Details Title: Case Studies Description: (Year Long) Total Flash Cards: 27 Created: 05/05/2009 10:29:14		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Environmental Studies Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Chernobyl, Ukraine Definition explosion in the then-Russinan nuclear power plant sent highly radioactive debris throughout Northern Europe Term 3- Mile Island Definition Reactor lost its coolant and the core melted Term Dust Bowl Definition Caused by the plowing of praires and loss of natural grasses that rooted the soil.  Drought and winds blew topsoil away Term Mt. St. Helens Definition Washington State. 3 zones of damage- tree removal, tree downes and seared. Term ANWR Definition Controversy over whether the Artic National Wildlife ERfuge should be drilled for oil Term Galapogos Finches Definition 14 different species on different islands 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador. Example of allopatric speciation and adaptive radiation (with geographic isolation) Term Wolf and Moose Interactions on Isle Royale Definition Minnesota- cyclical predator-prey cycle Term China Definition reduced crude birth rate by 1/2. mot effective and strict family planning in the world. Economic incentives. Term India Definition 1st family planning program. Poor planning, low satus of women, favoring males, poverty Term Aral Sea Definition 2 rivers were diverted from emptying into the this sea making the sea lose 2/3 of its volume and is heavily salinated and polluted Term Aswan High Dam- Egypt Definition built to supply irrigation water- lose 1/2 due too seepage and teh rest to evaporation Term Chespeake Bay, Maryland Definition shallow bay that doesn't flush out all of the fertilizers, pesticides entering it- eutrophication Term Colorado River Basin Definition Diversion of water from Colorado River has led to disputes over water rights- the dams trap large amounts of silt and prevent it from being deposited downstream Term James Bay Project- Canada Definition Diversionnof 3 rivers into Hudson Bay to generate electicity resulted in the massive flooding of lands of the Cree Nation Term Ogallala Aquifer Definition underlies 8 states- once held the most water but has now been depleted Term 3 Gorges Dam Definition worlds largest hydroelectric dam on the Yangtze River- relocated mnay people Term Bhopal, India Definition Cyanide gas leaked from apesticide plant owned by Union Carbide Term Borneo Definition WHo sprayed lots of DDT on this place to kill mosquitoes after a malaria outbreak Term Donora, PA Definition Thermal inversions trapped SO2, CO and metal dust from steel mills Term Exxon Valdez Definition oil tanker hits rocks in Prince William Sound, Alaska Term London Fog Definition 4 day fog pollution (thermal inversion) killed roughly 4000 Londoners- started Clean Air Act in London Term Reformulated Gasoline Definition Clean Air Act required 17 urban centers to dd 2% oxygenations to gasoline to require them to burn more completely and reduce VOCs and other emissions Term Khian Sea Definition Philly had 14,000 tons of incinerator ash- New Jersey refused it- loaded onto a ship and roamed the world for two years. Disappeared at sea. Term Love Canal-Niagra Falls Definition 20000 tons of toxic waste buries and covered with soil.  Sold to school board for $1 and became housing, etc. Led to RCRA/CERCLA (Superfund) Term Agent Orange Definition used as a defoliant in Vietnam War Term Mininmata, Japan Definition manufacturing plant allowed mercury into bay, biomagnification caused damage to nervous system Term Times Beach, Missouri Definition oil sprayed on raod contained dioxin- town was evacuated and destroyed by government because dioxin interrupts the endocrine, immune and reproductive system