Air pollution is a major problem of the modern age. This textbook, based on the author's course at UCLA, is aimed at all students (including non-science majors) interested in air pollution's causes, effects and potential solutions. Major topics covered in the work include urban air pollution, global ozone depletion, the carbon cycle and greenhouse climate change. The book includes review questions and problems at the end of each chapter.
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"Lucky indeed are the students taking Richard Turco's course and using his book Earth Under Siege: From Air Pollution to Global Change. They have an enthusiastic and communicative lecturer who is a true authority in his field and who passionately devotes his efforts to enlightening his students. The passion is evident in the text, but it never interferes with the rigor of the material presented." --American Geophysical Union
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Richard P. Turco, Chair and Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.
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meteorite winter, box model equation, antigreenhouse effect, other chlorocarbons, recyclable fuels, global environmental engineering, climate machine, fossilized carbon, chlorine cycle, stratospheric sulfate aerosols, ofthe atmosphere, environmental acidity, aerosol layer, smokestack plumes, daisy world, solar albedo, nacreous clouds, simple climate model, reactive hydrocarbons, smoggy air, temperature lapse rate, dry adiabat, black daisies, acidic fog, mephitic air Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Indoor Air Quality by Phillip J. Walsh on 6 pages
- Evolution of the Atmosphere by James Callan Gray Walker on 4 pages
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson on page 186, and page 201
- Air Pollution, Volume 5, Third Edition: Air Quality Management (Environmental Sciences) by Arthur C. Stern on page 131, and page 135
- Global Alert: The Ozone Pollution Crisis by Jack Fishman on page 182, and page 451
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- The Science of Disorder: Understanding the Complexity, Uncertainty, and Pollution in Our World by Jack Hokikian on page 167, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Gasp! The Swift and Terrible Beauty of Air by Joe Sherman in Back Matter
- The Atmospheric Environment: Effects of Human Activity by Michael B. McElroy in Back Matter
- The Global Climate System: Patterns, Processes, and Teleconnections by Howard A. Bridgman in Back Matter
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