ESCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Acid Rain Program, Continental Shelf, Ozone Depletion
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Geology study of earth, its formation, and all its aspects. Reserves known and recoverable but not renewable (discovered resources) Aquifer reservoirs of groundwater in porous rock formations. Agalla aquifer: supplies most of freshwater for the mid-western states. Acid rain: sulfur-containing gases coal-burning power plants oxygen reacts w/ water sulfuric acid. Acid rain program 1990 amendment to clean air act 1970. Ozone depletion: cfc"s react with & breakdown ozone ( Cfc"s (chlorofluorocarbons) ozone depletion from aerosols, ac units, etc. Global warming: + (green house gases) trap solar radiation in the atmosphere causing the temperature to increase. Hypothesis explanation based on observation & experiment that"s open to testing/criticism. Theory scientific idea supported by an abundance of evidence. Has passed multiple tests/experiments without ever failing. Principle generally a scientific law that is so fundamental that it provides the foundation of a science. If violated, the natural universe would not exist in the same way. Uniformitarianism present is the key to the past (processes)
