APPLIED GEOSCIENCE Applied Geoscience Comes of Age
It is important to study the interplay of geologic forces shap- ing and constraining civilizations on the one hand; and human use of resources and alteration of the environment, on the other hand. It is indeed possible to write the history and cultural development of humans in terms of their use of resources; from stones, water, soil, fire to metals, coal, petroleum, uranium and so on. At the same time, human populations and technologies have increasingly placed pressures on the environment and resources, and some scientists warn that, if these pressures continue relentlessly, the impacts will go beyond the carry- ing capacities of geo-environments. Applied geoscience will increasingly be useful in addressing the resource and energy needs as well as contributing to sustainable development and environmental protection.
The results of this survey are consistent with an AGI report (2020a) on a 9-point critical needs in geoscience research and development (Table 1), thus strengthening the importance of these trends and prospects in applied geoscience.
Acknowledgements
I am grateful to all survey respondents for their thoughts and suggestions, and also to GSA, AGU, and AIPG for shar- ing this survey with their members and communities.
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