Patterns in environmental quality and sustainability

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Describe the functioning of the atmospheric system in terms of the energy balance between solar and longwave radiation

Patterns in environmental quality and sustainability

Explain the changes in this balance due to external forcings (changes in solar radiation, changes in the albedo of the atmosphere and changes in the longwave radiation returned to space)

Discuss the causes and environmental consequences of global climate change

Explain the causes of soil degradation

Discuss the environmental and socio-economic consequences of this process, together with management strategies

Identify the ways in which water is utilized at the regional scale

Examine the environmental and human factors affecting patterns and trends in physical water scarcity and economic water scarcity

Examine the factors affecting access to safe drinking water

Explain the concept and importance of biodiversity in tropical rainforests

Examine the causes and consequences of reduced biodiversity in this biome

Define the concept of environmental sustainability

Evaluate a management strategy at a local or national scale designed to achieve environmental sustainability

understand the causes and consequences of climate change

That the global water supply is limited and needs careful management

Understand the importance of biodiversity