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33 Cards in this Set
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Chernobyl
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Nuclear power plant accident(human error); April 26, 1986, Ukraine
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Minimata
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Neurotoxin, mercury->methylmercury(CH3Hg); plastics factory effluent, bioaccumulation and biomagnification
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Bhopal
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Pesticide manufacturing (carbamides) plant toxic leak in India; 1984 Union Carbide; >7,000 dead and 50,000-60,000 permanently injured.
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Aswan High Dam
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irrigation, electricity-generation, salinization, silt/nutrient-buildup behind dam-> decreased NPP below dam/ in Nile River Delta, evap. of H2O
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China's Three Gorges Dam
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will be worlds largest hydroelectric dam & reservoir
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Aral Sea
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water diversion project; Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan; how not to transfer water
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
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Prince William Sound, Alaska; March 24, 1989
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Love Canal
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Hazardous waste leakage, public awareness, near Niagara Falls, New York; 1970's
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"Tragedy of the Commons"
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Garett Hardin's 1968 Essay, No reward for individual, laws needed to protect
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DDT
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Biomagnification, impacts of, disruption of calcium deposition->brittle, weak egg shells
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Three Mile Island
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Nuclear Power Plant accident, March 29th, 1979. Harrisburg, PA
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Green Revolutions
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GRI 1950s increase in crop yield in developed countries, GRII since 1967 improved varieties for developing countries
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Lake Erie: Cultural Eutrophication
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hazardous wastes, sewage, nonpoint runoff of persitcides and fertilizer, bioacc. of PCBs, improved since 1972 clean water act
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Hetch Hetchy
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dam placement in Yosemite National Park; 1913s-1920s, John Muir, Sierra club
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the "Dust Bowl" in US
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1930's: drought + agricultural practices
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Ogallala Aquifer
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overdraft, depletion of groundwater supplies, agriculture "beyond the 100th meridian" (arid climate)
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OPEC Oil Embargo
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reliance of the USA and many other nations on imported oil (1973)
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Channelization of the Kissimee River, Florida
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flood control, wetlands drained, impacts on Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades
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The National Park System and the National Wildlife refuge system
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in the USA and in other nations; management of Public lands, conservation and preservation of lands and wildlife
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Curitiba, Brazil
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innovative urban planning and environmental protection policies
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The Colorado River
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Water diversion project; 14 major dams; almost no water reaches the sea
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California Water Project
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water diversions, aqueducts, reservoirs, urban water usage, irrigating arid lands, water transfer, ecological impacts, political aspects
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Land Fills: e.g., Fresh Kills, Staten Island, New York
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decreasing landfill space. potential ways to increase the "lifespan" of landfills/decreasing "throughputs"
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El Nino and La Nina
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where and how these phenomena occur and impacts of them
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the Himalayan Watershed(s)
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e.g., Nepal (increased pop. growth & deforestation) and impacts on Bangladesh in the floodplain of this particular Himalayan watershed..
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the Chesapeake Bay
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water pollution in the largest estuary in the USA; point and nonpoint sources
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MTBE
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gas additive and groundwater contamination; phase out has begun
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Endocrine(Hormone)Disrupters
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hormone mimics, hormone blockers, such as PCBs, DDT
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Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (New Hampshire)
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the Effects of Deforestation on Nutrient Cycling
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ANWR
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; to drill or not to drill??
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Madagascar
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the major environmental challenges facing the fourth largest island on the planet
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Prairie Dogs, Cattle Grazing, and Subdivisions
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preservation of natural areas and the organism on/ in it, the livelihood of people, and developing these natural areas so people can live and or work in these areas
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Lake Victoria
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(shared by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda); world's second largest freshwater lake; source of Nile river; major challenges facing this lake and the people who rely on it for food and/or livelihood
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