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http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2009/09/10/kenyas_elephants_dying_amid_drou
ght/
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2009/09/09/newly_fixed_hubbles_initial_photos_aga
in_amaze/
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/09/biologists_tag_
three_more_great_white_sharks_off_chatham/
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/09/08/north_korea_explains_fat
al_flood_in_south/
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2009/09/04/study_links_humans_to_wa
rming_in_the_arctic/
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/27/critics_say_rus
h_for_stimulus_money_puts_watershed_at_risk/
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2009/09/06/one_mans_action_renews_
interest_in_dedhams_mother_brook/
http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSTRE5810XZ20090902
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090810/ap_on_re_as/as_himalayas_new_species
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/08/21/world_sets_record_for_hotte
st_ocean_temperature/
New Lab Section
• A Fourth Section (04L) to the EEOS 121
lab course. This section meets on
Thursdays from 2:30 to 5:00
• william.robinson@umb.edu
Homework
• Please photocopy your ID card photo and
write your name, major, and hometown on
a 8 ½ x 11” sheet of paper.
• (I would like to attempt to learn all of your
names and faces)
Index Card
• Name 3 ways land
affects coastal waters
• Name 3 ways the
ocean affects the land
• Name 3 ways you
affect the
environment
• Name 3 ways the
environment affects
you
Environmental, Earth and Ocean
Sciences (EEOS)
• EEOS is an interdisciplinary department that
integrates the natural and social sciences to
generate and apply new knowledge about the
quality of our environment and the sustainable
use of its resources. It focuses on promoting
integrated science, planning, policy, and
education for understanding earth-system
processes and managing the impacts of
urbanization on linked watershed and coastal
marine systems
EEOS 120 Policies
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Text
Exams
Participation
Paper
Honesty
BlackBoard
Physical Framework
• What is an estuary?
– Ice Ages
• How deep?
– Shipping Channels
• Tides
Images removed due to copyright restrictions.
– Tidal Volume
• Mixing
– http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/o
perations/modeling/index.html#
boston
– http://www.harbor2.umb.e
du/massbay/results.htm
News
• http://www.global-risks.com/
• http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/science/earth/11passage.html?
_r=1&hp
• http://www.ted.com/talks/james_balog_time_lapse_proof_of_extrem
e_ice_loss.html
• http://www.chegg.com/ecofriendly/
• http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/1
5/minots_ledge_and_other_lighthouse_fixer_uppers_are_not_for_th
e_faint_of_heart/
• http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/1
5/scientists_hope_manatee_off_cape_cod_hurries_home/
• http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090911/sc_space/agreatweektose
ethemilkyway
Reading
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www.mwra.com
Harbor and Bay
Boston Harbor
State of the Harbor Report (2002)
Scientific Method
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Boston Harbor Observation-Problems
Question?
Hypothesis
Testing the hypothesis
New hypothesisexperiment
Result
Conclusion
“Boston Harbor is the Dirtiest
Estuary in the United States”
(1988)
• Observation (measurement)
• Why? Hypothesis.
• Test hypothesis. Experiment, more
measurements.
Questions
How do we make improvements?
Biological Processes
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Photosynthesis
Spring Bloom
Nutrients
Benthos
Image courtesy of MWRA
Chemical
• Contaminants
– Oil
– Metals
– PCBs
• Dissolved Oxygen
– Fish kills
• Bacteria
Image courtesy of MWRA
Image courtesy of MWRA
Solutions
• Removal of sludge
• Improvement of sewage system
(secondary)
• Relocation of outfall
Human Impact-Sewage
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2.5 million people served
890,000 households served
5,500 businesses served
230 million gallons per day of water supplied
(average)
350 million gallons per day of sewage treated
(average)
43 sewerage communities
50 water communities
61 communities collectively
Image courtesy of MWRA
Case Study
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Interdisciplinary
Mankind  Environment
Land  Ocean
Boston Harbor
– $4.8 billion
– Largest estuarine recovery project in the
world
Homework
• Please photocopy your ID card photo and
write your name, major, and hometown on
a 8 ½ x 11” sheet of paper.
• (I would like to learn all of your names and
faces)