Learning objectives
<br />To give information on the recent developments of the Environmental Geochemistry intended as a cognitive interdisciplinary tool indispensable to realize and manage the problems relative to environment. The aim is to bring out the natural resources that are water and air, to manage them correctly and to safeguard the public health.
Course unit content
<br />AIR<br />Air pollution<br />General information<br />Natural sources<br />Anthropogenic sources<br />Effects on humans and environment<br />Composition of the gas, spray and solid phase<br />Main pollutants<br />Gas: NO, NOx, SOx, CO, tropospheric O3, Rn<br />Spray: benzene, hydrocarbons (IPA), vinyl chloride<br />Solid: atmospheric particulate, asbestos<br />The acid rains<br />The ozone hole<br />The greenhouse effect<br />The photochemical smog<br /> <br />WATER<br />Physical and chemical properties of water<br />The water hydrological cycle<br />The natural distribution of water<br />Chemical composition of water<br />Surface and ground waters<br />Elements acquisition during water-rock interaction<br />Trace elements<br />The water resources on Earth<br />The water resources in Italy<br />The water resources in the Emilia Romagna region<br />Some examples of natural and anthropogenic pollution<br />Water isotope cycle <br />Natural processes of isotope fractionation<br />Factors affecting the isotope composition of water<br />
Bibliography
<br />Title: Acque, minerali ed ambiente- author: G. Venturelli - Editor: Pitagora editrice Bologna<br />Title: Geochimica ambientale e salute - author: M. Dall'Aglio - Editor: Aracne editrice Roma
