SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 2022, Earth Overshoot Day fell on July 28. Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year. For the rest of the year, we are maintaining our ecological deficit by drawing down local resource stocks and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overshoot Trends Since 1961, the first year consistent United Nations statistics were available, humanity’s demand on resources has gone from being within the means of what nature could support to significantly over budget. Our planet went into global overshoot in the early 1970s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by dividing Earth’s biocapacity by man’s ecological footprint and multiplying the result by 365 days. Similar calculations are applied on a country-by-country basis to determine Country Overshoot Days each year.
Detailed explanation-4: -Area demand can exceed area supply. For example, a forest harvested at twice its regeneration rate appears in our accounts at twice its area. This phenomenon is called “ecological overshoot” (14, 15).