Atmosphere air pollution and its effects /

• Main Author: Desonie, Dana.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c2007.
• Series: Desonie, Dana. Our fragile planet.
• Subjects: Atmosphere.; Weather.; Meteorology.; SCIENCE > Meteorology & Climatology. > Earth Sciences; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

Air pollution obscures vistas, damages ecosystems, and compromises human health. While some pollutants are regulated, as population grows and industries expand, intensive solutions are needed to deal with air pollution and its consequences. This book tackles these issues and shows readers what they...

Table of Contents:

• What the atmosphere provides
• The gases and what they do
• The atmosphere: past and present
• The motions of the atmosphere
• Other factors that shape a region's climate
• Atmospheric behavior: the weather
• What makes the weather?
• Extreme weather
• Human influence on the atmosphere: local
• Air pollutants and air pollution
• Air pollution and the environment
• Air pollution and human health
• Acid rain
• Air pollution control
• The atmosphere above cities
• Human influence on the atmosphere: global
• Ozone loss in the stratosphere
• Climate change.