The Science of Global Warming Remediation

ISBN-13: 9781032377674 / Twarda / 2024 / 456 str.

UK.) Harris Mark (University of Birmingham

Opis

The Science of Global Warming Remediation examines the workings of a complex chemical system using concepts such as chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and oxidation/reduction. It focuses on preventing environmental deterioration and using environmental chemistry for environmental clean-up, or remediation.

Spis treści

Section 1. Sequestration of Carbon Dixoide. 1. The Evidence. 2. Measurements. 3. Sequestration by Forests. 4. CO2 Sequestration by Water. 5. Sequestration by Soils. 6. Carbon Footprint. 7. CO2 Fixation. 8. CO2 Capture. Section 2. Other Potent Greenhouse Gases. 9. Methane. 10. Nitrous Oxide. Section 3. Atmospheric Emissions. 11. Sulfur Dioxide. 12. Cement, Pozzolans, Ashes. 13. Automobile Emissions. 14. Internal Combustion Engines Operating at Sub-Optimum Temperatures, Climate Change, and Health. 15. Indoor Emissions. 16. Air Pollution Meteorology. 17. Thermal Pollution and Remediation. Section 4. Water. 18. Water: Pesticides and Acidity. 19. Water: Pesticides in Fish. 20. Rainwater: Collection, Pollution, Remediation. 21. Water: Salinization. 22. Wastewater Treatment. 23. Water Protection. 24. Water: Chlorination Remediation. 25. Water: Eutrophication. Section 5. Remediation of Polluted Soils. 26. Chemistry of Soil Pollution. 27. CO2 Sequestration Using Alkali Mine Waste Treatments in Bauxite Residue Disposal Areas (BRDA). 28. CO2 Sequestration: Alkali Mine Waste Treatments in Acid Mine Drainage. 29. Pozzolanic Carbon Sequestration in Red-Mud-Treated Mortars. Section 6. Appendices. 30. Appendix A: Sampling and Statistics. 31. Appendix B: Hydrological Applications. 32. Appendix C: Renewable Energy.

O autorze

Mark Anglin Harris is a Professor of Applied Climatology and Environmental Chemistry at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Jamaica, where he has been on the faculty since 2002. His baccalaureate degree, conferred in 1977, majored in geology and physical geography at the University of Windsor, Canada. He received his PhD in environmental geoscience from the University of Adelaide in 2001, after tutoring there in 1992-1995 in earth science & physical geography. He researches mainly on remediation of polluted land, water and air. His previous books, titled "Geobiotechnological Solutions to Anthropogenic Disturbances" and "Confronting Global Climate Change: Experiments & Applications in the Tropics" were published respectively in 2016 by Springer-Nature and 2019 by CRC-Taylor & Francis.

Professor Harris has been the senior author of approximately 30 research articles, having become, so far, the only multiple recipients of the NCU Distinguished Faculty Award for research or scholarship, having won it four times, in 2003, 2007, 2012 and 2016. He received the 2020-2021 Musgrave silver medal for science.