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Lecture 2 - Anthropocene
Formal definition of anthropocene 1,
Debate about the anthropocene 2,
Who introduced the term anthropoc...
8
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Lecture 3 - Human Population
Population ecology applied to hum...,
Definitions population density an...,
Determinant and shaping factors o...
9
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Lecture 4 - Non-renewable Resources
What are commonly mined metals 1,
Mining of uranium and plutonium a...,
Why we mine phosphorous and what ...
12
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Lecture 5 - Renewable Resources
Definition and examples of renewa...,
Definition of sustainability 2,
Difference between surface water ...
13
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Lecture 6 - Pollutants Intro
Difference btw pollution environm...,
Natural vs anthropogenic sources 2,
Main types of pollution with exam...
4
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Lecture 7 - Chemical pollution, methods, risk assessment
Environmental vs eco toxicology 1,
Acute vs chronic toxicity 2,
How to measure toxicity dose resp...
14
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Lecture 8 - Air Pollution
Primary vs secondary pollutants 1,
Example of secondary pollutant 2,
Point vs non point sources of out...
16
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(M2) Lecture 10 - Acidification
Definition of acid deposition wet...,
Emissions that cause acidificatio...,
How pollutants transform into aci...
10
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(M2) Lecture 11 - Eutrophication
Definition of eutrophication and ...,
Definition of cultural eutrophica...,
Difference between oligotrophic m...
10
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(M2) Lecture 12 - Valuing Ecosystems
Neoclassical economics overview o...,
Neoclassical economics 2,
Neoclassical economics tragedy of...
19
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(M2) Lecture 13 - Biodiversity Crisis
Concept of biodiversity and what ...,
Main drivers of the current biodi...,
What the cumulative impacts distu...
11
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(M2) 14a - Climate Change
Definitions climate change vs glo...,
6 main drivers of climate change ...,
4 events that can cause climatic ...
9
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(M2) 14b - Climate Change
Overall impacts trends and predic...,
What are 5 reasons why dealing wi...,
Role and importance of the ipcc a...
10
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(M2) 15 - Alternative Energy Forms
Definitions clean vs green vs ren...,
Example of how not all renewable ...,
5 sources of renewable energy 3
15
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(M2) 16 - Nuclear power
Natural background radiation and ...,
Radiation dose examples and healt...,
Nuclear energy how it produces el...
8
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(F) Hydroelectric dams
Effects of dams on habitat and wi...,
Aeration 2,
How can fish somewhat avoid the e...
4
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(F) 17 - Organic contaminants
Pest vs weed 1,
Pesticide herbicide insecticide f...,
3 main categories of pesticides 3
13
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(F) 18 - Oil spills
Consequences of moving a lot of f...,
4 major pipelines connected to ma...,
Petroleum vs oil vs bitumen dilbit 3
25
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(F) 19 - Heavy metals
Mercury toxicity negative effects...,
How do most instances of mercury ...,
Why is methylmercury so toxic 3
10
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(F) 20 - Waste Management
The main waste streams 1,
Concept and structure of a waste ...,
Definition of municipal waste and...
9
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(F) 21 - Pharmaceuticals
Methods used to detect pharmaceut...,
Fate of pharmaceuticals in the en...,
Impacts on wildlife ex studies on...
5
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(F) 22 - Plastic Pollution
What is plastic made of and why i...,
The plastic cycle what it is and ...,
Impacts of plastic on wildlife at...
7
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