Air pollution and global warming history, science, and solutions /
"New edition of full-color introductory textbook for students taking a course on air pollution or global warming, whatever their background"--
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Basics and discovery of atmospheric chemicals
- 2. The sun, the Earth, and the evolution of the Earth's atmosphere
- 3. Structure and composition of the present-day atmosphere
- 4. Urban air pollution
- 5. Aerosol particles in the polluted and global atmosphere
- 6. Effects of meteorology on air pollution
- 7. Effects of pollution on visibility, ultraviolet radiation, and colors in the sky
- 8. International regulation of urban smog since the 1940s
- 9. Indoor air pollution
- 10. Acid deposition
- 11. Global stratospheric ozone reduction
- 12. The greenhouse effect and global warming
- 13. Energy solutions to air pollution and global warming