Introduction to Environmental Chemistry. This item is unavailable.Introduction to Environmental Chemistry

As concern grows about the result of hazardous wastes in the environment and the role anthropogenic chemicals play in global warming, environmental chemistry assuming a prominent place in the undergraduate curriculum. In chemistry, earth–science and environmental– science departments, students have long needed a concise yet thorough introduction to the subject, and this text has been written to fill that need.

• Specifically designed as a textbook and based on many years of teaching experience.
  
• Focuses on the increasingly important and topical area of global climate change.

As concerns mount about the fate of hazardous wastes in the environment, and the role of anthropogenic chemicals in global warming, environmental chemistry is growing in prominence in the undergraduate curriculum. In departments of chemistry, earth science and environmental science, students now need a concise thorough introduction to the subject. This new textbook has been designed to meet these student′s needs

The book assumes little or no previous chemistry background and introduces the fundamental principles used in studies of environmental chemistry. It illustrates how these apply in cases ranging from the local to the global scale. A strong theme of the book is the importance of understanding how natural geochemical processes operate over a variety of time–scales, so the effects of human perturbations can be measured against these.

The team of authors behind An Introduction to Environmental Chemistry belong to one of the world′s leading research groups in the field.