Instructor: Dr. S. Talabani

1. Marine Environment:

• Changing the nature
• Effects of changing natural habitants
• What makes the sea sensitive
• Land based nutrient input entering sea
• Direct atmospheric deposition
• Nitrogen & Phosphorus, and their sources
• Hazardous substances
• Chemicals from industry
• Movies
• Oxygen depletion in the Sea
• Loads from surrounding land
• Chlorophyll concentration and its affect on surrounding
• Atmospheric forcing
• Examples
• Movies
• Toxics in the Sea; its sources and effects on lives
• Dioxin toxics and its sources
• Effects of  toxics on human health
• Rules to implements for toxics free environment
• Analytical method and quality assurance
• movies
• The United States Marine Protection, Comparison with Arab Gulf Region:
• The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Reefs and Wetlands
• Clean water act
• Burial at Sea
• Disposal of ships
• Dredging management
• Emergency dumping procedures
• Fish consumption and wastes
• Monitoring our Seas
• Guarding Sea harbor
• Sea water sampling and filtration

2. Environment II

• Changing the nature
• Effects of changing natural habitants
• What makes the land  sensitive
• Land based nutrient input entering rivers & sea
• Direct atmospheric deposition
• Nitrogen & Phosphorus, and their sources
• Indoor air quality and life threatening disease
• Hazardous waste effects on health
• Impacts of development on ecology
• Industrial site inspection
• Hazardous substances
• Chemicals from industry
• Movies
• Climate Change
• Ecology, climate changes and Ozone depletion
• Air, water and ground pollution
• Nuclear issues that affect our environment
• Toxic materials and their impacts on the environment
• Effects of wastes on environment
• Shrinking wildlife habitants
• Atmospheric forcing
• Examples
• Movies
• Toxics in the land and Sea; its sources and effects on lives
• Dioxin toxics and its sources
• Sources of toxic materials
• Effects of  toxics on human health
• Rules to implements for toxics free environment
• Analytical method and quality assurance
• Biocide  and others
• Degree of toxicity
• Examples
• movies