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Week 6

Water

• https://www.worldwaterday.org/
• https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/water-cycle-adults-and-advanced-students?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater_intrusion
  
• https://youtu.be/8zxZUSVjg10

​Quanats in Persia (Iran)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanat
• https://youtu.be/oyfj6sZVZEA
• https://ordinarywonder.com/desert-qanats/
• Video in Persian language
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHN0fRiKdNo

​ARAL SEA DISASTER

http://www.columbia.edu/~tmt2120/introduction.htm

GLACIERS

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/12/1112-melting-glaciers-mean-double-trouble-for-water-supplies
  
• ​https://esemag.com/water/effects-melting-glaciers-drinking-water/

Thawing Permafrost

• https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/the-zombie-diseases-of-climate-change/544274
  
• ​https://www.npr.org/2017/12/16/571300619/cemeteries-turn-to-swamps-as-alaskas-permafrost-melts

Lecture Notes (Class 6)

• Geology of water

Week 5

Mercury

• The Romanoff and Mercury
  • https://www.quirkyscience.com/what-drove-ivan-the-terrible-mad/
• Nova Scotia Loons and Mercury
  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/kejimkujik-national-park-mercury-source-still-a-mystery-1.2742331
  • https://www.bsc-eoc.org/download/NSLoons.pdf
• Technical Nova Scotia
  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/nova-scotia-wetlands-a-mercury-hotspot-study-1.636673
  • https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/environmental-workplace-health/reports-publications/environmental-contaminants/mercury-your-health-environment-resource-tool.html
• Mercury in Tuna
  • https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/pollution-ecology/mercury-levels-tuna-18022015/

Granite

• Macchu Pichu, Peru
  • https://www.annees-de-pelerinage.com/machu-picchu-architecture-explained/
• Purcell’s Cove Quarries
  •  A guided walk through the historic Purcell’s Cove Quarries.
    

Radon

• https://takeactiononradon.ca/
• https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/data/pubs/14re01/14re01_OReilly.pdf
  
• https://fletcher.novascotia.ca/DNRViewer/?viewer=Radon

Limestone

• In Praise of Limestone (Auden)
  
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b04k9mzl
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Limestone
• Corals
  • https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=coral+reefs+videos&view=detail&mid=193EBEB19E5258C4A848193EBEB19E5258C4A848&FORM=VIRE
  • https://youtu.be/nMAzchVWTis
  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/coral-reef-stop-global-warming-1.4027497
• CAVES
  • https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/geologyOfBritain/limestoneLandscapes/undergroundFeatures/Caves.html
• SINKHOLE
  • https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/sinkholes?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkhole
  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/oxford-sinkhole-growing-lions-club-park-1.480569
  • ​https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/07/14/massive-growing-sinkhole-swallows-two-homes-one-boat-in-florida.html

lecture notes (class 5)

• Mercury / Geology and Cities

Week 4

video on fracking

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tudal_4x4F0&feature=youtu.be

​Fracking Side Effects

• https://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/another-problem-fracking-increased-sexually-transmitted-infections.html

​Trace element Scarcity

​Iodine

• https://811.novascotia.ca/health_topics/hyperthyroidism-2/

 Zinc

• https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-zinc/art-20366112
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_deficiency

Zinc and eating dirt (Geophagia)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophagia

​Trace element Excess

​Manganese

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese
• https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20190513002

 Arsenic

• G. W. Kennedy and J. Drage (2016) Informative Report Arsenic in Nova Scotia Well Water (PDF takes a while to download): https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/data/pubs/16ofr06/ofr_me_2016-006.pdf
• Very detailed (technical) doctoral thesis by Nathalie Saint-Jacques (Dalhousie U, 2016); click on “PDF” and you can view or download to your computer: https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/handle/10222/72066
• Arsenic in abandoned Gold Giant Mine, NWT: https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100027413/1100100027417

Well water testing in Nova Scotia

• https://novascotia.ca/well-water-testing/

Week 3

Links and articles

Links and articles:

• https://museumofindustry.novascotia.ca/
• https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/mineral-resources/mining.asp
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/gold-mining-nova-scotia-explainer-1.5330714
• https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/digby-loses-radio-service-after-thieves-steal-copper-and-equipment-from-transmitter-site-416644/
  

Iceland and geothermal heat (with Zentilli meddling)

Iceland and geothermal heat (with Zentilli meddling)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dalhousie-iceland-drilling-project-1.4897685

Book (recommended by Fern Jordan)

Book (recommended by Fern Jordan)

• The Wake, by Linden MacIntyre, 2019. The Deadly Legacy of A Newfoundland Tsunami; Available at HRM Library
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/burin-peninsula-tsunami-90th-anniversary-1.5363401

Videos on Crystallization and minerals

Videos on Crystallization and minerals

• https://youtu.be/cdi6K6QvF3I
• https://youtu.be/8a7p1NFn64s
• https://youtu.be/CCVavAY5phw
• https://youtu.be/97UMvgZCaYY

Evaporation of seaWAter to extract salt in Turkey

Evaporation of seawater to extract salt in Turkey (3.2 min):
https://youtu.be/vvFR5V-VfgU

Plate tectonic evolution of NA last 200 million years

Plate tectonic evolution of NA last 200 million years (5 minutes) keep an eye on Nova Scotia.
https://youtu.be/2yKNhbY3Nbk

Extracting Gold from discarded cellphones

Extracting Gold from discarded cellphones:

• https://youtu.be/_aH9eSKF7uw
• https://youtu.be/ZvopaMJ7dzw

Gold mining in the Yukon, panning

Gold mining in the Yukon, panning, etc. 19 minutes
https://youtu.be/f-IQRufehRI

Acid Mine Drainage

Acid Mine Drainage (video 15 minutes, very technical)

• https://youtu.be/qd9WkTY4Joc

Technical PDFs to download:

• https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ageo/1997-v33-n2-ageo_33_2/

Week 1, Week 2

Geologic time

Geologic time
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=899407636858162

The Beach, a river of sand

The Beach, a river of sand (very old and long video, but very clear)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqT1g2riQ30

About humans messing with a mighty river: The Mississippi

About humans messing with a mighty river: The Mississippi:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1987/02/23/atchafalaya

Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics

• https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=plate+tectonics+videos+national+geographic&view=detail&mid=5AF4B913244B3257B3225AF4B913244B3257B322&FORM=VIRE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sd6vQA3yws

The Nile Delta's Sinking Future

The Nile Delta's Sinking Future
https://eos.org/research-spotlights/how-fast-is-the-nile-delta-sinking

Tsunamis

Tsunamis

• https://globalnews.ca/news/3981536/tsunami-earthquake-canada-the-big-one/
• https://youtu.be/4W2iUl0VB8c
• https://www.getprepared.gc.ca/index-eng.aspx

Liquefaction

Liquefaction
https://youtu.be/j-hyOwsl_NY

​Volcanoes

​Volcanoes

• www.volcanodiscovery.com
• https://youtu.be/Ce3y7sT1tXk