This unit covers both the chemical and physical processes relevant to the transport of contaminants through the natural environment and the contaminants' eventual fate—either destruction or long-term storage. Students learn about the processes that govern the fate and transport of many classes of contaminants in three major environmental media—surface water, the subsurface environment and the atmosphere. Topics such as photochemical smog, acid sulphate soils and the mobility of fertilisers are covered. -- Course Website
Instructor: Winthrop Professor Anya Waite
