Global Era

Question 1

Prepare a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation with 350- to 700- word Speaker notes examining how population trends lead to urbanization and animal decline.

• Refer to Table 1.3 in Ch. 1 of The Human Impact on the Natural Environment, which lists the five stages of global economic development.
• Examine the population trends in the two most recent stages of economic development:
• The Atlantic industrial era
• The Pacific global era
• Compare the environmental conditions between these two eras and with what occurred in the first three stages of global economic development.
• Explain how the population trends in these eras led to urbanization.
• Choose one of the world’s urban agglomerations listed in Table 1.7.
• Identify three environmental effects cause by urbanization in this area.
• Identify a specific animal population decline that resulted from urbanization in this area.

Cite at least three references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. NO PLAGIARISM!

Question 2

You are an environmental scientist reflecting on the climate changes that have and will occur throughout your lifetime.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word letter to a colleague describing the environmental conditions that occurred during the last decade and how these conditions will affect future climate changes.

• Describe the environmental conditions that occurred during the last decade.
• Speculate about the future climate changes that may occur.
• Discuss how various aspects of the planet may look 50 years from now. What domino effect may occur because of continuous human impact on the environment?
• Consider the human connection to hydrologic changes, how global warming will affect the main components of the cryosphere, and the subsequent effects that will cause changes in drylands.
• Include details concerning what daily living may be like, available foods, effects on animal populations, and cultural changes.

Cite at least four references.

Format your letter consistent with APA guidelines.