Govind Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Hello, I want to request the admin to plz make a forum for Environmental Sciences. There is one for Earth Sciences..which is supposed to include Environmental Sciences posts as well...but there is a lot of difference between the two disciplines. Please look into the matter and do the needfull. Thank for Your Time Regards,Govind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroH Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I agree with Govind,I'm not really a deep researcher about environmental issues(yet), but I think it should have its own section.Since it's a theme that has been generating lots of discussions lately in the world. Thank you for your time ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblackalchemist Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Even i go with Govind and PedRoh.environmental science can do very well as a seperate forum. but till that time Govind post your posts in the earth science forum and if environmental science forum is created just request a mod to move your post thereTBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 We will consider adding a forum for that. In order to start new forums we need to know that there is a real need for them. Please explain the differences between Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblackalchemist Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 We will consider adding a forum for that. In order to start new forums we need to know that there is a real need for them. Please explain the differences between Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences. well i did a wiki search for that and i found this outEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Earth scienceEarth science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia i hope Govind will give you more info on that since i am not an expert in this area TBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I find such distinctions questionable, and can see it leading to a problem finding a topic. The intent of various forums is to make things easier. Otherwise, we'd have a forum for everything. Example: Math forum is good enough. We do not need an algebra forum, calculus forum, euclidean geometry forum, non-euclidean geometry forum, Imaginary numbers forum.... It all goes in Math. It gets out of hand in a hurry if you keep subcategorizing every little thing. Stick it in Earth Sciences. It's a very broad umbrella to catch all of the idea precipitation. :shade: We need an umbrella forum, and a raincoat forum, and a... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zythryn Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I agree, enviornmental issues fit perfectly in Earth Sciences. It is a logical subset of earth sciences.That being said, I agree enviornmental issues are very important (the most important issue in the broad category of earth sciences in my opionion). However, the forum structure, as InfiniteNow stated, is there to make things easier to find. It is a logical hierarchy, not a hierarchy of importance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 We would, however, welcome an initiative to form an Environmental Science user group here at Hypography. Would that be interesting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govind Posted January 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 ....."put everything under the umbrella"...i was kinda expecting tht kind of a reply!!! :bdayparty: so..for all the wise guys !!!...temme this... When a forum on "Biology" exists already...subtitled "Life in all varieties. What is it, and how does it evolve?" ....how come we also ve a Medical Science forum!? And now where will you post something related to the HIV (which is medically important...and evolutionarily really interesting ?) Likewise, when a forum on Physics and Mathematics exists...subtitled "Formulae, ideas, theories, speed of light, black holes...why is there a Space Forum as well!? BOTTOMLINE....when it comes to making a new post..people who want to do it...know where to do it! At the same time...I do agree that Environmental Science is a highly interdisciplinary field...and it overlaps with..not just Earth Sciences....but almost every other forum on the board. So...I really don't think there would be any harm in making a new forum for that. However...going through the first two pages of the Earth Sciences Forum (as on when this post is made)...it is clear that the forum has more than 80% posts related to Environmental Science...instead of Earth Science!..so I think we can even think of renaming it as the Environmental Science Forum!:) However still, if its proposed to make a separate forum for Environmental Scinces...i suggest we do not call it Environmental Science but Environmental Studies Forum instead....which will then include relevant issues such as 'people and conservation' (socio-ecology), 'resource economics' (environmental economics), sustainability, GIS and stuffs. Regards,Govind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 Excellent input, Govind (although I disagree with the reasoning above - the space forum has nothing to do with speed of light but with the *use of space*). I'll discuss it with the other moderators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govind Posted January 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 Hm.thanks! I think my browser..or somethin screwed up somewhere...and i kept getting this msg... Govind, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system? If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation. ...so i wasnt able to chek the space forum! But im gald you are considering the env. forum ! Govind P.S. regarding tht error i kept getting..i sent a mail to th admin...but now its workin fine...guess it was either my ISP or the browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblackalchemist Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Its got nothing to do with your broswer, there was a tech hick up every one experienced the problem BTW nice post (of the argument)TBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govind Posted February 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Hmm..k! Am glad its ok now! theblackalchemist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblackalchemist Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 I'd wonder if govind would settle for a sub forum........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Nobody responded to my question about an "Enviromental studies group", which would be very welcome. I think a subforum would be perfectly fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblackalchemist Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 I support environmental studies !I vow to fill it up with posts !Now where is Govind ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigD Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 “Environmental science”, is, I think, more an interdisciplinary than a basic science, combining biology, meteorology, and even sociology, psychology, and politics. It’s fairly well-established and defined. I think a separate forum for it is a good idea – not only because many guests and members would find it interesting, but because it would provide a more appropriate forum for many posts that currently don’t fit well in Earth Science, Biology, Medicine, Astronomy, etc. Re making “environmental science” a subforum: as with other interdisciplinary sciences, it’s difficult to decide which in which current forum it belongs. It’s primarily about biology, but also about geology, and, increasingly, about solar and planetary physics. As I see it, if it justifies a forum of its own, it needs to be a separate physical science forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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