Evolution and Global Environment |
SHINOMURA, Tomoko |
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【Regional Economics・1st semester】
14-1-1127 |
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Objectives |
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The goal of Evolution and Global Environment is to reconsider what is life, how has it evolved on the planet Earth. Mention will be given to principles of sustainability of energy and water, and advancements of technology for the changes in the global environment of the future.
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Outline |
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Topics to be covered are as follows: 1. To develop a conceptual framework of the 4.6 billion year history of the Earth. 2. Evidences of chemical evolution, the birth of life, and evolution of living things in accordance with the changes in earth's history. 3. The latest hypothesis of molecular evolution. 4. Technological progress aimed at a sustainable society based on the biological laws of evolution and prediction of the global environment in the near future.
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