Webinar: Introduction to Natural Hazards Scheduled: Friday, August 2, 2024, 4:00 – 6:00 pm Author: Michael Penzo This Live Webinar course provides an introduction to natural hazards. The occurrences of natural disasters on a world scale are increasing. Natural disasters cause tremendous loss of life and/or property damage across the planet. Earthquakes, floods, cyclones (hurricanes)…
Webinar: Environmental Pollution Scheduled: Monday, June 24, 2024, 4:00 – 6:00 pm Author: Michael Penzo This Live Webinar course provides an overview of water pollution and its impact on human health and the environment. Water pollution: Refers to degradation of water quality as measured by biological, chemical, or physical criteria. Pollutants are any substance that,…
Webinar: Global Climate Change Scheduled: Thursday, June 20, 2024, 4:00 – 6:00 pm Author: Michael Penzo This Live Webinar course provides an overview of climate change and its global impacts. Global climate change is a proven scientific fact; it is not a theory, hypothesis or opinion. With the increase in concentrations of greenhouse gases in…
Webinar: Groundwater and Soil Monitoring Scheduled: Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 4:00 – 6:00 pm Author: Michael Penzo This Live Webinar course provides an overview of groundwater and soil monitoring best practices. Topics include methods of installing monitoring wells and collecting groundwater samples to ensure samples are representative of water from an aquifer. These methods attempt…
Webinar: Groundwater and Soil Remediation Scheduled: Thursday, July 18, 2024, 4:00pm – 6:00pm ET Author: Michael Penzo This Live Webinar course provides an overview of groundwater and soil remediation. Since the early 1980s groundwater scientists and engineers have developed a number of techniques for both containing and remediating soil and groundwater contamination. In the United…
Live Webinar: Carbon Adsorption for VOCs Scheduled: TBD – This webinar will be scheduled again soon. Activated carbon adsorption is considered a best available control technology by the USEPA and other regulatory agencies. It is widely used in air pollution control applications to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from low to medium concentration gas streams. Carbon…