The Modern Era's views on the relationship of humans and the environment can be described as ________

A) opportunities for fewer connections between humans and nature
B) human impacts on ecosystems differ significantly from natural disturbances
C) reconciliation of our activities with the inescapable laws of the natural world
D) evolutionary change that described the connections between organisms and their environment
E) the obsession with material goods that broke the connection between humans and nature


Answer: B

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