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Motor vehicle numbers have been increasing more rapidly than the human population globally, with profound resource use, environmental, and health and welfare impacts at the local, regional and global scales. The global motor vehicle fleet now stands at nearly one billion, with growth occurring most rapidly in the low-income countries. This talk by Prof. Madhav [...]
The sudden appearance and devastating human and environmental effects of diseases like SARS, Ebola, and AIDS underscore our need to understand the ecology of infectious diseases. Given that monkeys and apes often share parasites with humans, understanding the ecology of infectious diseases in non-human primates is of paramount importance. In this mini-Enviro lecture, Prof. Chapman [...]
Prof. Andrew Gonzalez presents examples of how ecosystems can become imbalanced and the resultant effects this can have on their structure and function.
Prof. Nigel Roulet discusses ways to alter the current prognosis for Earth’s climate by examining the relationships among greenhouse concentrations, population, consumption, energy, the economy, and human well-being.
People depend on the services provided by ecosystems, including food, freshwater, biodiversity, places for recreation and climate regulation. Dr. Elena Bennett’s talk focuses on how we can sustainably feed the growing global population without undermining ecosystems’ ability to provide other ecosystem services that we also want.
Driven by expanding human travel and trade, thousands of species of plants, animals and microbes are spreading into new regions faster and farther than at any other time in earth’s history, often wreaking havoc on the local ecosystem. In this lecture, Prof. Anthony Ricciardi gives an overview of what we know and don’t know about [...]