Technology and Global Environment Chapter 22
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| technology | is the practical
application of scientific
principles.
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| normal accidents | are
accidents that occur inevitably
though unpredictably because
of the very complexity of
modern technologies.
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| risk society | is a postmodern
society defined by the way in
which risk is distributed as a
side effect of technology.
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| Technopoly | is a form of social
organization in which
technology compels people to
try to solve all problems by
using technical rather than
moral criteria, even though
technology is often the source
of the problems.
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| Technological determinism | is
the belief that technology is
the main factor shaping
human history.
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| Global warming | is the gradual
worldwide increase in average
surface temperature.
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| Acid rain | is a form of precipitation
whose acidity eats away
at, and eventually destroys,
forests and the ecosystems
of lakes.
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| ozone layer | is 8 kilometres
to 40 kilometres above
the earth’s surface. It
is depleted by CFCs. The
depletion of the ozone layer
allows more ultraviolet light
to enter the earth’s atmosphere,
which increases the
rate of skin cancer.
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| Biodiversity | refers to the
enormous variety of plant
and animal species inhabiting
the earth.
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| Genetic pollution | refers to the
potential dangers of mixing
the genes of one species with
those of another.
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| Social constructionism | emphasizes
that social problems do
not emerge spontaneously.
Instead, they are contested
phenomena whose prominence
depends on the ability of supporters
and detractors to make
the public aware of them.
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| Environmental racism | is the
tendency to heap environmental
dangers on the
disadvantaged, and especially
on members of disadvantaged
racial minority groups.
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