Book review: Climate change 1995: the science of climate change. Contribution of working group 1 to the second assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. J. T. Houghton, L. G. Meira Filho, B. A. Callendar, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg and K. Maskell (eds). Cambridge University Press (Cambridge) 1996. No. of pages: xii+572 pp. Price: £65.00, US$90.00 ISBN 0-521-56433-6 (hardback); £22.95, US$34.95 ISBN 0-521-56436-0 (paperback)
✍ Scribed by SMITHSON, PETER A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 37 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0899-8418
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✦ Synopsis
environmental and ecological science who need a basic understanding of chemistry.
The book begins with a description of some fundamental concepts concerning atoms and atomic structure, chemical bonding and the properties of matter. The basic building blocks of physical chemistry then follow, including material on chemical kinetics, photochemistry, chemical equilibria, electrochemistry and the chemistry of surfaces and colloids. Chapter 3 contains the chemistry of the elements, expanded somewhat in this third edition. The techniques of environmental analytical chemistry are covered in chapter 4 with some excellent illustrations of practical relevance to the environmental sciences. Environmental biogeochemistry is covered in chapter 5, with particular attention being given to the global greenhouse effect and the build-up of persistant organic pollutants in the global environment. The ®nal chapter works through a number of case studies dealing with speci®c environmental problems in the ®elds of atmospheric chemistry, freshwaters, sea waters, soils and marine sediments.