ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY ? LINKAGES BETWEEN SOUND SCIENCE AND POLICY ? INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH WITHIN THE SCIENCES ? MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH WITHIN ALL DISCIPLINES EXAMPLES DECISION TO BUILD IN HAZARD PRONE AREAS ? DISPOSAL OF TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE WASTES IN GEOLOGIC MATERIALS ? DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCES BOTH GROUND AND SURFACE WATERS Earthquakes Flooding in Mozambique February 2000 Sinkholes: Berry College Copper Basin, TN- Burra Burra Mine ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY ? WHAT DOES THE TERM ENVIRONMENTAL MEAN? ? INTERACTION OF HUMANS AND THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL EARTH ? WHAT IS GEOLOGY? ? THE STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL EARTH- INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PROCESSES ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY ? THE PRESENT DAY CONCERNS ? HUMAN ACTIONS ARE CAUSING ADVERSE ENV. CHANGE ? DECREASING BIODIVERSITY ? THE EVENTUALITY THAT HUMANS WILL SUFFER THE SAME FATE IN THE FUTURE ? THE FAILURE OF HUMANS TO ADAPT TO CHANGE WILL PUT MORE HUMANS AT RISK
