EAS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Sept, Extinction Event, Smoke Detector
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Disease from symptoms to cure (or not) Coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing, chest pain, coughing up blood. Smoking tobacco, second-hand smoking, exposure to asbestos: remedy. Glaciers melt, wildfires increase, coral reefs die off . Mass extinction, droughts, famines, climate refugees, warfare: identify cause(s) Co2 emissions, global warming, more droughts, forest fires, famines, population displacement, mass extinction of species. China, pop 1. 3 billion, 23. 3% of the world"s co2 emissions. When you look at per capita 3. 1 per capita in china, 19. 6 per capita in. Per capita, canada is way worse than china. Canada is the worst or second worst in every category of pollution. Among the worst abusers of the environment in the world. Alberta is the province of eco-pigs within a nation of eco-pigs. Alberta is ~70 on the per capita scale. Qatar city in dessert, artificial islands, indoor skating rinks. About 70% industry, the rest is individuals wasting energy in our daily lives.