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My Interaction With Nature Of The Environment Essay

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10/07/2016 Astrobiology and Its Relation to the Environment I grew up in a fairly average Los Angeles suburb, so I don’t have the tight knit connection with nature that some from more rural locations might have. My interaction with nature in my early years was quite limited. I went on a few hikes with my family and occasionally went to the beach. But the one aspect of nature I’ve always been fascinated with is space. While this may not be what most of us think of the “environment”, it has deeply impacted the way I see the world.
What initially got me interested in the subject was when Pluto lost its status as a planet. I was only eight at the time, but I had an incredible teacher, Mr. Reefman, who spent a whole day on a lesson about Pluto and why the changes were made. This may have sparked a latent interest I’ve always had, and ever since I’ve been focused on Astrobiology. This specifically is the study of potential life in space and how humans may one day be able to settle on a foreign body. This even effected what major I picked, which is Biology, and the fact that I’m planning to go to graduate school for either astrophysics or astronomy. During the time I’ve been interested in Astrobiology, though, I’ve learned about the reasons why it’s vital for the future of humanity. And in conjunction with learning about the stars I also wound up learning about how fragile our own planet is. This led me to develop the idea that Astrobiology should be taught in schools because

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