EESA11H3 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Oxygen, Global Warming, Carbon Dioxide
12 Oct 2018
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What a facility for research which was closed from the outside atmosphere. Objectives: to test if and how people could live and work in a closed biosphere, while carrying out scientific experiments. To explore the possible use of closed biospheres in space colonization. Main results: oxygen levels began falling at a steady pace of 0. 5% per month. Lessons: 10: ecology can be a science, coral reefs are salvageable, complexity is no obstacle. Any substance introduced into the environment that adversely affects the usefulness of a resource is a pollutant. Ppm, ppb, ppt for soil, water, food weight. Ppv for air: review the elements and chemicals: hill (2010, 3rd edition), table 1. 2, page 9 and table. 1. 3, page 11: describe the role of the microbial degradation and the role of the physical factors on the form changes of the pollutants in the environment.
