GEOG101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hydrosphere, Soil Fertility, Natural Environment
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Balance: the need to integrate the environment into our decision making. Ecosystem: environmental assessment should be completed; reduce and eliminate unsustainable patterns of production and consumption: conserve biodiversity. Partnership: accesses to information held by public authorities: opportunities to participate in decision making and. Precautionary principle: where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason fr postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Greenhouse effect: is a natural condition and a necessary element in earths heat budget (co2 and h20 are needed to keep the earth"s temperature from fluctuating). Acid rain: when acids from all sources are washed out of the air by rain, snow, or fog. Long-range transboundary air pollution: when toxic chemicals are dispersed by air around the globe and end up causing damage in some other place. Human impact: any change, positive or negative, caused by the actions of humans.