The Science and Technology of the Environment

ISBN-13: 9781774639764 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 364 str.

James G. Speight

Opis

Provides an essential understanding of natural environments and how they function by giving clear explanations of the fundamental aspects of environmental science and technology from a multidisciplinary perspective. It covers pollution, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, and global warming affecting the Earth’s atmosphere.

Spis treści

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 

O autorze

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.