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| adam_text | OUR GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT HARVEY BLATT HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
(FORMERLY OF UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA) PRENTICE HALL UPPER SADDLE RIVER,
NEW JERSEY 07458 CONTENTS PREFACE XII CHAPTER 1 THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS WE FACE 1 GEOLOGY VERSUS PEOPLE: WHO RUNS THE SHOW? 2 EARTH,
AIR, WATER, AND US 4 HOW INTERESTED ARE WE IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS? 6
AMERICAN CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT 8 YOUR ROLE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT 8
HOW MUCH TIME BEFORE WE FILL THE BOTTLE? 9 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS WE
WILL EXAMINE 9 SUMMARY 10 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS 11 STOP AND THINK! 11
REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS 11 CHAPTER 2 MINERALS AND ROCKS 13
ELEMENTS AND ATOMS 15 ISOTOPES 16 THE IMPORTANCE OF ELECTRONS 16
CHEMICAL BONDS HOLD IT ALL TOGETHER 18 ELEMENTS IN EARTH S SURFACE ROCKS
19 MINERALS 20 IMPORTANT MINERALS 21 IDENTIFICATION OF MINERALS 24 ROCKS
26 IGNEOUS ROCKS 26 SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 28 SANDSTONE 29 SHALE 29
LIMESTONES 31 EVAPORITES 31 METAMORPHIC ROCKS 32 MINERALS, ROCKS, AND
PEOPLE 32 ASBESTOS 32 BLACK LUNG AND SILICOSIS 35 GOVERNMENT REGULATION
OF MINERALS HANDLING BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF MINERAL CONTACTS 37 SUMMARY
37 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS 38 STOP AND THINK! 38 REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED
READINGS 39 37 CHAPTER 3 SOILS*OUR MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL RESOURCE 41
FROM ROCKS TO SOILS 41 CHEMICAL ALTERATION OF ROCKS INTO SMALLER
PARTICLES 41 PHYSICAL ALTERATION OF ROCKS INTO SMALLER PARTICLES 43
RESULTS OF CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL ALTERATION OF ROCKS 44 CLAY MINERALS 46
CLAY AND SOIL STABILITY 46 CLAY AND PLANT NUTRITION 47 CLAY AND WATER
FILTERING 47 CLAY AND DESTRUCTIVE EXPANSION OF SOIL 47 THE COMPLEXITY OF
SOILS 48 SOIL THICKNESS 50 HOW FAST DOES SOIL FORM? 50 THE ROLE OF
ORGANIC MATTER IN SOIL 51 SOIL PARTICLE SIZE*BASIS FOR CLASSIFYING SOILS
52 SOIL WATER 52 SOIL AIR 54 WHY IS SOIL BLACK, BROWN, RED, YELLOW,
GREEN, OR GRAY? 54 CLASSIFYING SOILS 54 LATERITE: AN INTERESTING SOIL 56
THE NUTRIENTS SOIL PROVIDES TO PLANTS 58 THE REMARKABLE ROOT: HOW
ELEMENTS TRAVEL FROM SOIL INTO PLANTS 60 CAN THE SOIL CONTINUE TO FEED
EARTH S PEOPLE? 60 WHY DO PLANTS GROW WHERE THEY DO? 62 WHICH PLANTS DO
WE LIKE? 62 SUMMARY 64 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS 64 STOP AND THINK! 64
REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS 65 CHAPTER 4 SOIL SURVEYS AND LAND-USE
PLANNING 85 SUMMARY 88 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS 88 STOP AND THINK! 88
REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS 89 CHAPTER 5 SOIL PROBLEMS*EROSION AND
POLLUTION 67 SOIL EROSION 67 SOIL EROSION BY WATER 68 SOIL EROSION BY
WIND 69 CONSERVATION FARMING CAN REDUCE SOIL EROSION 71 CONTOUR PLOWING
72 SOILS, FORESTS, AND EROSION 72 SEDIMENT POLLUTION OF STREAMS 75 SOIL
POLLUTION 76 CONTAMINATION VERSUS POLLUTION 76 TYPES OF SOIL POLLUTION
77 PESTICIDE POLLUTION OF SOIL 78 ORGANIC POLLUTION OF SOIL 79 ORGANIC
FARMING 80 INORGANIC POLLUTION OF SOIL 81 HUMAN EXPOSURE TO SOIL
POLLUTION 82 SALINIZATION OF SOIL 82 CLEANING THE SOIL 84 CASE STUDY:
SOIL REMEDIATION AT HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH 85 SLOPE STABILITY AND
LANDSLIDES 91 THE ROLE OF GRAVITY AND SLOPE IN LANDSLIDES 92 THE ROLE OF
WATER IN LANDSLIDES 93 ROLE OF EARTHQUAKES IN LANDSLIDES 93 SLIDES,
FLOWS, AND CREEPS 93 SLIDES 94 FLOWS 94 CREEP 94 ROCKSLIDES AND
SNOWSLIDES 95 THE GROS VENTRE ROCKSLIDE, WYOMING 97 VAIONT DAM
ROCKSLIDE, ITALY 98 SNOW AVALANCHES 99 DEBRIS SLIDES 101 EARTHQUAKE
VIBRATIONS TRIGGER DEBRIS SLIDES 101 PRECIPITATION TRIGGERS DEBRIS
SLIDES 102 HUMAN ACTIVITIES TRIGGER DEBRIS SLIDES 103 TALUS AND TALUS
CREEP 105 MUDSLIDES 106 EARTHFLOWS 106 SOIL CREEP 106 PERMAFROST AND
SOLIFLUCTION 108 MUDFLOWS 111 LIQUEFACTION 112 HOW BAD IS THE DAMAGE?
113 HOW TO RECOGNIZE AREAS PRONE TO SLOPE INSTABILITY 113 LANDSLIDE MAPS
114 CAN LANDSLIDES BE PREVENTED? 114 WAYS TO REDUCE INCIDENCE AND
SEVERITY OF LANDSLIDES 115 THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE 119 SUMMARY 120 KEY
TERMS AND CONCEPTS 121 STOP AND THINK! 121 REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED
READINGS 121 CHAPTER 6 CLEAN WATER 123 WE ARE WHAT WE DRINK 123 THE
HYDROLOGIC CYCLE (WATER CYCLE) 124 WATER ON EARTH S SURFACE 126 VI
CONTENTS UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF SURFACE WATER 126 WHAT CONTROLS THE
DISTRIBUTION OF PRECIPITATION? 128 CIRCULATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE 128
DISTANCE FROM THE OCEAN 129 CHANGES IN ELEVATION OF THE LAND SURFACE 130
SURFACE WATER: THE PROBLEM OF SHARING 131 GROUNDWATER: STORED RAINWATER
AND SNOWMELT 133 THE NATURE OF GROUNDWATER 133 HOW DO WE FIND
GROUNDWATER? 134 AQUIFERS: ROCK AND SEDIMENT LAYERS THAT STORE WATER 136
WATER TABLE 136 ARTESIAN WATER 136 HOW DEEP TO DRILL THE WELL? 137 CONE
OF DEPRESSION 138 SPRINGS, OASES, AND SWAMPS 139 PERCHED WATER TABLE 140
RELATION OF GROUNDWATER AND STREAMS 140 AQUIFER CHARACTERISTICS 141 HOW
FAST DOES GROUNDWATER FLOW? 141 CALCULATING AQUIFER DISCHARGE (DARCY S
LAW) 142 HOW FAST CAN AN AQUIFER RECHARGE? 142 HOW MUCH WATER CAN AN
AQUIFER PROVIDE? 142 CASE STUDY: THE OGALLALA AQUIFER 143 FRACTURED
AQUIFERS 144 LIMESTONE AQUIFERS, CAVES, AND SINKHOLES 144 SINKHOLES 145
GROUND SUBSIDENCE DUE TO WITHDRAWING GROUNDWATER 148 PROBLEMS WHEN
PUMPING STOPS 149 MANAGING WATER SUPPLIES 149 SOLUTIONS, IDEAL AND REAL
150 CONSERVING WATER 151 REDISTRIBUTING WATER 153 DEVELOPING
NONTRADITIONAL WATER SOURCES 154 WATER QUALITY: HARD AND SOFT 156
MEDICINAL WATERS 156 CASE STUDY: DEAD SEA THERAPY 157 SUMMARY 158 KEY
TERMS AND CONCEPTS 159 STOP AND THINK! 159 REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED
READINGS 159 CHAPTER 7 STREAMS AND FLOODS 161 STREAMS 161 HOW STREAMS
GET STARTED 161 STAGES OF STREAM DEVELOPMENT STREAM DISCHARGE 165 STREAM
VELOCITY 167 STREAM LOAD 168 164 WHY DOES IT PRECIPITATE? 169 LIGHTNING
171 THUNDER, SON OF LIGHTNING 172 TORNADOES 173 FLOODS 176 CASE STUDY:
SLOW-RISE FLOODING, U.S. MIDWEST, 1993 177 FLASH FLOODS 179 WHY DO
FLOODS OCCUR? 180 HOW OFTEN DO FLOODS OCCUR? 180 URBANIZATION AND
FLOODING 183 ANTICIPATING AND CONTROLLING FLOODS 184 FLOODPLAIN ZONING
184 FLOOD CONTROL 185 SUMMARY 190 KEY TERMS 190 STOP AND THINK! 191
REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS 191 CHAPTER 8 WATER QUALITY AND
POLLUTION 193 DEFINING UNCONTAMINATED WATER 193 ELEMENTS IN WATER AND
HUMAN HEALTH 194 MAJOR IONS IN DRINKING WATER: GOOD AND BAD 194 SMALL
BUT MIGHTY: TRACE IONS IN DRINKING WATER 196 ARSENIC 196 LEAD 196 LEAD
AND DELINQUENCY 197 NITRATE 197 HEAVY ELEMENTS 198 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS 198
WATERBORNE DISEASES 198 TESTING FOR WATERBORNE DISEASE ORGANISMS 201
AMERICAN DRINKING WATER 201 WATER SAFETY GUIDELINES 201 EPA WATER
STANDARDS 204 CONTENTS VII WHICH POLLUTION PROBLEMS ARE MOST SERIOUS?
204 POINT VERSUS NONPOINT POLLUTION SOURCES 206 WHAT IS HAZARDOUS WASTE?
206 TYPES OF POLLUTION SOURCES 207 CHEMICAL PLANTS / OIL REFINERIES 208
PESTICIDES 211 SEAWATER INCURSION 215 GASOLINE, MOTOR OIL, AND OTHER
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 216 FARM ANIMAL WASTE 219 SALT ON ROADWAYS 220
CEMETERIES 221 THERMAL POLLUTION 223 BOTTLED WATER 225 SUMMARY 225 KEY
TERMS 226 STOP AND THINK! 226 REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS 226
CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 9 SOLID WASTE 229 SOLID WASTE 229 MUNICIPAL SOLID
WASTE 229 SANITARY LANDFILLS 232 LANDFILL PROBLEMS 234 BIODEGRADABILITY
239 WHEN LANDFILLS BECOME LANDFULLS 241 HAZARDOUS SOLID WASTE 243
RECYCLING 245 _^ - 400,000 PROBLEM WASTE SITES 248 SUPERFUND S 35,000
SITES 248 SEWAGE AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS 249 SEWAGE SYSTEMS 250 SEPTIC
SYSTEMS 252 CASE STUDY: TRACING SEWAGE 252 SUMMARY 254 KEY TERMS 254
STOP AND THINK! 254 REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS 255 270
SHORELINES, EROSION, WETLANDS, AND POLLUTION 257 THE WORLD OCEAN 257 THE
SHIFTING SHORELINE 257 THE NEARSHORE ZONE 258 WAVES AND COASTAL CURRENTS
259 LONGSHORE CURRENTS 260 RIP CURRENTS 261 TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS 262
OCEAN CURRENTS 263 UPWELLING CURRENTS 265 EL NINO 266 HURRICANES 267
ERODING THE SHORE 270 TSUNAMI (EARTHQUAKE-GENERATED WAVES) SEA LEVEL
CHANGE 273 MIGRATING SHORELINES 273 SUBSIDING LAND 274 RATE OF CHANGE
276 SEA LEVEL AND SMALL ISLANDS COASTAL EROSION 277 PACIFIC COASTLINE
277 ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTLINES PROTECTING SHORELINES 279 WETLANDS 280
VALUE OF WETLANDS 281 CASE STUDY: RUINING FLORIDA S EVERGLADES CASE
STUDY: RETHINKING HOLLAND 284 ESTUARIES AND POLLUTION 286 CASE STUDY:
CHESAPEAKE BAY 286 OCEAN POLLUTION 289 CASE STUDY: POLLUTING THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA OPEN-OCEAN DUMPING 290 CRUDE OIL 291 RADIOACTIVE WASTE
293 SUMMARY 294 KEY TERMS 295 STOP AND THINK! 295 REFERENCES AND
SUGGESTED READINGS 295 277 278 283 289 CHAPTER 11 EARTHQUAKES AND PLATE
TECTONICS 297 297 WHERE DO EARTHQUAKES OCCUR? EARTHQUAKES AT FAULT 298
EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE AND INTENSITY 303 RICHTER MAGNITUDE (ENERGY
RELEASED) 303 MERCALLI INTENSITY (DAMAGE LEVEL) 306 VIII CONTENTS
LOCATING AN EARTHQUAKE 306 EARTHQUAKES AND PLATE TECTONICS 307
CONVECTION IN THE MANTLE 308 PLATE BOUNDARY EARTHQUAKES 311 CASE STUDY:
LOMA PRIETA, CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE 312 CASE STUDY: NORTHRIDGE,
CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE 313 CASE STUDY: KOBE, JAPAN EARTHQUAKE 316
EARTHQUAKES IN PLATE INTERIORS 317 MANMADE EARTHQUAKES 319 EARTHQUAKES
AT THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL 319 EARTHQUAKES AT WATER RESERVOIRS 320
EARTHQUAKES ATGEOTHERMAL POWER STATIONS 320 INTENTIONAL EARTHQUAKES 321
EARTHQUAKE FORECASTING: CAN WE? 322 CAN ANIMALS SENSE IMPENDING QUAKES?
322 THE SCIENCE OF FORECASTING 322 THE JAPANESE ON EARTHQUAKE
FORECASTING 324 FOSSIL PALEOQUAKES 324 THE PARKFIELD PREDICTION 326
PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM EARTHQUAKES 327 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND
INSURANCE 327 PERSONAL PREPARATION 328 OFFICIAL FORECASTS AND PUBLIC
RESPONSE 328 SUMMARY 331 KEY TERMS 332 STOP AND THINK! 332 REFERENCES
AND SUGGESTED READINGS 332 CHAPTER 12 VOLCANOES AND ERUPTIONS 335 OUR
HEATED PLANET 335 WHERE DO VOLCANOES OCCUR? 336 TECTONIC PLATE
BOUNDARIES 336 HOT SPOTS 338 THE SECRET IS IN THE LAVA 339 HOW GASSY IS
A MAGMA? 339 HOW VISCOUS IS A MAGMA? 340 VOLCANIC PLUMBING 341 VOLCANO
SHAPES 341 THE SURFACE OF LAVA FLOWS 341 HAZARDS OF EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS
341 HAZARDS OF NONEXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS 344 HOW MANY ERUPTIONS OCCUR EACH
YEAR? 346 ERUPTION DURATION 346 ERUPTION FORECASTING: CAN WE? 348
FORECASTING S FIRST STEP: CLASSIFYING VOLCANIC ACTIVITY 349 WHAT DO
VOLCANOLOGISTS MEASURE TO FORECAST AN ERUPTION? 349 A PREDICTION THAT
FIZZLED 351 THE PREDICTION DILEMMA 352 CASE STUDY: MOUNT SAINT HELENS,
WASHINGTON, 1980 ERUPTION 353 CASE STUDY: MOUNT PINATUBO, PHILIPPINES,
1991 ERUPTION 356 HAZARD ASSESSMENT 358 CASE STUDY: FIGHTING AN ERUPTION
IN ICELAND 360 HOW VOLCANOES AFFECT CLIMATE 361 BENEFITS FROM VOLCANOES
362 VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND AIRLINE SAFETY 363 SUMMARY 363 KEY TERMS 365
STOP AND THINK! 365 REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS 365 CHAPTER 13
NONFUEL MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT 367 WHAT ARE MINERAL
RESOURCES? 367 HOW ARE MINERAL RESOURCES FORMED? 370 RESOURCES FROM
IGNEOUS ROCKS 370 RESOURCES FROM METAMORPHIC ROCKS 371 RESOURCES FROM
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 371 HOW ABUNDANT IS EACH MINERAL RESOURCE? 374 IS ANY
COUNTRY SELF-SUFFICIENT IN MINERAL RESOURCES? 375 CAN WE RUN OUT OF
RESOURCES? 376 HOW MUCH DO WE REALLY HAVE OF EACH MINERAL RESOURCE? 378
MINING: SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND 378 SURFACE MINING 378 CASE STUDY:
COPPER MINING AT BINGHAM, UTAH 379 CASE STUDY: COPPER SMELTING IN
DUCKTOWN DISTRICT, TENNESSEE 381 WASTE AND POLLUTION FROM MINING AND
PROCESSING 382 WASTE ROCK 382 WATER POLLUTION 382 POLLUTION FROM
SMELTERS 384 CONTENTS IX UNDERGROUND MINING 384 THE ALLURE OF GOLD 385
THAR S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS! 385 PLACER DEPOSITS 387 PLACERS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING 387 STREAM PLACERS AND GOLD 388 GOLD MINING AND
MERCURY POLLUTION 388 THE ALLURE OF DIAMONDS 389 THE DIAMOND MARKET 390
BEACH PLACERS AND DIAMONDS 391 MINING NONMETALLIC ROCK AND MINERALS 392
CRUSHED STONE (AGGREGATE) 393 SAND AND GRAVEL 394 POLITICS, ECONOMICS,
AND STONE 396 MAPS HELP LOCATE RESOURCES 397 SUMMARY 397 KEY TERMS 398
STOP AND THINK! 398 REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS 398 426 CHAPTER 14
ENERGY FROM FOSSIL FUELS 401 EVERYTHING WE DO TAKES ENERGY 401 TYPES OF
ENERGY 401 CONVERTING ENERGY FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER 403 ENERGY IS
EMPOWERMENT 406 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS 407 HOW DOES PETROLEUM FORM?
408 HOW DO OIL AND NATURAL GAS MIGRATE AND ACCUMULATE? 409 HOW ARE OIL
AND GAS DISCOVERED? 409 IS THE U.S. RUNNING OUT OF OIL? 410 THE ARAB OIL
EMBARGO OF 1973: TASTE OF THE FUTURE 411 , IMPROVING AUTOMOBILE
EFFICIENCY 412 ELECTRIC CARS 413 OIL IN THE FUTURE 413 IS THE U.S.
RUNNING OUT OF NATURAL GAS? 414 NATURAL GAS HYDRATES 415 X PETROLEUM
REMOVAL AND LAND SUBSIDENCE 415 OIL-IMPREGNATED ROCKS: A SOLUTION? 415
OIL SHALE: A SOLUTION? 416 COAL: THE ROCK THAT BURNS 418 HOW DOES COAL
FORM? 418 SEARCHING FOR COAL DEPOSITS 419 MINING COAL 420 SURFACE MINING
420 UNDERGROUND MINING 421 MINE SAFETY 423 SULFUR CONTENT OF COAL 425
ENERGY CONSERVATION 425 ENERGY NEED: DEGREE-DAYS 426 IMPROVING FOSSIL
FUEL EFFICIENCY SUMMARY 428 KEY TERMS 428 STOP AND THINK! 429 REFERENCES
AND SUGGESTED READINGS 429 CHAPTER 15 ENERGY FROM ALTERNATIVE SOURCES
431 KINETIC ENERGY FROM MOVING WATER 432 HYDROELECTRIC POWER 432 TIDAL
POWER 434 OCEAN WAVE POWER 435 THERMAL ENERGY FROM GROUNDWATER AND
SEAWATER 436 HOT GROUNDWATER (GEOTHERMAL ENERGY) 436 OCEANIC THERMAL
ENERGY CONVERSION (OTEC) 439 ENERGY FROM THE WIND 440 ENERGY FROM
BIOMASS 442 BIOGAS 443 BIOLIQUIDS 444 BIOMASS PROS AND CONS 444 ENERGY
FROM THE SUN 445 SOLAR HEATING 445 ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR ENERGY 448 THE
BEST ENERGY MIX 451 SOCIAL COST OF POWER GENERATION 451 FOSSIL FUELS
VERSUS RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES: THE PUBLIC S VIEW 452 SUMMARY 452 KEY
TERMS 452 STOP AND THINK! 453 REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS 453
CONTENTS 461 464 CHAPTER 16 ENERGY FROM NUCLEAR POWER 455 WHAT IS
RADIOACTIVITY? 456 DISCOVERING THE INVISIBLE 457 TYPES OF RADIATION 458
NATURAL RADIATION SOURCES 459 GET A HALF-LIFE! 460 WHAT IS THE
BIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF RADIATION? THE HAZARDS OF IONIZING RADIATION 462
RADIATION SICKNESS 463 URANIUM: OUR SOURCE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY WHY
URANIUM? 464 NUCLEAR FISSION (SPLITTING ATOMS) 465 INSIDE A NUCLEAR
REACTOR 466 BREEDING FUEL AND BOMB MATERIAL 467 FOSSIL NUCLEAR REACTORS
IN AFRICA 468 URANIUM MINERS, SMOKERS, AND THE RADIATION RISK 469 HOW
SAFE ARE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS? 469 CASE STUDY: THREE MILE ISLAND,
PENNSYLVANIA 469 CASE STUDY: CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE 470 WHAT DO WE DO WITH
OLD NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS? 473 CAN WE EVER DISPOSE OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE?
476 LOW-LEVEL WASTE REPOSITORIES 477 HIGH-LEVEL WASTE REPOSITORIES 478
WHY IS RADON GAS A HEALTH HAZARD? 480 RADON IN THE HOME 480 HOW MUCH
RADON IS SAFE? 480 TESTING FOR RADON 482 SUMMARY 483 KEY TERMS 484 STOP
AND THINK! 484 REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS 484 -,-RM CHAPTER 17
OUR AIR AND ITS QUALITY 487 WHAT IS IN THE ATMOSPHERE? 487 HOW SOLAR
ENERGY AND THE ATMOSPHERE INTERACT 489 CARBON DIOXIDE AND THE GREENHOUSE
EFFECT 491 OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES 491 SULF ATE AEROSOLS AND GLOBAL
COOLING 492 GLOBAL WARMING: IS IT, OR NOT? 493 GLOBAL WARMING: MOST
SCIENTISTS ARE CONVINCED 493 AN ALTERNATE VIEW: WHAT GLOBAL WARMING? 494
HAS EARTH S SURFACE TEMPERATURE ALWAYS VARIED? 495 GLOBAL WARMING: HYPE
CITY 495 WHO WINS AND WHO LOSES IN GLOBAL WARMING? 496 WINNERS IN GLOBAL
WARMING 496 LOSERS IN GLOBAL WARMING 497 OZONE 498 THE TROUBLED OZONE
LAYER 499 OZONE AND CFCS 499 IS THERE A SOLUTION TO THE OZONE PROBLEM?
502 OZONE DEPLETION, CANCER, AND YOU 502 EYE DAMAGE 502 PROTECTIVE
MEASURES 503 AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION 504 SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO 2 ) 505
PARTICULATE MATTER 506 NITROGEN DIOXIDE (NO 2 ) 507 CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)
508 OZONE (O 3 ) 508 LEAD(PB) 509 NON-AUTOMOTIVE POLLUTION SOURCES 510
TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS 510 ACID PRECIPITATION 512 WHAT ARE ACID
PRECIPITATION S EFFECTS? 514 IS AIR QUALITY IMPROVING? 515
CIVILIZATION S MICROCLIMATES 515 URBAN HEAT ISLAND 516 HUMIDITY AND
COMFORT 518 WINDCHILL 519 THOSE OTHER POLLUTANTS 519 POLLEN, MOLDS, AND
ALLERGIES 519 SMOLDERING TOBACCO: AIR POLLUTION INDOORS 520 TURN IT
DOWN! 522 SUMMARY 522 KEY TERMS 524 STOP AND THINK! 525 REFERENCES AND
SUGGESTED READINGS 525 GLOSSARY 526 INDEX 535 CONTENTS XI
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| illustrated | Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-09T18:10:26Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 013371022X |
| language | English |
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