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With these three areas in mind, there are 6 important Environmental Issues that humankind faces:
They are 1) population growth, 2) increasing resource use, 3) destruction and degradation of wildlife habitats, 4) premature extinction of plants and animals, 5) poverty, and 6) pollution.
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How the Earth Works |
Human Affect on Earth's Life-support Systems |
Propose & Evaluate Solutions to the Environmental Problems |
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| population growth |
Incorporating ecology, biology, chemistry, geology, economics, politics and ethics |
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| increased resource use | |||
| destruction & degradation of wildlife habitats | |||
| premature extinction of plants and animals | |||
| poverty | |||
| pollution | |||
Targeted Investigations in Environmental Science (TIES) is an interdisciplinary study of harmful chemicals in our environment and the relationship these chemicals have to environmental issues. The chemicals investigated in TIES do not only affect pollution and destruction and degradation of wildlife habitats, but also poverty, increased resource use, premature extinction of plants and animals, and even, population growth.
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