pests.
What is Integrated Pest Management?
Caused by bacterial decomposition during eutrophication
Hypoxia (lack of oxygen)
The amount of renewable resources that can be taken without reducing the supply.
What is sustainable yield?
Digging up ore underneath the earth’s surface that has serious negative human health and environmental impacts
Subsurface Mining