Assignment: Environmental Science Reasearch Work
Write an 8 pages research work on the contamination and how to reduce it of Rio Manzanares in Colombia?
Contents
• Topic must be one from the approved list or one of your choosing and approved by the Professor
• See Professor at the end of Lecture Two, to register your topic
• Students must register their topic with the Professor by 17 January 2019
• Must be at least eight (8) typewritten pages of prose but no longer than ten (10) pages of prose
• Graphs, tables, illustrations and picturesare encouraged tobe used to assure content is clear to the reader
• Graphs, tables, illustrations, and pictures do not count as part of the eight (8) page minimum. Note however that they may be very useful in the 3-5 minute presentation at the Environmental Forum
Research Paper Topics
Sustainability
• Compare the Corporate Social Responsibility Plans and Sustainability Initiatives of two Corporations traded on a major a stock exchange (London, Tokyo, NY etc.)
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Conflict Minerals
• Sustainable Siliviculture
• Sustainable City Plan
• EMERGY (See Center for Environmental Policy)
Pollution Problems
• Plastic Ocean
• Ocean Acidification
• Emerging Pollutants of Concern (Sources, effects, solutions)
• Acid Mine Drainage (causes, effects, solutions)
Human Health
• Endocrine Disrupters and Developed Countries
• Indoor Air Quality
• Air Quality, Monitoring & Control in ________________ (Major City)
Ecology
• Extinctions in the developing world (Causes, Effects, Solutions)
• Deforestaion in the developing world (Causes, Effects, Solutions)
• Wetland System & their Biology
• Biodiversity decline
Eco Business & Regulation
• Carbon Taxes (Concepts/Markets/Efficacy)
• Alternative Power Systems (Technology/Costs/Regulatory issues)
• Ecotourism
• Electronics Recycling
• Alternative Materials as Feedstock
• Solid Waste Recycling
Pollution Abatement Technologies
• Municipal Water Treatment
• Municipal Wastewater Treatment
• Industrial Air Pollution Control
• Petroleum Contaminated Land Reclamation and Clean up
Specific Pollutants in Atmosphere Sources, Sinks & Effects
• Ozone
• Sulfur Oxides
• Nitrogen Oxides
• Mercury
• Particulate Matter
• Methane
• Hydrogen Sulfide and Related compounds
Solid & Hazardous Waste Management
• Recycling
• Heavy Organics Collection
• Composting
• SUPERFUND
Environmental Disasters Case Studies
• Flint,Michigan Water Supply
• Deepwater Horizon
• Love Canal
• Bhopal
• TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant
• Donora Smog 1948 & Great London Smog 1952.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.