EASC 321 — Environmental Pollution
Earth Science · University of Ghana
Definition of pollution; major categories and sources of air pollution; anthropogenic impacts. Dangers of some air and water pollutants, dangers of stratospheric ozone depletion and radon in indoor air; Types and effects of water pollution; Detecting pollution; Thermal pollution and thermal shocks; Damages of air pollution on human health, vegetation and building materials, control and monitoring of pollution; Acid rain and deposition; Air pollution control; Measurement of Air and Water pollution; Air and Water pollutant standards index from EPA and WHO. Status of water quality in developed and developing countries; Groundwater problems and ways to protect this resource; Human waste disposal.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- EASC 310 — Geological Field Methods II
- EASC 317 — Environmental Geochemistry
- EASC 323 — Soil Mechanics
- EASC 324 — Economic Geology
- EASC 325 — Fundamentals of Hydrogeology and Hydrology
- EASC 326 — Aerial Photo Interpretation
- EASC 328 — Structural Geology and Tectonics
- EASC 331 — Computer Applications in the Earth Sciences
- EASC 332 — Introduction to Petroleum Geology
- EASC 333 — Environmental Impact Assessment
- EASC 334 — Organic Geochemistry
- EASC 335 — Applied Geophysics
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).