Environment, Energy, Sustainability, and Technology Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards based on the lecture transcript covering environment, energy, sustainability, and technology concepts.

Anthropogenic Climate Change

Human-caused climate change that requires nations to drastically reduce the combustion of fossil fuels in energy production.

Combustion of Fossil Fuels

The burning of fossil fuels for energy production, which must be drastically reduced to address anthropogenic climate change.

Environmental Degradation

Severe damage to the environment driven by unchecked industrial expansion, accelerating global biodiversity loss.

Biodiversity Loss

The global decline in biological diversity, accelerated by severe environmental degradation from unchecked industrial expansion.

Carbon Footprint

An individual's environmental impact through emissions, which individual efforts must shrink alongside a systemic renewable energy transition.

Renewable Energy Transition

A systemic shift to sustainable energy sources that must be paired with individual efforts to shrink carbon footprints.

Sustainable Resource Management

Management practices enforced through government policies to mitigate environmental impact.

Deforestation

The widespread destruction of forests that drastically increases a nation's ecological footprint by destroying natural carbon sinks.

Ecological Footprint

A measure of environmental impact, which drastically increases when widespread deforestation destroys natural carbon sinks.

Natural Carbon Sinks

Natural systems that absorb carbon emissions, which are destroyed by widespread deforestation.

Toxic Waste Management

The handling of hazardous waste; poor toxic waste management contaminates soil.

Depletion of Natural Resources

The rapid consumption of natural resources that threatens future generations.

Conservation Initiatives

Community-led investments proven essential for saving endangered habitats.

Ubiquitous Technology

Technology that is present everywhere and advancing at a rapid pace across the globe.