Environmental Science in Perspective
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ISBN: 0873954289 / Publisher: SUNY Press, October 1985
This book, requiring little background in science, examines environmental concerns in four broad are...
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This book, requiring little background in science, examines environmental concerns in four broad areas: energy, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and the biosphere. The authors provide scientific insight into such issues as: dwindling natural gas and petroleum resources; fission and fusion as energy sources; CO2 build-up and the green-house effect; automobile emission control; acid rain; toxic waste disposal; lead, mercury, and cadmium poisoning; and environmental links to cancer.The book presents both sides of these controversial issues in view of the science and technology involved. It provides the reader with a balanced understanding of today's environmental debates. (Problem sets are included and an answer manual is available.)
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