GEOL 106 Lecture : Complete GEOL 106 Notes.docx

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
• Course: GEOL 106
• Professor: John Hanes

Document Summary

Economic cost of natural hazards is increasing due to population growth among other factors. Aral sea how humans alter the environment. 1969 armstrong lands on the moon. Powerful - humans see picture of the earth from outside. Scarcity, earth as a closed system, fragile. Us laws on environmental protection began in the early 1900"s. After the moon landing & silent spring (rachel. Carson) the number of laws took off with the environmental movement. The world changes as we learn to see it in new ways. And the way we see the world depends on how we use it . There are no passengers on spaceship earth. Marshall mcluhan (canadian philosopher of communication theory) Earth no longer as big as we thought. View of earth from space increased our awareness of the fragility of the earth and the need to better understand it.