Project CONSERVE
Initiated by AIESEC in Navi Mumbai.
Our planet Earth, as we all know it, is one of the 8 planets of our solar system. To illustrate a stronger picture for you, WE are just a small spec, in the vast galaxy of which our solar system is a part of.
Just A small spec, I say? This very spec, is a complex and intricate system of it's own. And in this complexity and intricity of it lies true beauty!
Welcome to your planet,
Welcome to Earth.
How did scientists and astronomers derive such figures??
This estimation is created on the basis of two very interesting terms, the Earth's carrying capacity and it's biotic potential.
The carrying capacity:
The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities are available in the environment. In population biology, carrying capacity is defined as the environment's maximal load. And for humans, thats falls to a median of about 10 billion!
The Biotic potential:
Biotic Potential is the maximum reproductive capacity of a population if resources are unlimited.
It is possible to have the population be more than the carry capacity, but it will damage the environment. When that happens, the carrying capacity will decrease, and the population will crash.
Two components of the biotic potential have been identified:
These two terms are important to be understood, as they give an idea as to how the dynamics of Earth and life on it work.
A planet that can sustain life is termed habitable, even if life did not originate there.
The Earth provides liquid water—an environment where complex organic molecules can assemble and interact, and have sufficient energy to sustain metabolism. The distance of the Earth from the Sun, as well as its orbital eccentricity, rate of rotation, axial tilt, geological history, sustaining atmosphere and protective magnetic field all contribute to the current climatic conditions at the planets face. In more simple terms, this crazy balance, is the only reason you and I are sitting here, breathing and reading about this! This is what makes the Earth so livable! Now can you just imagine what would happen, if there were a shift in this balance......
Initiated by AIESEC in Navi Mumbai.
Our planet Earth, as we all know it, is one of the 8 planets of our solar system. To illustrate a stronger picture for you, WE are just a small spec, in the vast galaxy of which our solar system is a part of.
Just A small spec, I say? This very spec, is a complex and intricate system of it's own. And in this complexity and intricity of it lies true beauty!
Welcome to your planet,
Welcome to Earth.
The Earth is the densest and fifth-largest, of the eight planets. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets. It is referred to as the world, the Blue Planet, or by its Latin name, Terra.
Earth formed approx. 4.54 billion yrs ago, and life first appeared on its surface within one billion years. Earth's biosphere then significantly altered the atmospheric and other physical conditions, which helped the growth of organisims as well as the formation of the ozone layer, which together with Earth's magnetic field blocked harmful solar radiation, and allowed the formerly Aqua-confined life to move safely to land. The physical properties, as well as its geological history and orbit, have allowed life to persist. Estimates on how much longer the planet will to be able to continue to support life range from 500 million years, to as long as 2.3 billion years.How did scientists and astronomers derive such figures??
This estimation is created on the basis of two very interesting terms, the Earth's carrying capacity and it's biotic potential.
The carrying capacity:
The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities are available in the environment. In population biology, carrying capacity is defined as the environment's maximal load. And for humans, thats falls to a median of about 10 billion!
The Biotic potential:
Biotic Potential is the maximum reproductive capacity of a population if resources are unlimited.
It is possible to have the population be more than the carry capacity, but it will damage the environment. When that happens, the carrying capacity will decrease, and the population will crash.
Two components of the biotic potential have been identified:
- Nutritive potential - the ability to acquire and utilize food for growth and energy
- Protective potential - potential ability of the organism to protect itself against the dynamic forces of the environment.
A planet that can sustain life is termed habitable, even if life did not originate there.
The Earth provides liquid water—an environment where complex organic molecules can assemble and interact, and have sufficient energy to sustain metabolism. The distance of the Earth from the Sun, as well as its orbital eccentricity, rate of rotation, axial tilt, geological history, sustaining atmosphere and protective magnetic field all contribute to the current climatic conditions at the planets face. In more simple terms, this crazy balance, is the only reason you and I are sitting here, breathing and reading about this! This is what makes the Earth so livable! Now can you just imagine what would happen, if there were a shift in this balance......
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