The book begins with the fundamentals of acid-base and redox chemistry to provide a better understanding of the natural system.
The 4th edition of Pollution has been once again updated and expanded to reflect the changes that have taken place in recent years. It contains a new chapter on clean technologies and industrial ecology.
An overview of the issues surrounding marine pollution, including topics like how it originates, marine debris, oil, and climate change.
Thoroughly revised, this new edition includes updated global case studies as well as new chapters on 'soundscapes and noise mapping' and 'environmental noise and technology'.This book examines environmental noise pollution, its health ...
Today our world revolves around the car—as a nation, we spend eight billion hours a year stuck in traffic. In Asphalt Nation, Jane Holtz Kay effectively calls for a revolution to reverse our automobile-dependency.
The book proceeds from hazards caused by materials and process conditions to indicating technical and organizational measures for achieving the objectives of reduction and mitigation.
We need a carbon price, and one that applies to everything and everywhere, from flights, to food and farming. The goal of net zero carbon emissions needs a rethink and this book sets out how to do it in a plan that could and would work.
New to this Edition: - Expansion upon the environmental narrative with coverage of contemporary topics such as carbon, lifetime performance and rating schemes - Additional figures, images and sub-topics in chapters - An updated section on ...
Silent Spring (1962) by Rachel Carson methodically exposes the harmful environmental and health effects of pesticides, particularly DDT, and advocates for more responsible and sustainable ecological practices. Impactful and sincere.
While this book does not seek to present a comprehensive scientific and technical coverage of all aspects of the subject matter, it makes the issues, ideas, and language of environmental engineering accessible and understandable to the ...