{"id":154,"date":"2020-05-22T12:30:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T12:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thmorin.com\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2021-02-16T15:53:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:53:42","slug":"ecological-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thmorin.com\/index.php\/ecological-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"ERE 275 &#8211; Ecological Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ecological engineering is the design of natural systems to the benefit of nature, mankind, or both. The field rose to prominence in response to the United States &#8220;No Net Loss&#8221; policy with regards to wetlands. Modern engineering firms are often contracted to either create or restore wetlands to offset the destruction of wetlands during development. As such, there is a constant need for engineers with the skill set to engineer natural systems that can enhance or replicate the ecosystem services that wetlands deliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, ecological engineering isn&#8217;t <em>just<\/em> about wetlands. It can mean mitigating effects to a forest from acid mine drainage, the restoration of a mountain top removal project, or even the creation of a lake with dams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to properly engineer these systems, though, it&#8217;s important to have a solid grasp on the underlying chemistry, biology, and hydrology of these systems. This class is a broad look at these processes as they apply to ecosystems. You will learn to work with common mathematical representations for each of these elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N05LesV7bq4\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecological engineering is the design of natural systems to the benefit of nature, mankind, or both. The field rose to prominence in response to the United States &#8220;No Net Loss&#8221; policy with regards to wetlands. Modern engineering firms are often contracted to either create or restore wetlands to offset the destruction of wetlands during development.&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"button small blue\" href=\"https:\/\/thmorin.com\/index.php\/ecological-engineering\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/homepage.php","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thmorin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thmorin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thmorin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thmorin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thmorin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thmorin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/thmorin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thmorin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}