Earth under siege : from air pollution to global change / Richard P. Turco ; with a foreword by Carl Sagan
| Author(s): | Turco, Richard P., 1943- |
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| Subjects: | Air--Pollution Climatic changes |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 |
| LC Classification: | T, TD |
| Table of Contents: | Foreword / Carl Sagan Preface 1. Introduction 3 2. Air: The Medium of Change 11 3. Basic Physical and Chemical Principles 38 4. The Evolution of Earth 84 5. Sources and Dispersion of Pollutants 111 6. Smog: The Urban Syndrome 136 7. Effects of Exposure to Pollution 183 8. Indoor Air Pollution 223 9. Acid Rain 259 10. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 293 11. The Climate Machine 320 12. Greenhouse Warming 365 13. The Stratospheric Ozone Layer 407 14. Global Environmental Engineering 452 Appendix A. Scientific Notation, Units, and Constants 489 Appendix B. Demonstrations of Common Natural Phenomena 500 Appendix C. Radiation Nomenclature 507 Index 509 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 94011635 ISBN: 0195072863 ISBN: 0195072871 (pbk.) Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 527 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 30516569 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0195072863 0195072871 |