EESA06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: White Sands, New Mexico, Urban Sprawl, Supercontinent
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Geology with focus on how our planet works and how it has changed throughout. K(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g ho(cid:449) the earth (cid:862)(cid:449)orks(cid:863) is fu(cid:374)da(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal to (cid:373)a(cid:374)agi(cid:374)g e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal challenges. Urban sprawl and the impact of super cities. Managing/protecting water sources, watersheds, and natural ecosystems. Green field site it"s the use of agricultural land for urban development. Ground field sites abandoned sites push on to use these ground fields. Public safety more and more people in dangerous situations. Climate warming affects- (cid:272)ha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g the (cid:272)o(cid:374)figuratio(cid:374) of the (cid:449)orld (cid:862)(cid:271)uilt la(cid:374)ds(cid:272)ape(cid:863) harden watersheds put roads and buildings so rainfall cannot affect the ground. Resource extraction still need oil and gas. Food supplies and financial planning, risk and policy. Oldest layers in rock always on the bottom. Super continent- pangea in greek (cid:862)all the la(cid:374)d(cid:863) Cool ro(cid:272)ks te(cid:374)d to (cid:271)e (cid:448)ery (cid:271)rittle, the earth"s surfa(cid:272)e (cid:373)ade of (cid:271)rittle ro(cid:272)ks (cid:271)reaks i(cid:374)to plates that are mobile (embedded in the plates are continents).
