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Environmental Geology

Environmental Hazards

Environmental Resources

Environmental Engineering

Sustainability

Surface Faulting Ground Shaking Ground Failure Landslides Coastal Flooding

Tsunamis

Richter Scale

Modified Mercali Scale

Distributed Risk

Prediction

Control

Damage

Lava Flows

Pyroclastic Flows

Toxic Gases

Related Seismic Activity

Flash Floods

River Flooding

Coastal Flooding

Hurricane Formation

Hurricane Prediction

Winds

Storm Surge

Coastal Features are Ephemeral

Subsidence

Shoreline Erosion Jetties Dikes Sea Walls

Debris Slides

Earthflows

Slumps

Falls

Ground Water Water Table

Hydraulic Gradient

Hydraulic Conductivity

Salt Water Encroachment

Groundwater Contamination

Open Dumps

Sanitary Landfill

Incineration

Onsite Disposal

Groundwater Leachates

Rivers and Streams Run-Off

Air Particulates Ozone

Ocean

Eutrophication

Radionuclides Half-Life Disposal

Radon

NS 3310 – Physical Science StudiesDr. Hoge

Natural Environment Land, Air and Sea Fauna and Flora

Man Made Environment Urban Rural

Renewable Resources Energy Products

Non-Renewable Resources

What Is Global Warming?

Sustainability

Energy Exploration Production

Industry Production marketing

Transportation

Consumers choice

Al Gore on the Climate Crisis

E.O. Wilson on Saving Life on Earth

Global Warming Sea-level Rise / Flooding Agriculture Disease

Ozone Depletion

Habitat Loss

Air Quality

Water Quality Acidification of Lakes and Streams Pollution Groundwater Oceans

About Global Warming

About Pollution

About Overflowing Landfills

About Wasteful Packaging

About Habitat Loss

Preserve Our Planet

Environmental Legacy - Landfills

Think Globally, Act Locally