ENVR 1301- Cali Copper

  • What I Most Look Forward to in My Environmental Science Class.                                             I am looking forward to study how humans affect an organism's biological and physical surroundings is the strict definition of environmental science. I have never made a blog before so I am excited to see all my work organized and together throughout this semester. I am curious to learn about how pesticides affect croplands, how vegetation is affected by acid rain, the impacts of introducing exotic game fish species into ponds or lakes, and so forth. 

  • What I Think This Class Will Be About                                                                                    From what I've seen on canvas and heard in Professor Walkers welcome video I know this class is split up into four modules which are the Introduction to Environmental Science, Earth Systems, Environmental Challenges, and environmental Policy. Looking into each module I see a more in depth vision of what we will be covering every week relating to the module we are in. 

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