GEOL 103 Midterm: GEOLOGY NOTES/REVIEW FOR EXAM 1
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Sustainability: meeting today"s needs without harming the quality of life for future generations. Tn has some of the weakest laws for pollution, rockies are over 250million years old. But: watch what they do and not say. People talk a lot about fixing environment but do not take action. Preserve nature in its perstein state because it has spiritual value. Know who was associated with which movement (on a slide histor y of us environmenta l movements ) Greenwash: someone tr ying to sell something by making false environmental claims. Burning fossil fuels for electricity is like . thomas edison. Gaia hypothesis: gaia means mother earth, and it says that earth is a living super organism that can be killed. Biogeochemical cycle and flow of actions through an ecosystem. Human life disturbs cycles and global wierding (equilibrium) How humans have effected the cycle-burning coal to make electricity. Accelerate or speed up t he carbon cycle with technology.
