EEOS 120EEOS 120Introduction to Environmental, Introduction to Environmental,

Earth and Ocean SciencesEarth and Ocean Sciences

Human Population Over TimeHuman Population Over Time

http://desip.igc.org/mapanim.html Today-6.783 billion peopleToday-6.783 billion people 2040-projected 9 billion people2040-projected 9 billion people

NewsNews http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/09/08/north_kore

a_explains_fatal_flood_in_south/ http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2009/09/04/study_links_h

umans_to_warming_in_the_arctic/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/27/

critics_say_rush_for_stimulus_money_puts_watershed_at_risk/ http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2009/09/06/http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2009/09/06/

one_mans_action_renews_interest_in_dedhams_mother_brook/one_mans_action_renews_interest_in_dedhams_mother_brook/ http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSTRE5810XZ20090902http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSTRE5810XZ20090902 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090810/ap_on_re_as/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090810/ap_on_re_as/

as_himalayas_new_speciesas_himalayas_new_species http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/08/21/http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/08/21/

world_sets_record_for_hottest_ocean_temperature/world_sets_record_for_hottest_ocean_temperature/

IntroductionIntroduction

Who are “we”Who are “we” Goals of the CourseGoals of the Course

– ContentContent– ConceptsConcepts– SkillsSkills– LearningLearning

SyllabusSyllabus PoliciesPolicies

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Are you a…..?Are you a…..?

(A) Freshman(A) Freshman (B) Sophomore(B) Sophomore (C) Junior(C) Junior (D) Senior(D) Senior (E) Other(E) Other

Are you a …. ?Are you a …. ?

(A) EEOS major(A) EEOS major (B) other College of Science & Math major(B) other College of Science & Math major (C) College of Liberal Arts major(C) College of Liberal Arts major (D) College of Management or Nursing (D) College of Management or Nursing

majormajor (E) Other(E) Other

My age is:My age is:

(A) <20(A) <20 (B) 20-24(B) 20-24 (C) 25-35(C) 25-35 (D) 35-45(D) 35-45 (E) >45(E) >45

Environmental, Earth and Ocean Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences (EEOS)Sciences (EEOS)

EEOS is an EEOS is an interdisciplinaryinterdisciplinary department that department that integrates the integrates the natural and social sciencesnatural and social sciences to to generate and apply new knowledge about the generate and apply new knowledge about the quality of our environment and the sustainable use quality of our environment and the sustainable use of its resources. It focuses on promoting of its resources. It focuses on promoting integratedintegrated science, planning, policy, and education science, planning, policy, and education for understanding earth-system processes and for understanding earth-system processes and managing the impacts of urbanization on managing the impacts of urbanization on linked linked watershed and coastal marine systems watershed and coastal marine systems

Pre-EvaluationPre-Evaluation

To see what you learn during this course, I To see what you learn during this course, I need to know what you already know…need to know what you already know…

Index CardIndex Card

Name 3 ways land Name 3 ways land affects coastal watersaffects coastal waters

Name 3 ways the Name 3 ways the ocean affects the landocean affects the land

Name 3 ways you Name 3 ways you affect the environmentaffect the environment

Name 3 ways the Name 3 ways the environment affects environment affects youyou

ReadingReading

www.mwra.comwww.mwra.com Harbor and BayHarbor and Bay Boston HarborBoston Harbor State of the Harbor Report (2005)State of the Harbor Report (2005)

– 1996 state of the Harbor Report1996 state of the Harbor Report

http://www.boston-online.com/harbor.htmlhttp://www.boston-online.com/harbor.html

Scientific MethodScientific Method

Boston Harbor ObservationBoston Harbor Observation Question?Question? HypothesisHypothesis Testing the hypothesisTesting the hypothesis New HypothesisNew Hypothesisexperimentexperiment ResultResult ConclusionConclusion

Boston HarborBoston HarborLinked Watershed-Coastal Linked Watershed-Coastal

Marine SystemsMarine Systems

HomeworkHomework

Please photocopy your ID card photo and Please photocopy your ID card photo and write your name, major, and hometown on a write your name, major, and hometown on a 8 ½ x 11” sheet of paper.8 ½ x 11” sheet of paper.

(I would like to attempt to learn all of your (I would like to attempt to learn all of your names and faces)names and faces)