FRONTIER OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

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1. Climate change: global cycles of greenhouse gasses Introduction to geophysical or seismological mechanisms of global warming by greenhouse gass emission. The current status, future projection and relevant measures.
2. Climate change: projection of future impacts The future projection of impact by the global warming and its efficient measures will be explained.
3. Climate change: mitigation and adaptation The two kinds of feasible measures the international society can take against the global warming, "mitigation and adaptation" will be described.
4. E-waste recycling The recycling of small electric devises, the current status and problem to be resoluted, is comprehensively reviewed.
5. Domestic wastewater treatment technology The local and decentralized wastewater treatment systems will be introduced and explained especially their technology, efficiency, importance and future development.
6. Function and services provided by mangrove ecosystems You can hear from direct field surveys on mangrove ecosystems, on their marvelous services provided to local people, the current status of conservation, and future issues.
7. Conservation of tropical rain forest The basic ecological and sociological knowledge on tropical rain forest will be endowed by this lecture. Further investigation on the intimate relationship between local people and ecological services of forest will be presented.
8. Conservation of river ecosystems Conservation of fish communities, which have been declining due to development, are introduced with special reference to Hokkaido and Mekong river systems.
9. Invasion of exotic species threatening biodiversity A comprehensive description on all aspects surrounding the issues of "invasive exotic species" will be given with a plenty of case studies that the lecturer has been conducting.
10. The cancer risk assessment by chemical substances Explanation on the process of cancer development (carcinogenesis) in human body on the basis of molecular biology. The risk assessment method on the carcinogens are also presented.
11. Health effects of environmental chemicals Various pollutants' effects on human body will be explained especially with refernce to their modes of action. The front-running research on the epigenetic effects of some pollutants will be also explained.
12. Ecological effect of chemical pollutants Recent development of ecotoxicity experiments using water flea (Daphnia magna) and freshwater fish (Oryzias latipes) will be introduced.
13. Problems of water pollution A comprehensive lecture on water pollution at wetlands, running water (rivers), and static water (lakes and ponds).
14. Soil pollution and ground water pollution The prufication function of soils is explained on the basis of physical and chemical properties of soil. The mechanism which make the ground water pollution hard to resolve will be explained from the perspective of hydrology and soil science.