ENV-0007 Study Guide - Final Guide: Radiative Forcing, Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Human Conditions

• School: Tufts University
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ENV-0007
• Professor: Colvard

Document Summary

Can become sulfur trioxide which interacts with water in nature and causes sulfuric acid. Precipitation events remove the acid from the atmosphere and changes the ph of the precipitation (lower) Sorption- carbon attracts/ soaks up agricultural chemicals. 3 general types= nutrients, organic wastes, and agricultural chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides (all nonpoint pollutants): aquifer: -a zone of saturated soil created when soil moisture moves to an impermeable layer and accumulates. Aquifers contain groundwater, and the top of the aquifer is known as the water table: atmospheric convection: solar energy is absorbed by a city"s dark surfaces, such as roads and roofs. Large specifies of fish pollution, instructed the federal government, through the. Environmental protection agency, to set nationwide standards for maximum concentrations of pollutants. 1990 amendments gave the epa the power to regulate emissions from diesel buses, motorboats, and even lawn mowers.