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13/09/12
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Environment covers all of ambient influence in the physical, biological and human world
o Physical environment includes characteristics of
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere constrained by elements of physical environment & interactions
Evidence from past earths and enviroments from geologic record earth is old (4.5 billion yrs)
o Environmental change for most of time
Record is thin for 85% recycled
Most record from marine sediments; most of global surface covered by water
(marine env. depositional; land erosional records dont persist for as long)
Only 0.6 billion years provide details (time with hard bodies developing at this time
fossils to make statements of environmental change)