GEOL 106 Midterm: GEOL106 (Winter 2014) Midterm Study Notes (26 pages with colourful diagrams)

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
• Course: GEOL 106
• Professor: John Hanes

Document Summary

A new powerful idea is born because of the photograph of the earth. Planet is a closed system with no renewable resources. Number of us laws on environmental protection dramatically increased since 69: Raised public concerns (pop culture scientific american and. President of us commissioned a study of the earth system. Goal: to understand past, present and future of the whole earth system, from lives to atmosphere, outer core to inner core. Use this understanding to maintain the environment. Understand processes and interactions of subsystems of the global earth system (hydrosphere, atmosphere, etc) on different scales. Mitigate geological hazards and minimize them adjustment to effects of global environmental change. improving the standard of living. Earth systems engineering1, the world as human artifact by brad allenby. Ese is the next great challenge for the engineering profession . Allenby"s hypothesis: humans have been engineering the earth since the start of the human race.