World out of balance : our polluted planet
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World out of balance : our polluted planet
Tab Books, c1992
1st ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-168) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Explaining the interdependence of land, sea and air, this book looks at what pollution has done to the biosphere. The author discusses the increase of industrial contamination and its long-term consequences, from the holes in the ozone layer and clear-cutting of the rain forests to destroyed estuaries, desertification and depleted energy resourses. He suggests solutions, for example the need for remote satellite sensing of pollution for waste disposal cleanup, toxic waste removal and purification of rivers and lakes. Intended for the general reader or the student wishing to know more about how the environment works, this book aims to present technical details and scientific concepts in clear terms.
Table of Contents
- The living planet - the creation of Earth and life
- air pollution
- water pollution
- waste disposal
- running out of room - resource depletion
- overpopulation
- extinction of the species - destruction of life by human expansion
- global warming
- pollution from space - remote sensing by satellites
- environmental cleanup.
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