Understanding current environmental issues requires having a critical eye to all information related to the release and distribution of chemicals into the environment. This new book offers scientists, researchers, and students an essential understanding of natural environments and the way in which they function by providing clear explanations of the fundamental aspects of environmental science and technology from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Written in a convenient and easy-to-read style, this volume covers the important aspects of environmental science and technology, focusing on the many issues that are related to the effects of chemical waste on various ecosystems as well as on pollutant mitigation and clean-up. The volume discusses several key environmental problems such as pollution, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, and global warming affecting the Earth’s atmosphere, aquasphere, and geosphere over the past four decades. The author takes an interdisciplinary approach to explain the environmental conditions of earth affected by physical, chemical, biological, and human interactions that transform and transport materials and energy.
The Science and Technology of the Environment is a ready-at-hand guide to the many issues that are related to the effects of chemicals on various ecosystems as well as to pollutant mitigation and clean-up that will be valuable to students at all levels as well as a refresher for scientists, researchers, policymakers, and others.
PART I: DEFINITIONS AND RESOURCES 1. History, Definitions, and Terminology 2. Resources and Resource Utilization PART II: ECOSYSTEMS 3. The Atmosphere 4. The Aquasphere 5. The Geosphere PART III: EMISSIONS AND EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT 6. Sources and Types of Chemicals 7. Introduction to the Environment 8. Transformation in the Environment 9. Management of Chemical Waste 10. Environmental Regulations
Biography
James G. Speight, PhD, has over 50 years of experience in petroleum engineering and related areas and is the author of more than 90 books on petroleum science, petroleum engineering, biosciences, and environmental sciences. His work has also focused on safety issues, environmental effects, remediation, reactors associated with the production and use of fuels and biofuels, process economics, as well as ethics in science and engineering, and ethics in universities. Although he has always worked in private industry that focused on contract-based work, he was a visiting professor at the University of Mosul (Iraq), Technical University of Denmark, and University of Trinidad and Tobago. Dr. Speight has been honored with many awards, including awards from the United States National Petroleum Engineering Society, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the University of Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States Institute of Trade and Commerce, Washington, DC.
