Environmental Systems and Societies

  • Although Human populations are natural. We have temporarily eliminated our limiting factors so that we may surpass our carrying capacity.

  • The main energy source for our planet is the sun

  • Closed system (Earth), since the mass entering and exiting is so tiny that it can be ignored

  • Energy is never destroyed nor created, only transformed

  • Plants use the glucose and O2 originating from the sun to survive

  • Animals have to eat to produce their vital glucose