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The Science of global change : the impact of human activities on the environment

Title: The Science of global change : the impact of human activities on the environment / David A. Dunnette, editor, Robert J. O'Brien, editor.
Publication: Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1992.

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Description

xi, 498 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

ACS symposium series ; 483

Uniform Title

ACS symposium series ; 483.

Subject

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

"Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Environmental Chemistry of the American Chemical Society."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Global environmental chemistry : the connections / Brian W. Mar -- The atmospheric component : stratospheric ozone / Mario J. Molina and Luisa T. Molina -- Acid deposition : acidification of the environment / Floyd C. Elder -- Tropospheric chemical reactivity and its consequences for clean and polluted air / Robert J. O'Brien and Linda A. George -- Dust in the environment : elemental composition and sources / Jack E. Fergusson -- Anthropogenic contaminants : atmospheric transport, deposition, and potential effects on terrestrial ecosystems / Thomas J. Moser, Jerry R. Barker, and David T. Tingey -- Air quality in Mexico City / J. Garfias and R. González -- Global assessment of ambient urban air quality / Gerald G. Akland, Henk de Koning, David T. Mage, and Guntis Ozolins -- The aquatic component : potential effects of increased ultraviolet radiation on the productivity of the southern ocean / Sayed Z. El-Sayed and F. Carol Stephens -- Great Lakes water quality : a case study / D.J. Williams -- Persistent marine debris : petroleum residues and plastics in the world's oceans / E.M. Levy -- Assessing global river water quality : overview and data collection / David A. Dunnette -- Assessing global river water quality : case study using mechanistic approaches / David A. Dunnette -- Changes in an estuarine ecosystem : the Lagoon of Venice as a case study / Bruno Pavoni, Antonio Marcomini, Adriano Sfriso, Romano Donazzolo, and Angel A. Orio -- The terrestrial component : pesticides and world food supply / David Pimentel -- Energy for food production and processing / Carl W. Hall -- Global significance of biomethanogenesis / D.P. Chynoweth -- Biogeochemical consequences of desertification / Walter G. Whitford -- Long-term fates of declining forests / Richard M. Klein and Timothy D. Perkins -- Global carbon cycle and climate change : the climatic future and lessons of the climatic past / Joseph M. Moran -- Climatic feedbacks in the global carbon cycle / W.M. Post, F. Chavez, P.J. Mulholland, J. Pastor, T.-H. Peng, K. Prentice, and T. Webb, III -- Vegetation, the global carbon cycle, and global measures / Lloyd G. Simpson and Daniel B. Botkin -- Biogeochemistry of deforestation and biomass burning / J. Boone Kauffman, Ken M. Till, and Ronald W. Shea -- An earth system science approach to global environmental chemistry education : helping students understand global change / John W. Winchester -- Integrating global environmental chemistry into secondary school curricula / Carole Stearns -- Education of environmental specialists and generalists in American universities / Charles E. Kupchella.

ISBN

0841221979
9780841221970
9780841213395 (canceled/invalid)
0841213399 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

91040724

OCLC

ocm24848313
24848313
SCSB-9219248

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library