ENV200H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Haloalkane, Feedback, Axial Tilt
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Concerns precipitated by anthropogenic activities that are impacting the planet"s ability to self-regulate or persist : examples: climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, species diversity loss etc. It promotes critical thinking, which involves questioning and synthesizing information. Science and media coverage: climate change science does not receive even coverage; disproportionate representation, there is a use of biased (hired) scientific members/research to sway public debate; junk science. The media also utilizes authoritative coverage (when articles or the news say, scientists say that or in recent research ) Authority figures are used in absence of real evidence (just wear a lab coat!) Reinforces the parody of science ( scientists recommend this toothpaste! ); therefore, the public becomes more susceptible to pseudoscience. What is science? (scientific method in environmental science) The process of discovery, as the world is not definitive. The essence in change in ideas (dynamic in nature) A way to understand the world and it uses an explicit approach to that understanding.
