Issues in Physics, Environment and Sustainable Development

Abstract

The environmental problems cannot be addressed comprehensively by looking through the limited lens of
only one of the traditional disciplines established in academia, such as, physics, chemistry, biology,
engineering, or economics. It is hard to solve most global problems without the detailed information that
those disciplines provide, but the study of Earth systems science suggests that we also need to find
appropriate ways to integrate high-quality disciplinary work from several fields. To understand and assess
the possible dangers to the Earth caused by the exploitation of its resources and the development of
industry, a new branch of science, Environmental physics, has evaluated in the past 30 years, which is
dedicated to study of ‘Environmental Issues’