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History of Ecology: Here's A Timeline of The History of Ecology As A Science

Ecology is the study of earth's living systems and how they interact. It examines how environmental systems react to changes and how a change in one element might affect the whole system or individual organisms. Some key developments in the history of ecology include Ernst Haeckel coining the term "ecology" in 1869, Charles Elton making food chains and webs part of ecology in 1927, and Eugene Odum and Howard Odum writing the first ecology textbook in 1953, establishing ecology as a university course.

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History of Ecology: Here's A Timeline of The History of Ecology As A Science

Ecology is the study of earth's living systems and how they interact. It examines how environmental systems react to changes and how a change in one element might affect the whole system or individual organisms. Some key developments in the history of ecology include Ernst Haeckel coining the term "ecology" in 1869, Charles Elton making food chains and webs part of ecology in 1927, and Eugene Odum and Howard Odum writing the first ecology textbook in 1953, establishing ecology as a university course.

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History of Ecology

Ecology is the study of earths living systems and how they interact. It is not environmentalism,
a social and political movement. Ecology is one of the most complex sciences and is very new. As such
we are only at the beginning of our understanding of how environmental systems react and how a
change in one element might affect a whole system or one organisms in that system.
Timeline of Ecology
Heres a timeline of the history of ecology as a science:
late 1700s Antoine Lavoisier, a chemist, discovered Oxygen and Carbon and their importance to living things
1852 Robert Angus Smith connected acid rain to air pollution
1869 Ernst Haeckel coins the term ecology
1875- Eduard Seuss defines the biosphere
1879 Symbiosis is first described
late 1800s animal camouflage studied and described
1900 Henry Chandler Cowles studies ecological succession
1915 Ecological Society of America founded
1927 Charles Elton makes the concept of food chains and webs part of ecology
1933 Aldo Leopold writes Game Management, beginning the discipline of wildlife management
1935 The Dust Bowl crisis re-focuses ecology on practical land usage practices
1935 Arthur Tinsley defines ecosystem
1940s Ruth Patrick studied interdependence of organisms, particularly freshwater ecosystems. She developed
methods to measure the health of a stream.
1950s People first become aware of the harmful effects of pollution on ecological systems and on people.
1951 Nature Conservancy is founded.
1953 Eugene Odum, Howard Odum wrote the first ecology textbook and ecology becomes a university course.
1970s James Lovelocks idea of Gaia, that the whole earth is one living entity and will ensure its own survival even
if humans destroy themselves
1972 Acid rain effects on lakes is discovered and studied by Harold Harvey
1978 Conservation Biology established as a discipline focusing on environmental management
1980s Scientists discover hole in the ozone over Antarctica
1980s Water pollution seriously reduced due to new sewage treatment practices
1980s Air pollution reduced in cities as unleaded gas and catalytic converters are used in autos

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