environmental chemistry

Dean J. Campbell* *Mund-Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois 61625, United States

There’s some recently published research on climate change¹ that you can easily incorporate into your next lesson on metric conversions and unit analysis. The article gives a report on ocean heat content (OHC) measurements.

by Dean J. Campbell* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

Co-Authored by Dean J. Campbell*, Rhiannon Davids*, Ian Smith,* and Karl Jung* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

Dean J. Campbell, Rhiannon Davids, Michelle Fry, Michelle Edgcomb-Friday, Logan Harrington* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

An experiment that has always fascinated me is observing what happens when CO₂ is bubbled into limewater (which is a saturated solution of calcium hydroxide).^1-2 This experiment can be carried out by blowing bubbles of exhaled breath (which contains roughly 4% CO₂)³ through a straw into limewater.

by Dean J. Campbell* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois