Welcome to ENVS 250Introduction to Environmental
Science
With your host, Dr. Kleier
Please add to your syllabus:
http://academic.regis.edu/ckleier/
Population
• Malthus• Ehrich• Hardin
The Story of Easter Island
Environmental Science is Multi-disciplinary
Environmental Science ≠ Environmentalism
Environmental scientists try
to answer questions using the scientific method
Scientific Method
• Make observations
• Ask questions
• Develop a hypothesis
• Make predictions
• Test the predictions
• Analyze and interpret results
About testing• Experiment
• Manipulating variables– Independent – Dependent
• Control vs. treatment
• Controlled
• Correlation– Observational study– Natural study
Ways to test hypotheses
www.Myfootprint.org
Sustainability