Earth Under Siege From Air Pollution and Global Change

About this book

Outlines how the physical environment of the atmosphere around us works, and why human activities are changing it. Aimed especially at the non-science student. Second edition revised and updated to reflect advances in knowledge and progress in regulation.

Contents

1. INTRODUCTION; PART I: FUNDAMENTALS; 2. AIR - THE MEDIUM OF CHANGE; 3. BASIC PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES; 4. THE EVOLUTION OF EARTH; PART II: LOCAL AND REGIONAL POLLUTION ISSUES; 5. SOURCES AND DISPERSION OF POLLUTANTS; 6. SMOG: THE URBAN SYNDROME; 7. EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO POLLUTION; 8. INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; 9. ACID RAIN; PART III: GLOBAL-SCALE POLLUTION ISSUES; 10. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; 11. THE CLIMATE MACHINE; 12. GREENHOUSE WARMING; 13. THE STRATOSPHERIC OZONE LAYER; 14. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; APPENDIX A. SCIENTIFIC NOTATION, UNITS, AND CONSTANTS; APPENDIX B. DEMONSTRATIONS OF COMMON NATURAL PHENOMENA; APPENDIX C. RADIATION NOMENCLATURE; INDEX

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