
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Environmental Science is interdisciplinary. It looks at connections among living and non-living factors, interactions of systems, and human impacts on the environment. It overlaps with other sciences, but key words include:
Hydrology: rivers, water pollution, water scarcity, dams, groundwater
Ecology: biodiversity, coral reefs, tropical rain forests, forest fires, endangered species, pollution, urban planning, fisheries
Energy conservation and production: fossil fuels, renewable resources
Conservation: forest health, invasive species, endangered species, agriculture, Leave No Trace, stewardship, Best Management Practices, human population, reduce/reuse/recycle
Global Warming: sea level rise, glaciers