EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -While China is becoming the world’s leader in total consumption of some commodities (coal, copper, etc.), the U.S. remains the per capita consumption leader for most resources.

Detailed explanation-2: -What Is the Tragedy of the Commons? The tragedy of the commons refers to a situation in which individuals with access to a public resource (also called a common) act in their own interest and, in doing so, ultimately deplete the resource.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ecology, a specific branch of environmental science, focuses on the interaction between organisms and their environment. Ecologists study the physical properties of the environments of organisms as small as nucleic acids and cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -Resource depletion is the consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished. Natural resources are commonly divided between renewable resources and non-renewable resources (see also mineral resource classification).