Environmental+systems

=Course info= ESS syllabus This document is not yet complete, but [|this] is a pdf extracted from the course guide Glossary of ESS terms Command terms Interesting reading Exam practice [|Practical work or internal assessment] ESS in the News

=Introduction= Scope of course Task on global warming

=Systems and models=

=Ecosystem= structure Measuring biotic and abiotic components of a system Biomes Ecosystem Case studies Functions Changes [|article from National Geographic on the price of Gold] [|article from National Geographic on the extraction of oil from tar sands in Canada] [|article from National Geographic on the rainforest] - Thanks Eva D

Measuring population
measuring population task Lincoln Index

=Human population, carrying capacity and resource use=

Population dynamics
population dynamics [|Hans Rosling's] talk on TED about [|population growth] [|Hans Rosling's] talk on TED about [|The truth about HIV]

Definitions
Lag phase, Exponential phase, Stationary phase and Death phase in [|an article on bacterial growth]

[|Crude birth rate] [|Crude death rate] [|Fertility rate] [|Natural increase rate]

=Global Warming=

[|IPCC reports]

=Extras=


 * [|Norman Borlaug]** (1914-2009)
 * Look at this** [|wikis on the topic of sustainable development]


 * Here is a great article called [|weapons of mass salvation] by [|Prof. Jeffrey Sachs]. It was published in [|The Economist] on 24 October 2002.

Here is the pdf of the [|DSM brochure] on climate change that Eva showed us

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=How many airplanes travel in a day?=

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