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    Case studies

    Species
    • Loss of amphibians
      • sensitivity, immersed in pollutants, porous skin
      • declining ecosystem health
      • pollution (drugs, pesticides)
      • habitat loss
      • canary in the coal mine
    • Zebra mussels
      • invasive species from Asia
      • carried by tankers/ships into the great lakes
      • no predators, fast reproduction
      • crowds out native species, human infrastructure impact
    • Passenger pigeon Extinction
      • From 1 billion per flock to extinct in 70 years
      • hunted to extinction (1914)
      • humans can impact a species in a short period of time
    • DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloro-ethane)
      • extinction of birds
      • used against malaria
      • Rachel Carson "Silent spring" (no birds, so silent)
      • bioaccumulation in birds, others
      • persistent organic pollutant (POP)
      • major factor in the recovery of the bald eagle and peregrine falcon
    • Kudzu invasion (Southeast US)
      • intro in 1876 as decorative plant
      • very fast metabolism, fast photosynthesis
      • nitrogen fixer, so fast (jack and the beanstalk)
      • huge root mass, so lots of water
      • fastest plant wins
    • Gray wolves, Yellowstone
      • hunted: 1 million killed by ranchers
      • endangered species 1974
      • genetic bottleneck (see also whales)
      • ecosystem impact: elk, plants overgrown (no predators)
      • 1995 re-introduced, now just "threatened"
    • California Condor
      • lead poisoning from eating birds shot with lead shot
      • 22 remaining in 1987
      • 2003 APES exam did NOT allow use of DDT as a reason for decline
      • breeding programs restored some, slowly
    Water
    • Lake Erie dead
      • 1969 DO was close to zero, so dead
      • industrial waste, sewage and fossil fuels
      • paper mills, steel mills, chemical manufacturing
      • high phosphate detergents, algal bloom
      • all fish died
      • some improvement in progress
    • St. James Bay, Quebec Canada
      • hydroelectric dams ("turn off the hydro")
      • 1974, 11 hydro plants on 4 rivers
      • rivers diverted
      • salmon decline, also earthquakes from the mass of water
      • migrating bird decline
    • Gulf of Mexico dead zone
      • Largest of 400 dead zones around the planet, 2x since 2000
      • Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers dump sediment and fertilizers, algal bloom
      • impacts fishing, tourism
    • Aral Sea, Asia
      • saline lake, then dry lake
      • 75 percent decrease in volume, lack of flow
      • excessive diversion of rivers for irrigation
      • interesting: salt dust from this sea lands on the Himalayan ice pack, melting it
    • Three Gorges Dam, China
      • 2009, Yangtze river
      • displaced 1.2 million people
      • sedimentation, release of heavy metals (cooler, darker water)
      • increased salt water intrusion at river mouth to sea from lack of flow
      • lack of seasonal flooding (see also Nile river and Great Aswan Dam)
    • California Water project
      • 1916 diverted water from central valley (e.g. Manzanar) to LA, Owens river valley
      • 1941 added Mono Lake aqueduct, diverting more, including from northern CA (Yosemite)
      • Mono lake dried up, birds on island in the middle died (predators)
      • 2006 court said some water had to be restored to Mono Lake
    Human
    • China one child policy
      • 1979 began
      • reduce stress on food supply
      • fine for violators
      • forced abortions
      • female infanticide
      • now illegal to determine sex of baby before birth
      • suspended recently
    • Easter Island: tragedy of the commons
      • limited number of slow growing trees
      • cut down for trade, lumber
      • also rats
      • 1722, famine, few survivors
    Events
    • Bhopal chemical disaster
      • union carbide
      • MIC (methyl isocyanate) 1984
      • 2259 dead at once, 3787 later
      • total dead: 558,125
    • Chernobyl nuclear disaster
      • 1986 Ukraine
      • plant exploded
      • I 131 all over area,
      • 28 dead at once, 19 more later, 4,000 cancer deaths
    • Cuyahoga River Fire
      • Not one, but 13 fires there, biggest in 1969
      • chemicals dumped into the river caught fire
      • "a river that oozes rather than flows"
      • CWA legislated cleanup
    • Deepwater Horizon oil spill
      • BP oil rig in deep water, 2010
      • 5 million barrels of oil leaked
      • killed fish, sea birds
      • destroyed fishing industry
      • depleted DO
      • 5000 dead animals collected
    • Exxon Valdez oil spill
      • Drunk captain ran ship aground in Prince William Sound, AK
      • 1989
      • 750,000 barrels of oil
      • worst environmental disaster in human history
      • 1300 miles of coastline, 11,000 square miles of ocean
      • Response: oil pollution act of 1990: double hull ships, no more drunk captains
    • Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear disaster
      • Offshore earthquake and tsunami. 2011
      • flooded generators in plant, so no flow of water through reactor
      • meltdown, toxic even today
    • Hurricane Katrina
      • 1836 people dead
      • 81 billion dollars damage
      • storm surge, levees overloaded
      • poor planning, overdevelopment
    • Kissimmee River dredging, FL
      • everglades 1954 created a canal from a river
      • created straight line canal from twisting river
      • too fast water, damaged lake kissimmee
      • oxbow lake gone
    • London Fog air pollution
      • 1952 "big smoke" December
      • inversion layer
      • 12,000 dead, 100,000 seriously injured
      • led to UK clean air act of 1956, and later our CAA
    • Love Canal Waste dumping
      • Hooker chemical dumped waste into the canal
      • canal was then filled with clay
      • hooker put 55 gallon barrels full of haz mat into the clay
      • dump closed in 1953
      • local school board purchased the land
      • 1978, birth defects, then a superfund site
    • Santa Barbara oil spill
      • 1969
      • Union oil
      • 100,000 barrels of crude oil
    • Three Mile Island nuclear disaster
      • 1979
      • partial meltdown of reactor
      • I 131 released
      • China Syndrome
      • crystallized anti-nuclear sentiment in US
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