In recognition of the all-pervasive role global warming - and the related phenomena of ozone hole, ocean acidification, and acid rain - are set to play in the affairs of the world, these topics have been given a strong emphasis in the undergraduate and graduate degree courses all over the world. This book is one of the outcomes of the authors curriculum-development efforts on the subject of global warming. Besides giving a comprehensive coverage to the general state-of-the-art, the book specifically dwells upon the highly debated issue of the contribution of wetlands to global warming....