Environmental Chemistry = Chemistry of the Environment, 2nd Edition: Chemistry of the Environment

Author: Thomas G. Spriro
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Publication Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book introduces major environmental issues in energy, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere/lithosphere, and the biosphere. It explains the mechanisms causing these environmental problems using chemical principles and analyzes the connections between socio-economic development and environmental impacts. The book is suitable for students with basic chemical knowledge. It helps students explore and research natural energy flows, the greenhouse effect, climate change, ozone layer depletion, air pollution, water pollution, toxic chemicals, and acid rain from a chemical perspective. Students learn how to use fundamental chemical principles to understand environmental changes and the impact of human activities on the environment. The book is rich in content and concise in writing, discussing environmental issues from regional to global scales and from historical to future perspectives, reflecting new developments. A key feature of the book is its perfect integration of chemical principles with the environmental issues we care about, explaining the chemical roots of related environmental problems. The book can be used as a textbook for environmental chemistry courses in higher education institutions and also serves as a reference for scientists and researchers in the fields of environment and chemistry.