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Title Comment Keywords
Groundwater 10:07 - 10:45 (00:38) / 0.9 MB "J. Lawford Anderson", groundwater, pollution
Groundwater Monitoring in Orange County 11:02 - 11:56 (00:54) / 1.4 MB "Jim Goodrich", "Orange County", California, groundwater, "groundwater monitoring well", pollution
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"
Pollution 12:01 - 13:12 (01:11) / 2.0 MB weathering, "chemical weathering", pollution, "acid rain", "sulfur dioxide", sulfur, coal, moisture, atmosphere, "sulfuric acid", acid, "carbon dioxide", "carbon monoxide", "nitrogen oxide", rainfall, plant, tree, masonry, stone, forest, lake, woodland, Europe, "North American Continent", precipitation
Groundwater 30 minutes / n.a. groundwater, pollution, well, river, aquifer, "fresh water", "surface water", "saturated zone"
Uses of Groundwater 01:39 - 02:47 (01:08) / 1.5 MB "James Sadd", groundwater, water, irrigation, agriculture, industry, lake, river, "Earth's surface", pollution, geologist, soil, "surface water", replenishment, infiltration
Pollution 17:19 - 17:47 (00:28) / 1.5 MB groundwater, pollution, "fresh water"
Landfills 17:47 - 19:12 (01:25) / 3.1 MB pollution, groundwater, landfill, rainfall, "saturated zone", clay, leachate
Methane Gas 19:12 - 19:34 (00:22) / 1.0 MB landfill, methane, power, groundwater, pollution
Water Quality 20:39 - 21:47 (01:08) / 1.7 MB "Jim Goodrich", "Orange County", geologist, "coastal basin", ocean, "sea water", "fresh water", salt, pollution, well, "Water Factory 21", groundwater, "injection barrier", "salt water intrusion"
Industrial Pollution 21:47 - 22:30 (00:43) / 1.4 MB "Jim Goodrich", pollution, industry, "Orange County", "Southern California", basin, groundwater, discharge, metal, stream, "injection barrier"
Monitoring Groundwater 22:30 - 23:54 (01:24) / 2.2 MB "Jim Goodrich", groundwater, "surface water", well, basin, aquifer, pollution, "Orange County", sampling, drilling, mitigation
Geologic Structure 23:54 - 24:49 (00:55) / 2.0 MB "Jim Goodrich", well, pollution, "geological structure", groundwater, basin, sampling, "water flow", EPA, California, data
Water Supply 24:49 - 25:54 (01:05) / 1.7 MB "James Sadd", life, groundwater, resource, "recharge area", infiltration, rainfall, snow, "surface water", fracture, "pore space", permeability, aquifer, subsidence, pollution, well
Conclusion 25:54 - 26:51 (00:57) / 1.3 MB "James Sadd", groundwater, aquifer, hydrogeologist, prediction, subsidence, pollution, hydrogeology, resource
Prevention of Desertification 23:44 - 24:47 (01:03) / 1.6 MB "Art Montana", desertification, "water conservation", groundwater, agriculture, deforesting, vegetation, subtropic, wind, topsoil, tree, Africa, pollution
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"
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"
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