Ecology

Hank gives the rundown on the top five ways humans are negatively impacting the environment and having detrimental effects on the valuable ecosystem services which a healthy biosphere provides. Table of Contents Ecosystem Services 00:51 The Importance of Biodiversity 04:07 Deforestation 06:42 Desertification 06:49 Global Warming 07:59 Invasive Species 08:51 Overharvesting 09:20 Crash Course/SciShow videos referenced in this episode: Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D7hZpIYlCA Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leHy-Y_8nRs Ecological Succession: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8 Climate Change: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Jxs7lR8ZI Invasive Species: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDOwTXobJ3k Food Shortage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPLJP84xL9A References: http://www.fs.fed.us/ecosystemservices/About_ES/index.shtml http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview5.html http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/effect

Hank gives the rundown on the top five ways humans are negatively impacting the environment and having detrimental effects on the valuable ecosystem services which a healthy biosphere provides. Table of Contents Ecosystem Services 00:51 The Importance of Biodiversity 04:07 Deforestation 06:42 Desertification 06:49 Global Warming 07:59 Invasive Species 08:51 Overharvesting 09:20 Crash Course/SciShow videos referenced in this episode: Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D7hZpIYlCA Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leHy-Y_8nRs Ecological Succession: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8 Climate Change: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Jxs7lR8ZI Invasive Species: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDOwTXobJ3k Food Shortage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPLJP84xL9A References: http://www.fs.fed.us/ecosystemservices/About_ES/index.shtml http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview5.html http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/effect

Hank gives the rundown on the top five ways humans are negatively impacting the environment and having detrimental effects on the valuable ecosystem services which a healthy biosphere provides. Table of Contents Ecosystem Services 00:51 The Importance of Biodiversity 04:07 Deforestation 06:42 Desertification 06:49 Global Warming 07:59 Invasive Species 08:51 Overharvesting 09:20 Crash Course/SciShow videos referenced in this episode: Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D7hZpIYlCA Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leHy-Y_8nRs Ecological Succession: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8 Climate Change: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Jxs7lR8ZI Invasive Species: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDOwTXobJ3k Food Shortage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPLJP84xL9A References: http://www.fs.fed.us/ecosystemservices/About_ES/index.shtml http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview5.html http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/effect

Hank gives the rundown on the top five ways humans are negatively impacting the environment and having detrimental effects on the valuable ecosystem services which a healthy biosphere provides. Table of Contents Ecosystem Services 00:51 The Importance of Biodiversity 04:07 Deforestation 06:42 Desertification 06:49 Global Warming 07:59 Invasive Species 08:51 Overharvesting 09:20 Crash Course/SciShow videos referenced in this episode: Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D7hZpIYlCA Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leHy-Y_8nRs Ecological Succession: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8 Climate Change: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Jxs7lR8ZI Invasive Species: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDOwTXobJ3k Food Shortage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPLJP84xL9A References: http://www.fs.fed.us/ecosystemservices/About_ES/index.shtml http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview5.html http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/effect

Hank wraps up Crash Course Ecology by taking a look at the growing fields of conservation biology and restoration ecology, which use all the moves we've learned about in the past eleven weeks, and applies them to protecting ecosystems and to cleaning up the messes that we've already made. Table of Contents 1) Types of Diversity 3:00 2) Conservation Biology 4:12 A) Small Population Conservation 4:26 B) Declining Population Conservation 5:50 3) Restoration Ecology 7:06 A) Structural Restoration 7:30 B) Bioremediation 7:48 C) Biological Augmentation 8:03 References: http://www.envirocon.com/capabilities/projects/milltown.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milltown_Reservoir_Superfund_Site http://www.montanariveraction.org/milltown.dam.html http://www.fs.fed.us/cnpz/forest/documents/sup_docs/sust_ecol_sustn_intro.htm http://agroforestry.net/overstory/overstory65.html Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Wan

Hank wraps up Crash Course Ecology by taking a look at the growing fields of conservation biology and restoration ecology, which use all the moves we've learned about in the past eleven weeks, and applies them to protecting ecosystems and to cleaning up the messes that we've already made. Table of Contents 1) Types of Diversity 3:00 2) Conservation Biology 4:12 A) Small Population Conservation 4:26 B) Declining Population Conservation 5:50 3) Restoration Ecology 7:06 A) Structural Restoration 7:30 B) Bioremediation 7:48 C) Biological Augmentation 8:03 References: http://www.envirocon.com/capabilities/projects/milltown.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milltown_Reservoir_Superfund_Site http://www.montanariveraction.org/milltown.dam.html http://www.fs.fed.us/cnpz/forest/documents/sup_docs/sust_ecol_sustn_intro.htm http://agroforestry.net/overstory/overstory65.html Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Wan

Hank wraps up Crash Course Ecology by taking a look at the growing fields of conservation biology and restoration ecology, which use all the moves we've learned about in the past eleven weeks, and applies them to protecting ecosystems and to cleaning up the messes that we've already made. Table of Contents 1) Types of Diversity 3:00 2) Conservation Biology 4:12 A) Small Population Conservation 4:26 B) Declining Population Conservation 5:50 3) Restoration Ecology 7:06 A) Structural Restoration 7:30 B) Bioremediation 7:48 C) Biological Augmentation 8:03 References: http://www.envirocon.com/capabilities/projects/milltown.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milltown_Reservoir_Superfund_Site http://www.montanariveraction.org/milltown.dam.html http://www.fs.fed.us/cnpz/forest/documents/sup_docs/sust_ecol_sustn_intro.htm http://agroforestry.net/overstory/overstory65.html Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Wan

Hank wraps up Crash Course Ecology by taking a look at the growing fields of conservation biology and restoration ecology, which use all the moves we've learned about in the past eleven weeks, and applies them to protecting ecosystems and to cleaning up the messes that we've already made. Table of Contents 1) Types of Diversity 3:00 2) Conservation Biology 4:12 A) Small Population Conservation 4:26 B) Declining Population Conservation 5:50 3) Restoration Ecology 7:06 A) Structural Restoration 7:30 B) Bioremediation 7:48 C) Biological Augmentation 8:03 References: http://www.envirocon.com/capabilities/projects/milltown.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milltown_Reservoir_Superfund_Site http://www.montanariveraction.org/milltown.dam.html http://www.fs.fed.us/cnpz/forest/documents/sup_docs/sust_ecol_sustn_intro.htm http://agroforestry.net/overstory/overstory65.html Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Wan

Hank talks about the last major way humans are impacting the environment in this penultimate episode of Crash Course Ecology. Pollution takes many forms - from the simplest piece of litter to the more complex endocrine disruptors - and ultimately, humans are responsible for it all. Table of Contents 1) Natural Compounds 01:12:1 a) Carbon 01:35 b) Nitrogen and Phosphorous 02:11:2 c) Cyanide 04:05 d) Mercury 05:15 e) Sulfur & Nitrogen Dioxide 05:58 2) Synthetic Compounds 06:51 a) Endocrine Disruptors 07:09 References: http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/deadzone/index.html http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/pollution-affect-living-things-including-humans-2193.html http://news.wustl.edu/news/pages/20916.aspx http://www.epa.gov/mercury/about.htm http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/index.html http://www.ngo.grida.no/wwfneap/Publication/briefings/Fish.pdf http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/index.cfm Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by

Hank talks about the last major way humans are impacting the environment in this penultimate episode of Crash Course Ecology. Pollution takes many forms - from the simplest piece of litter to the more complex endocrine disruptors - and ultimately, humans are responsible for it all. Table of Contents 1) Natural Compounds 01:12:1 a) Carbon 01:35 b) Nitrogen and Phosphorous 02:11:2 c) Cyanide 04:05 d) Mercury 05:15 e) Sulfur & Nitrogen Dioxide 05:58 2) Synthetic Compounds 06:51 a) Endocrine Disruptors 07:09 References: http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/deadzone/index.html http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/pollution-affect-living-things-including-humans-2193.html http://news.wustl.edu/news/pages/20916.aspx http://www.epa.gov/mercury/about.htm http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/index.html http://www.ngo.grida.no/wwfneap/Publication/briefings/Fish.pdf http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/index.cfm Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by