Environmental Science: Humans & the
Environment
I. The Web of Life
B. Biodiversity & habitat destruction
II. Water
A.
Groundwater
Water table & aquifers
Ex. Ogallala Aquifer
B.
Treatment
Sewage treatment
III. Air
A.
Composition & Types of Pollutants
B.
Pollution: Local
Los Angeles: Photochemical
Temperature Inversion
C.
Pollution: Regional
Acid precipitation
D.
Pollution: Global
Greenhouse Effect
Ozone “hole”
IV. Energy
A.
Nonrenewable: Fossil fuels, Nuclear
B.
Renewable: Solar, Wind
V. Ethics and
Economics of the Environment
