Maiya Mangum-Natural Disatsters

1. How do the earth systems affect each other? The earth systems affect each other because problems even just one earth system have affected all of them. They are all interconnected. For example, if the air quality in the atmosphere is bad that affects things in the biosphere's ability to sustain life, it affects the hydrosphere because the rain comes from the atmosphere, it affects the geosphere because it needs the atmosphere which includes the sun in order to survive. Also, the energy transfers through all the systems help every system. Humans in the biosphere need gravitational energy to not float away and we use electric, solar, wind, thermal, and heat energy in our everyday lives. 2. How can an understanding of environmental science aid in handling natural disasters? Understanding environmental science aids in the handling of natural disasters because we can’t fix an issue if we don’t understand it. Learning about how they form and what season tornadoes for instance most likely form helps us be prepared and maybe evacuate if we have to. Having an understanding keeps us safe and maybe even develops technology or ways where we can protect ourselves as best as possible. If we didn’t know these natural disasters were occurring there would be many more casualties/injuries from these disasters. Since we have developed our understanding of environmental science over time it has increased our safety. 3. What efforts can we make to create a sustainable future? I think the first step in creating a sustainable future is educating yourself about the Earth. I think the next step is evaluating what we do daily that negatively affects the Earth-like air pollution, overconsumption, littering, leaving the lights on when you don’t need them, and keeping the water running for a long period of time. I think after this we should try and cut some of our bad habits that negatively affect the Earth. I think the most important step is educating others about the environment. I think this is most important because to save this Earth we need everyone to be involved.