Pollution in the Sonoran Desert
Description
Pollution causes many health problems in the modern world and the desert climates struggle with pollution in unique ways. In the Sonoran Desert, the research was conducted with the purpose of expanding the knowledge of the topic in this area. A literature review was conducted based on air, soil and noise pollution in the region. The Sonoran Desert has high levels of carcinogenic elements along with other pollutants due to the main industries of mining, agriculture and manufacturing. Overall, these findings show people in desert climates deal with high levels of pollutants.
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2023-05
Agent
- Author (aut): West, Katherine
- Thesis director: Hackney Price, Jennifer
- Committee member: Savalli, Udo
- Contributor (ctb): Barrett, The Honors College
- Contributor (ctb): School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences