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Chapter 01: Why Environmental Geology Matters
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3. Environmental geology is an applied science.
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4. Groundwater refers to water that is in completely saturated bedrock.
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5. The Bunker Hill Basin aquifer supplies 467 billion gallons of freshwater each year.
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6. An environmental geologist studies the Earth’s surface, water, the oceans, and the surrounding solar system.
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7. Environmental problems of a geological nature can develop slowly.
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8. Hydrogen gas is a non-flammable substance, and completely harmless when it comes in contact with water.
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9. More than 100 bodies of climbers have been recovered from Mount Everest due to the warming climate melting the
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10. Environmental refugees are people escaping drastic, long-lasting environmental change.
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11. Climate mitigation means avoiding or reducing emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gasses.
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12. Radon is a radioactive gas formed by the natural disintegration of uranium.
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