Environmental Sustainability Paper
Global Warming Environmental Sustainability Paper
Mathematics is a complex and sophisticated expression of ideas that embodies cognitive concepts along with, the notions of knowledge, understanding, and perception. The ability to write mathematically is just as important as possessing the ability to solve equations. The human population has an environmental impact on the Earth’s ecosystems, which is influenced by technology and the consumption of resources. Economic researchers study households and individuals consumption patterns; in 1970, a mathematical formula called the I PAT was developed to explain human consumption. The equation is expressed: I = P x A x T
(I = Environmental impact, P = Population, A = Affluence, T = Technology) This paper is a written mathematical explanation that will explore the environmental sustainability principles of glacial melting in Alaska, global warming, and Arctic range. The concepts of how these environmental changes effect the human ability to enhance ecosystem services will be explored. The normal increase in temperature is only one degree throughout the world within the past 30 years, but is sufficient to start the melting of polar caps in the Arctic and raise the sea level. The melted white ice tends to reflect sunlight and turns into dark water-meaning it will absorb the sunshine. The warmer water continues to melt the ice at a faster pace. Predictions of Antarctic totally melting would displace many from their coastal homes, not to mention record breaking droughts, floods, heat waves and extreme weather from the past several years.
Global Warming Global warming affects every area of the ecosystem today. Global warming is defined as an increase in the average temperature of the earth atmosphere, during sustained increases that contribute to the climatic changes. Global warming is mainly the result of burning fossil fuels that emit pollution and manmade greenhouse gas. This
Mathematics is a complex and sophisticated expression of ideas that embodies cognitive concepts along with, the notions of knowledge, understanding, and perception. The ability to write mathematically is just as important as possessing the ability to solve equations. The human population has an environmental impact on the Earth’s ecosystems, which is influenced by technology and the consumption of resources. Economic researchers study households and individuals consumption patterns; in 1970, a mathematical formula called the I PAT was developed to explain human consumption. The equation is expressed: I = P x A x T
(I = Environmental impact, P = Population, A = Affluence, T = Technology) This paper is a written mathematical explanation that will explore the environmental sustainability principles of glacial melting in Alaska, global warming, and Arctic range. The concepts of how these environmental changes effect the human ability to enhance ecosystem services will be explored. The normal increase in temperature is only one degree throughout the world within the past 30 years, but is sufficient to start the melting of polar caps in the Arctic and raise the sea level. The melted white ice tends to reflect sunlight and turns into dark water-meaning it will absorb the sunshine. The warmer water continues to melt the ice at a faster pace. Predictions of Antarctic totally melting would displace many from their coastal homes, not to mention record breaking droughts, floods, heat waves and extreme weather from the past several years.
Global Warming Global warming affects every area of the ecosystem today. Global warming is defined as an increase in the average temperature of the earth atmosphere, during sustained increases that contribute to the climatic changes. Global warming is mainly the result of burning fossil fuels that emit pollution and manmade greenhouse gas. This
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