New York water system: Example of ecosystem service decisions in action | Earth Resources | meriSTEM
Channel: meriSTEM Education
Date: 2021-09-03

Professor Saul Cunningham from the Australian National University (anu.edu.au) explores an applied example of ecosystem service decisions in action, in the New York water supply. This is part of a series of videos on renewable resources.

This clip has been created by the Research School of Earth Sciences (rses.anu.edu.au). These resources are part of a comprehensive program, curriculum matched to the unit 'Unit 3 Living on Earth - extracting, using and managing Earth resources'.

This video touches on the following curriculum descriptors: 
Ecosystems provide a range of renewable resources, including provisioning services (for example, food, water, pharmaceuticals), regulating services (for example, carbon sequestration, climate control), supporting services (for example, soil formation, nutrient and water cycling, air and water purification) and cultural services (for example, aesthetics, knowledge systems) (ACSES077)

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This video is part of meriSTEM Australian senior science educational resources (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Email the team (contact.meristem@anu.edu.au) for further information, course access and curriculum links.