ENV100Y5 Lecture 14: 2) ENV – Lecture 2 – September 11
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Legal issues the environment is a legal entity. Where does environment rank in priorities: how do we create policy, how do we handle conflicting agendas, don"t fall for the media. Can"t really stop hurricanes (ex katrina) but more should have been done to stop loss of life, preserving, etc. Environmental sciences explores the interactions between humans and the physical an biological world. Encompasses the biogeochemical-physical system in which people and other organisms exists. Dynamic interrelationships among organisms (including people) and their surrounding (physical chemical, biological, geological, social/ cultural ) Issues are interdisciplinary (ex: economics, ethics, ecology, geology, engineering, political science, history, etc) Science is a systematic process for learning, thinking, and testing our knowledge about understanding the world. Use hypotheses to generate predictions specific statements that can be tested. Interpret test results support or reject hypothesis: good hypotheses can be wrong but lead to other questions.
