Ebook: The Science of Global Change. The Impact of Human Activities on the Environment

Content: 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.