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Association for Environmental Health and Sciences Foundation, Inc. (AEHS) Training
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Ecological Risk Assessment for a Sustainable Environment
This course offers a broad introduction to the state-of-the-science and the practice of ecological risk assessment in multi-stressor contexts. Students are exposed to an array of the interrelated disciplines that are the foundation of ecological risk assessment. These include among others: stressor identification, systems ecology, population biology, chemical fate and transport, basic toxicology, restoration science, resource allocation, regulatory policy ...
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Armed Conflict and the Environment: Perspectives for Global Sustainability
From prehistory to the present, wars have been important determinants of environmental quality. Landscape-scale manipulations of fire, water, soil, vegetation, and animals were weapons in ancient times. As technological developments expanded, impacts of war increased, and the consequences are long-term and far-reaching. At the same time, military facilities provide tightly controlled access, and many sensitive habitats and species prosper on military ...
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Environmental Forensics: Environmental Crime Scene Investigations
This course provides useful information related to contaminant source tracking and age-dating. Environmental forensic and its role within environmental and legal fields will be first defined. Then, various components of environmental forensic investigations will be presented, including: historical document and aerial photograph review, as well as investigative “fingerprinting” techniques (e.g., chemical, isotopic, mineralogical, tree-ring and ...
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Soil Chemistry- How Organic and Inorganic Chemicals React in Soils
Soil Chemistry is the study of soil as a complex mixture of reacting and interacting organic and inorganic chemicals. This course will focus on the study of the basic physical, chemical, mineralogical, and biological properties of a wide variety of soil systems. It will also focus on the study of the fundamental, governing principles of the behavior of a wide range of chemicals (e.g. acids, bases, metals, radionuclides, bulk hydrocarbons, dissolved ...
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AEHS - International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy
The Annual Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy has become the preeminent national conference in this important environmental area. The conference attracts 600-800 attendees annually, including a wide variety of representation from state and federal agencies, military, industry (including railroad, petroleum, transportation, and utilities), environmental engineering, environmental consulting, and academia. A strong and diverse technical ...