Earth Under Siege

Richard P. Turco is Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Director of UCLA's Institute of the Environment.

• 1. Introduction ; Part I: Fundamentals ; 2. Air - the medium of change ; 3. Basic Physical and chemical principles ; 4. The evolution of earth ; Part II: Local and regional pollution issues ; 5. Sources and dispersion of pollutants ; 6. Smog: the urban syndrome ; 7. Effects of exposure to pollution ; 8. Indoor air pollution ; 9. Acid rain ; Part III: Global-scale pollution issues ; 10. Global biogeochemical cycles ; 11. The climate machine ; 12. Greenhouse warming ; 13. The stratospheric ozone layer ; 14. Global environmental engineering ; Appendix A. Scientific notation, units, and constants ; Appendix B. Demonstrations of common natural phenomena ; Appendix C. Radiation nomenclature ; Index

"This reader-friendly book examines in some depth one of the most important problems facing our modern technological age - air pollution...The text offers a comprehensive description of environment systems, providing a basic understanding of how the world around us works and how human activities affect it". International Journal of Environmental Studies, March 2003.