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Global Effects of Environmental Pollution

A Symposium Organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science Held in Dallas, Texas, December 1968

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  1. S. Fred Singer

    1. U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, USA

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Chemical Balance of Gases in the Earth’s Atmosphere

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • S. Fred Singer
      Pages 3-3

    3. The Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Balance in the Earth’s Atmosphere

      • Francis S. Johnson
      Pages 4-11

    4. Impact of Land and Sea Pollution on the Chemical Stability of the Atmosphere

      • F. D. Sisler
      Pages 12-24

    5. The Dependence of Atmospheric Temperature on the Concentration of Carbon Dioxide

      • Syukuro Manabe
      Pages 25-29

    6. Exchange of CO2 Between Atmosphere and Sea Water: Possible Enzymatic Control of the Rate

      • Rainer Berger, Willard F. Libby
      Pages 30-33

    7. The Global Balance of Carbon Monoxide

      • Louis S. Jaffe
      Pages 34-49

    8. Gaseous Atmospheric Pollutants from Urban and Natural Sources

      • Elmer Robinson, Robert C. Robbins
      Pages 50-64

  3. Nitrogen Compounds in Soil, Water, Atmosphere and Precipitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Introduction

      • S. Fred Singer
      Pages 67-69

    3. Threats to the Integrity of the Nitrogen Cycle: Nitrogen Compounds in Soil, Water, Atmosphere and Precipitation

      • Barry Commoner
      Pages 70-95

    4. The Dynamics of Nitrogen Transformations in the Soil

      • D. R. Keeney, W. R. Gardner
      Pages 96-103

    5. Nitrogen Compounds Used in Crop Production

      • T. C. Byerly
      Pages 104-109

    6. Man-Induced Eutrophication of Lakes

      • Arthur D. Hasler
      Pages 110-125

  4. Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on Climate

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Introduction

      • S. Fred Singer
      Pages 129-129

    3. Climatic Effects of Atmospheric Pollution

      • Reid A. Bryson, Wayne M. Wendland
      Pages 130-138

    4. A Preliminary Evaluation of Atmospheric Pollution as a Cause of the Global Temperature Fluctuation of the Past Century

      • J. Murray Mitchell Jr.
      Pages 139-155

    5. Cloudiness and the Radiative, Convective Equilibrium

      • Syukuro Manabe
      Pages 156-157
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About this book

The Symposium on the Global Effects of Environmental Pollution has performed an important task; it has helped to determine the world-wide impact of certain types of local pollution and has uncovered certain unsuspected effects that might hold dan­ gerous implications for the future. This Symposium should help to make the world aware of a crisis that is becoming more ominous and that involves the developing as well as the developed countries - the crisis of the human environment. The causes of this crisis are not difficult to discern. There has been an unprecedented increase in the world's population, an ever-increasing rate of urbanization, and in many countries, a continuous process of industrialization. Essentially, advancing technology has made it possible for a minority of mankind to achieve affluence and holds out hope for improving the well-being of the great majority. But, because it has not been integrated into the natural environment, this very technology - in industry, in agriculture or in transport - is having many undesir­ able and potentially catastrophic consequences. Our air, our water and our soil are in grave danger. Many species of animal and plant life have become extinct or are facing extinction. The loss to mankind is grave and even the future oflife on earth may be in danger. The challenge is to find ways of repairing the harm already done and to prevent further harm.

Editors and Affiliations

  • U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, USA

    S. Fred Singer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Global Effects of Environmental Pollution

  • Book Subtitle: A Symposium Organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science Held in Dallas, Texas, December 1968

  • Editors: S. Fred Singer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3290-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1970

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0151-0Published: 30 June 1970

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3292-6Published: 29 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-3290-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 232

  • Topics: Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Applied Ecology

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