Option+E+environmental+chemistry

back to IB chemistry = Topic notes = = Investigations =

= Resources =

Websites
Air quality index shanghai: [|AQi shanghai] Calculator which converts ug/m3 to AQI as well: [|calculate!! AQi] [|converts ppm into mg/m3]

Environment news: [|New scientists environment news] Health effects : [|Dioxins] [|Pesticides] [|Heavy metals] Acid rain: [|Acid rain] Global warming: [|World Metereological Organization] [|uptodate carbon dioxide levels] Animation on greenhouse effect :[|Greenhouse effect animation] This site provides arguments for both sides of the debate: [|climate debate daily] Dissolved oxygen: [|Eutrophication animation] [|Dissolved oxygen] [|Another eutrophication] Ozone: [|Ozone depletion] [|Ozone depletion 2] [|Ozone depletion 3] [|Ozone depletion 4] Water treatment:[|Water treatment animation] [|removal of PCBs] [|more on dioxin] Waste disposal: [|Waste disposal methods] [|More methods of waste disposal] [|Radioactive waste] Recycling : [|Glass recycling] [|Paper recycling] [|Plastic recycling] Smog: use this site to get a better idea of the complexity of smog: [|a whole lotta smog] [|smog in Beijing] Soil: a lot of good information about [|CEC] [|many solubility product constants]

Films
Acid rain media type="youtube" key="hdXtZFoYA_4?rel=0" height="390" width="480"

Al Gore on global warming

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= Revision =

= Tasks = **Eutrophication** Explain what has happened in all 4 water bodies; your explanation should include terms BOD and dissolved oxygen and also offer a cause and solution.


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