ESCI201 Chapter 6
Here are the topics for Chapter 6:
6A: Environmental consequences
- pollutant
- NOx
- SOx
- Carbon monoxide
- VOCs
- mercury
- smog
- primary pollutant
- secondary pollutant
- pollution vs waste
- inversion layer
- acid rain
- pH
- acid
- base
- ocean acidification
- biomagnification
- bioaccumulation
- photochemical smog
6B: Alleviating harm
- dry scrubber
- wet scrubber
- coal ash
- fly ash
- bottom ash
- air pollution control devices
- electrostatic precipitator
- cyclone separator
- environmental impact
- dam failures
6C Climate change
- climate
- climate vs weather
- temperature of the Earth
- Earth Temperature without GHGs
- indicators of a warming world
- ocean heat
- ocean acidification
- Earth's heat balance
- climate forcing
- global warming
- climate change
- greenhouse gas
- albedo
- greenhouse effect on other planets
- greenhouse effect
- carbon cycle
- feedback cycle
- positive feedback
- negative feedback
- positive climate feedback
- negative climate feedback
- nonlinearity