Editing Environmental science (section)

=== Environmental chemistry ===
{{Main|Environmental chemistry}}

Environmental chemistry is the study of chemical alterations in the environment. Principal areas of study include [[soil contamination]] and water pollution. The topics of analysis include chemical degradation in the environment, multi-phase transport of chemicals (for example, evaporation of a [[solvent]] containing lake to yield solvent as an air pollutant), and chemical effects upon [[biota (ecology)|biota]].{{cn|date=January 2024}}

As an example study, consider the case of a leaking solvent tank which has entered the habitat soil of an [[endangered species]] of amphibian. As a method to resolve or understand the extent of [[soil contamination]] and subsurface transport of solvent, a [[computer model]] would be implemented. Chemists would then characterize the [[Chemical bond|molecular bonding]] of the solvent to the specific soil type, and biologists would study the impacts upon soil [[arthropod]]s, plants, and ultimately pond-dwelling organisms that are the food of the endangered amphibian.{{cn|date=March 2024}}