SOC 1105 Lecture Notes - Larsen Ice Shelf, Reforestation, Morphine

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1105
• Professor: Liam Kilmurray

Document Summary

All the earth" ecosystems considered as a single, self-sustaining unit. From bottom of ocean floor to top of mount everest. A broad geographic area in which there are distinctive climate patterns, ocean conditions, types of landscapes and species of plants and animals. Ejected 10 billion metric tons of magma, an d20 million tons of sulphur dioxide, bringing vast quantities of minerals and metal to the surface of the environment. It injected large amounts of aerosols into the stratosphere more than any eruption since krakatoa in 1883. The aerosols formed a global layer of sulphuric acid haze. Global temperatures dropped by about . 5c and ozone destruction increased substantially. About 20 million people affected by the flooding, and about 1,600 people killed. Pakistan"s federal flood commission estimated that 300,000 homes have been destroyed or seriously damaged and 2. 6m acres (105,000 sq. km) of croplands submerged.