This course offers students a broad knowledge base and a sound understanding of various environmental problems in the north, with particular emphasis on the processes associated with these problems and the requirements to address them. Topics include: physical settings of the north; concepts of environmental pollution; pollutant sources and transport pathways in the north; types of pollutants (such as metals, PM2.5, POPs and petroleum hydrocarbons) in marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments; and environmental and human health risk assessment.
- Instructor: Philip Owens