Environmental Success Stories – Solving Major Ecological Problems and Confronting Climate Change
Autor Frank Dunnivanten Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 mar 2017
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780231179195
ISBN-10: 0231179197
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 156 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press
ISBN-10: 0231179197
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 156 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press
Notă biografică
Frank M. Dunnivant is professor of chemistry at Whitman College. He has worked at two U.S. Department of Energy laboratories. For the past twenty years he has taught an environmental science course to nonscience majors that seeks to inform and inspire action to save the environment.
Cuprins
Author's Note
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Securing Safe, Inexpensive Drinking Water
2. Effective Treatment of Our Wastewaters
3. The Removal of Anthropogenic Lead, and Soon Mercury, from Our Environment
4. Elimination of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons from Our Environment
5. The Safety of Chemicals in Our Food and Water: Risk Assessment
6. Saving Our Atmosphere for Our Children
7. Legislating Industry: The Need and the Success
8. The Rapid Advancement of Technology: Our Best Hope
9. Humans' Greatest Challenge: Climate Change
10. Conclusion and Transition to a Bright Future
Afterword: Imagination, Imagination, Responsibility, and Climate Change, by Kari Marie Norgaard
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Securing Safe, Inexpensive Drinking Water
2. Effective Treatment of Our Wastewaters
3. The Removal of Anthropogenic Lead, and Soon Mercury, from Our Environment
4. Elimination of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons from Our Environment
5. The Safety of Chemicals in Our Food and Water: Risk Assessment
6. Saving Our Atmosphere for Our Children
7. Legislating Industry: The Need and the Success
8. The Rapid Advancement of Technology: Our Best Hope
9. Humans' Greatest Challenge: Climate Change
10. Conclusion and Transition to a Bright Future
Afterword: Imagination, Imagination, Responsibility, and Climate Change, by Kari Marie Norgaard
Bibliography
Index