Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Earth under siege : from air pollution to global change

MAP20070028094

Earth under siege : from air pollution to global change / Richard P. Turco ; with a foreword by Carl Sagan. — Oxford and New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

XIV, 527 p. : i. ; 26 cm

Sumario: Introduction -- Fundametals (Air: the medium of change. Basic physical and chemical principles. The evolution of earth) -- Local and regional pollution issues (Sources and dispersion of pollutants. Smog: the urban syndrome. Effects of exposure to pollution. Indoor air pollution. Acid rain) -- Global-scale pollution issues (Global biogeochemical cycles. The climate machine. Greenhouse warming. The stratospheric ozone layer. Global environmental engineering) -- Appendixes: Scientific notation, units and constants. Demonstrations of common natural phenomena. Radiation nomenclature

ISBN 0-19-507287-1

1. Contaminación del aire . 2. Cambio climático . 3. Ozono . 4. Efecto invernadero . 5. Calentamiento global . 6. Smog . 7. Lluvia ácida . 8. Contaminantes . 9. Dispersión atmosférica . 10. Higiene ambiental . 11. Protección del medio ambiente . I. Sagan, Carl . II. Título.

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FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE. Centro de Documentación — Assinatura: 832.1-TUR-EAR — Nº de registro: 023413

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