Date

Topic

Textbook Pages & Handouts to Read

Additional Material

Assignment

Notes

Jan. 7

Introduction

1-17

Anthropocene

The new World of Anthropocene

Arsenic problem in Bangladesh

WHO's new position on DDT

Jan. 12

Composition of the Atmosphere

21-28

Assignment 1

Jan. 14

Chemical Processes in the Atmosphere

28-41

Jan. 19

Stratospheric Chem. - Ozone Depletion (I)

42-70

1995 Nobel Price in Chemistry

Latest Ozone data from NASA

Jan. 21

Ozone Depletion (II)

U.S. EPA’s Ozone depletion home page

The Montreal Protocol

Jan. 26

Tropospheric Chem. - Smog (I)

71-99

Smog in Toronto

Jan. 28

Tropospheric Chem. - Smog (II)

Fuel cell vehicles

AirCare

Drive Clean

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Passenger Vehicles in Manitoba

Feb. 2

Tropospheric Chem. - Acid Deposition (I)

100-124

Global distribution of acid rain (campus access)

Acid rain in China (campus access)

Feb. 4

Tropospheric Chem. - Acid Deposition (II)

Assignment 1 is due

Feb. 9

Atmospheric Aerosols

125-142

Feb. 11

Chemistry of Global Climate (I)

164-194

Feb. 25

Chemistry of Global Climate (II)

Greenhouse gases and global warming

Kyoto Protocol

Status of Ratification

Solution to Assignment 1

Mar. 2

Composition of the Terrestrial Environment

389-430

The Canadian System of Soil Classification

Mar. 4

Composition of the Aquatic Environment

197-210

Mar. 9

Chemical Processes in the Aquat. and Terrestrial Environ. (I)

212-233

Assignment 2

Mar. 11

Organic matter in the Environment

254-270;

341-355

Solution to Mid-Term

Mar. 16

Metals in the Environment

273-298

Mar. 18

Mar. 23

Nutrients in the Environment

 355-361

Mar. 25

Mar. 30

Pesticides and POPs in the Environment

459-486

 How PCBs Are Like Grasshoppers

Hudson River PCB Story

Stockholm Convention on POPs

Apr. 1

Remediation:  Waste Water and Solid Treatment

366-385;

433-457

Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines

Assignment 2 is due!

Apr. 6

Solution to Assignment 2

Apr. 8

Apr. 15

Final Exam (click here for instructions)