GEOS2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Venomous Snake, Sea Level Rise, Biological Hazard
2 Jul 2019
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Australia = agriculture-based: thus any biohazards (epidemic and pandemics) can cause agricultural catastrophe. Position biohazards in wider hazard and risk classification (a reminder) Creeping biohazards (ants, snakes, spiders, crocodile: low magnitude, take low number of lives. Scary biohazards (sharks: take low number of lives, catastrophic impact on individual and their families. Catastrophic biohazards (agricultural pests: locusts, foot and mouth disease: epidemics and pandemics. In the biological domain of life: presents hazards, risks to our lives. Climate change = global warming + sea level rise: enhance environmental conditions that favour vectors allowing the transmission of microorganisms in ex. mosquitoes. As recorded in history, bible and many tales. Those who can harm others by weaponizing biological microorganisms (bioterrorism) = threat to the sustainability of contemporary culture. Books, stories, films, contemporary television series: ex. Biohazards = both a risk (to security) and source of entertainment. Creeping biohazards: take lives consistently but wouldn"t take these hazards seriously.
