vesuvius
What ancient disease did our ancestors pick up when they lived in the rainforest of central Africa?
malaria
Name a possible solution to water scarcity
chemically combine hydrogen and oxygen, mine water from space, harvest fog, iceberg towing, hydrological engineering, desal, conservation
What is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic located betweeen HI and CA and is 2x the size of TX?
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
What chemical caused the Minamata Disease?
mercury
Name two countries that are in the South but belong to the Global North
Australia and New Zealand
What is the largest CA desal plant located in Sa Diego, and producing 200 mil L of water each year?
Carlsbad desal plant
This is part of what plan: use waste and transfer them to biogas?
China's Water Ten Plan
What agreement between the US and Mexico requires Mexico to cut Colorado River usage and tthe US to guarantee 247 m^3 of water?
Minute 323
What method forces saltwater across semipermeable membrane --> filters out salt?
reverse osmosis (RO) filtration
The process of adding chemicals with a positive charge are added to water so that dissolved particles are attracted, forming heavier compounds on the bottom of the tank is called what?
flocculation
Who isolated bacterium that causes cholera in 1883 --> reroute sewage from drinking water?
Robert Koch
high yield seeds often infertile, pesticides + equipment expensive, poisoned by pesticides, decrease in biodiversity, require a lot of water
Who drew a map of cholera and link them to the public water pump on Broad Street?
Dr. John Snow
How did London implement the Sanitary Revolution?
flush toilets directly connected to a sewer system
Manufacturing what requires seventeen million barrels of oil each year?
plastic bottles
How did US overuse the Colorado River? (for what, how did the river change through time?)
for dams, the river's flow decreased significantly over time, stopped flowing once.
Why is the Lake Victoria conflict power balance different from the Rio Grade, Colorado, Nu River conflicts?
less powerful country (Uganda) controls upstream
What project aimed to demonstrate the terraforming potential of nuclear weapons, though never proceeded past the demonstration stage?
Operation Plowshare
How is iceberg towing currently implemented?
small scales in Canada/Greenland b/c expensive
How did the balance between parasites and hosts change as humns moved out of rainforests?
drier = better for humans, dense pop + domesticated animals = disease
Why didn't the rerouting of the Siberian Rivers succeed?
scientists rebelled against unknown ecological consequences and Soviet declined
How has the Guarani Aquifer been a possible exception to the tragedy of the commons?
Guarani Aquifer Agreement in 2010 in Latin America negotiating terms of fair use to not harm neighbors
Explain the water problem in the desert southwest
dams --> hydroelectricity and irrigation but low water prices and farm profits low (alfalfa or livestock pasture) --> didn't encourage water conservation so shortages
What happened to the Bolivian after the state water agency SEMAPA of Bolivia is purchased by Aguas del Tunari? How did the Bolivian react to the outcome?
water bill rose, water became unstable. The Bolivian protested and the contract was canceled later.
Explain the Nu/Thanlwin/Salween River conflict between China, Myanmar, and Thailand
China wanted to build 5 dams in 2013 --> M and T forced to develop dam plans in order to keep up