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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal
Earth and Environmental Sciences
EES 502: Contemporary Environmental Issues (4)
Prerequisites (Desirable): All EES 400 level courses
Learning Objectives:
To create awareness about and provide a fundamental understanding of a selection of environmental issues, relevant literature, and mitigation strategies with a special emphasis on India. This course will be conducted as a reading/seminar course and will require the submission of a term paper and oral presentation.
Course Contents:
- Hydroelectric projects and their environmental impacts
- Groundwater: Mining and depletion; Strategies for deep aquifers resources; Arsenic contamination
- Climate change impacts on river discharge regimes, reservoir storages, and the Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFS)
- Acid mine drainage
- Urban heat island
- Urban air pollutants – gas and particle
- Landfill and solid waste
- Urban waste water management
- Industrial accidents
- Radioactive waste management
- Deforestation and desertification
- Biodiversity hotspots and conservation paleobiology
Suggested Readings :
- Slattery, M., 2014, Contemporary Environmental Issues, Kendall Hunt Publishing.
- Publications of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), India, as suggested by the Instructor.
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