EESC1168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Feedback, Major Disaster, Negative Feedback
1 Feb 2017
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Should be clear and concise, no jargon. Should follow a logical train of thought, building its conclusion from evidence. Should be easily understood by readers or listeners. Reading 1 - new yorker - constructing a scientific argument. Supporting evidence: the age of the rocks matched date of volcano collapse. Helium-3 dating method to date the rocks. Volcano collapse had to happen all at once and was capable of producing a tsunami. Disproved glaciation - too warm for glaciers. Become blind to disasters that come more gradually over time. Major disaster - president can call it for any event that the state and local governments can not deal with themselves - send in federal resources. Able to return community to stable state. National community - communities helping each other in the us. X affects y and y affects x. Amplifies a particular change in a loop, not necessarily good . Diminishes/counteracts natural processes to create equilibrium, fluctuates.
