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Acid Rain 11:11 - 12:01 (00:50) / 2.3 MB "James Sadd", weathering, "chemical weathering", "parent rock", "industrial age", "carbon dioxide", "nitrogen oxide", "sulfur dioxide", atmosphere, "fossil fuel", forest, pollution, gas, rainfall, precipitation, "Earth's surface", "acid rain"
Uses of Sedimentary Rocks 23:25 - 24:42 (01:17) / 1.5 MB "James Sadd", "sedimentary rock", geologist, "Earth's surface", crust, "fossil fuel", oil, "natural gas", coal, "building material", cement, sand, gravel, concrete, "iron ore", steel, bauxite, aluminum, brick, tile, "cut stone", asphalt
Atmospheric Pollutants 23:50 - 24:35 (00:45) / 1.2 MB "Chester C. Langway Jr.", glacier, "glacial ice", "carbon dioxide", "Industrial Revolution", humans, atmosphere, "fossil fuel", sulfur, coal, pollution, preservation, "gas composition"
Carbon Dioxide 24:42 - 26:06 (01:24) / 2.0 MB "Industrial Revolution", "carbon dioxide", atmosphere, "fossil fuel", coal, vegetation, steam, gasoline, oil, "Greenhouse Effect", "air temperature", "polar ice melting", "sea level", flood, pollution, "geologic hazard"
Living With the Earth: Preserving the Legacy 30 minutes / n.a. oil, energy, drilling, technology, geothermal, gas, resource, power, exploration, "fossil fuel"
Petroleum Depletion 17:36 - 18:40 (01:04) / 0.8 MB "James Sadd", "reflection seismology", "horizontal drilling", "satellite remote sensing", satellite, oil, gas, reserve, geologist, exploration, technology, energy, "fossil fuel", environment, "public health", "sedimentary rock", "geologic time", power, "nonrenewable resource"
New Energy Sources 18:40 - 19:19 (00:39) / 0.5 MB "James Sadd", environment, "fossil fuel", energy, humans, "human power", technology, "wind power", "solar power", geothermal, pollution, "renewable resource"
Hydropower 19:19 - 20:19 (01:00) / 1.5 MB "fossil fuel", hydropower, dam, power, "wind power", "solar power", energy, "photo-voltaic cell", "external heat engine"
Substitutes For Energy 25:01 - 25:34 (00:33) / 0.7 MB geothermal, hydropower, "wind power", "solar power", "fossil fuel", energy, environment, reserve
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