ENSC 407 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Land Consumption, Ecological Footprint, Physical Water Scarcity
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1st assignment: done in class life of a dam & subsurface migration, done in groups, 2 parts. Individual: reading a journal article (each getting a different article, summarize the article and then group discussion, evaluated on summary and preparation of answering questions on the summary. Case study: 10 mins + 5 min discussion, extended abstract and list of sources, topics up on onq, the case studies will be on exam ! Global summit: opposite of a debate, summit try to come to a resolution. What kind of a crisis: themes = global issues vs regional issues vs national issues, questions of scale. Image shows artist"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) of the earth"s surfa(cid:272)e (cid:1007). (cid:1012) (cid:271)illio(cid:374) (cid:455)ears ago (earth about 5 billion years ago: came from the lighter elements were part of degassing, water vapour and ice at the same time. If we lost all our liquid water we would have lost all life.