GEOL 106 Final: GEOL 106 Complete Notes with Diagrams (winter 2014)

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

Document Summary

A new powerful idea is born because of the photograph of the earth. Planet is a closed system with no renewable resources. Number of us laws on environmental protection dramatically increased since 69: Raised public concerns (pop culture scientific american and. President of us commissioned a study of the earth system. Goal: to understand past, present and future of the whole earth system, from lives to atmosphere, outer core to inner core. Use this understanding to maintain the environment. B c d (and e) = earth systems engineering/management component. Earth systems engineering1, the world as human artifact by brad allenby. Ese is the next great challenge for the engineering profession . Allenby"s hypothesis: humans have been engineering the earth since the start of the human race. To test the hypothesis, we need to study the past by. 1 *earth system engineering (ese) =earth system management (esm). They are both for the use and convenience of people.