Acculturation society: social climate that leads to introduction of cane toads, results in subsequent impact of species itself (linked to invasive species)China and India: 2 largest countries in world and intensively developing countries, have signed Kyoto protocols (very different for each country), both countries challenge and conform to stories about development, consumption, very large growing middle class in both countries, if consumption reaches levels as U.S. it would be unsustainable, represent massive challenges to U.S. given we consume an enormous amountClean air act: WikipediaNO2 So2: acid rain, oxides are acids, also greenhouse gasesGreenwashing: critical term that’s used in commercials that advertises being green with plastic bottles, more often than not claims are bogus, “plant bottle comes from 30% plants”, bottled water and hybrid luxury carsRisk vs. uncertainty: Frank Knight economist, everything is based on probability andcalculation (i.e.; floods based on observed instances), risk is something that we can calculate (have data for), uncertainty is not calculable (unknown constant or data is no longer accurate because of changing circumstances), applies to current financial crisisCap and trade: pay to pollute, if you want to pollute in excess of that amount Physical geography: how inversion layers work (trapping of smog in Los Angeles), inrelationship to concepts of airshed/watershedBiodiversity: 30 years ago Mexico had a wide variety of different types of corn, but inan attempt to increase yields Labor power: over past 75 years those who control capital have upper hand, don’t need to renegotiate contracts with pesky labor unions (just get offshore workers)Carbon: carbon emissions, carbon trading, carbon dioxide is the most prevalent greenhouse gas, regulated by EPA and air quality management boardsKyoto Protocol: first settled in 1998, a comprehensive global attempt to set limits on carbon, U.S. did not sign protocol, utilizing method of limiting, one size does not fit allWildlife Management: our attempt as humans to intervene, regulate, and manage ecosystems, incredibly complicated, most ecosystems have relative equilibriumNatural disasters: have been more extreme and severe with global
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