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| explosion in the then-Russinan nuclear power plant sent highly radioactive debris throughout Northern Europe |
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| Reactor lost its coolant and the core melted |
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| Caused by the plowing of praires and loss of natural grasses that rooted the soil. Drought and winds blew topsoil away |
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| Washington State. 3 zones of damage- tree removal, tree downes and seared. |
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| Controversy over whether the Artic National Wildlife ERfuge should be drilled for oil |
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| 14 different species on different islands 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador. Example of allopatric speciation and adaptive radiation (with geographic isolation) |
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| Wolf and Moose Interactions on Isle Royale |
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| Minnesota- cyclical predator-prey cycle |
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| reduced crude birth rate by 1/2. mot effective and strict family planning in the world. Economic incentives. |
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| 1st family planning program. Poor planning, low satus of women, favoring males, poverty |
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| 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 |
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| built to supply irrigation water- lose 1/2 due too seepage and teh rest to evaporation |
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| shallow bay that doesn't flush out all of the fertilizers, pesticides entering it- eutrophication |
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| 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 |
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| James Bay Project- Canada |
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| Diversionnof 3 rivers into Hudson Bay to generate electicity resulted in the massive flooding of lands of the Cree Nation |
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| underlies 8 states- once held the most water but has now been depleted |
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| worlds largest hydroelectric dam on the Yangtze River- relocated mnay people |
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| Cyanide gas leaked from apesticide plant owned by Union Carbide |
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| WHo sprayed lots of DDT on this place to kill mosquitoes after a malaria outbreak |
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| Thermal inversions trapped SO2, CO and metal dust from steel mills |
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| oil tanker hits rocks in Prince William Sound, Alaska |
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| 4 day fog pollution (thermal inversion) killed roughly 4000 Londoners- started Clean Air Act in London |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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) |
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| used as a defoliant in Vietnam War |
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| manufacturing plant allowed mercury into bay, biomagnification caused damage to nervous system |
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| oil sprayed on raod contained dioxin- town was evacuated and destroyed by government because dioxin interrupts the endocrine, immune and reproductive system |
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