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The Current Concerns in environmental geology
therefore comprise the following problems that threaten our collective
survival:
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Geological
problems that range from predicting the
earth hazards to solving the problems of resource scarcity, and foundation
engineering;
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Geoenvironmental
problems that range from global warming
and air water and pollution to soil-degradation, coastal habitat, and may be either long-term or
abrupt; and
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Geoeconomic and geopolitical problems
attendant to the scarcity and/or depletion of
energy, minerals,
water and soil resources on one hand and waste disposal related issues on
the other. |
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What do these
studies include?
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Earth and earth materials: Earth,
its shape, internal structure and age, minerals and rocks; Earth Processes
of internal origin: Plate Tectonics; Earthquakes and Volcanoes.
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Processes on the Earth’s Surface:
Streams
and Flooding, Coastal Zones and Processes, Mass Movements and Geology and
Climate etc.
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Resource
and Environmental Problems: Water,
Soil, Minerals and Energy Resources, Waste Disposal, Water and Air
Pollution, Global Warming/Climate Change. |
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