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Environmental Chemistry

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Course Calendar for Term 2, 2012-2013

(Draft; Subject to Changes)

Date	Topic	Textbook Pages & Handouts to Read	Additional Material	Assignment	Notes
Jan. 08	Introduction	1-17	Anthropocene Arsenic problem in Bangladesh WHO’s new position on DDT		Lab starts the week of Jan 14!
Jan. 10	Composition of the Atmosphere	21-27
Jan. 15	Chemical Processes in the Atmosphere	27-40
Jan. 17	Stratospheric Chem. - Ozone Depletion (I)	41-72	Online textbook on stratospheric ozone WMO: 20 Questions About Ozone Depletion 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Latest O3 data from NASA	Assignment 1
Jan. 22	Ozone Depletion (II)		Canadian Ozone Network and Data U.S. EPA’s Ozone depletion home page The Montreal Protocol
Jan. 24	Tropospheric Chem. - Smog (I)	73-102	Smog in Toronto		Instruction on how to write a lab report
Jan. 29	Tropospheric Chem. - Smog (II)		Fuel cell vehicles AirCare Drive Clean
Jan. 31	Tropospheric Chem. - Precipitation (I)	103-130	Global distribution of acid rain (campus access) Acid rain in China (campus access)
Feb. 5	Tropospheric Chem. - Precipitation (II)
Feb. 7	Atmospheric Aerosols	131-149	NARSTRO PM Assessment
Feb. 12	Springtime Arctic Tropospheric Chemistry		Arctic Tropospheric Chemistry: An Overview

Feb. 14	Chemistry of Global Climate	172-207	Greenhouse gases and global warming Kyoto Protocol Status of Ratification	Assignment 1 is due
Feb. 18-22	NO CLASS (MID-TERM BREAKS)

Feb. 26

Mid-Term Exam

Feb. 28

Composition of the Terrestrial Environment

The Canadian System of Soil Classification

Mar. 5	Solutions to Assignment 1 and Mid-term				Solution to Assignment 1
Mar. 7	Composition of the Aquatic Environment	211-217
Mar. 12	Chemical Processes in the Aquat. and Terrestrial Environ. (I)	217-250
Mar. 14	Chemical Processes in the Aquat. and Terrestrial Environ. (II)
Mar. 19	Organic matter in the Environment	271-290		Assignment 2
Mar. 21	Eutrophication
Mar. 26	Metals in the Environment	291-316
Mar. 28	Pesticides and POPs in the Environment	483-513	Hudson River PCB Story Stockholm Convention on POPs
Apr. 2	Remediation:  Waste Water and Solid Treatment	385-408; 455-480	Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines
Apr. 4	Review: Global Biogeochemical Cycles	353-384			Assignment 2 is due!
Apr. 9	No Class; Exam Prep.
Apr. 24	Final Exam				Solution to Assignment 2

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