Title Atmosphere-biosphere interactions : toward a better understanding of the ecological consequences of fossil fuel combustion : a report / prepared by the Committee on the Atmosphere and the Biosphere, Board on Agriculture and Renewable Resources, Commission on Natural Resources, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1981

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 263 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts Contents Introduction and overview -- The fossil fuel scenario: the probability of a crisis in the biosphere -- This report -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Scientific understanding of atmosphere-biosphere interactions: a historical overview -- Human alterations of the atmosphere -- Energy and air pollution -- Biogenic emissions to the atmosphere -- Nitrogen -- Sulfur -- Trace metals -- Atmospheric emissions from burning of natural biomass -- Natural organic products -- Anthropogenic sources of atmospheric substances -- Patterns of fossil fuel use -- Atmospheric emissions from fossil fuel burning -- Atmospheric transport, transformation, and deposition processes -- Transport and diffusion -- Transformations -- Deposition -- Residence times for substances in the atmosphere -- Biological accumulation and effect of atmospheric contaminants -- Accumulation in terrestrial ecosystems -- Accumulation in aquatic ecosystems -- Accumulation in soils and aquatic sediments -- Transformation in soils and waters -- Transfer of substances from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems -- Pollutants and individual organisms -- Studying the effects of atmospheric deposition of ecosystems -- Predicting anthropogenic effects on ecosystems -- Highly sensitive organisms as early indicators -- Common responses of ecosystems to stress -- Natural records of pollution -- Monitoring large-scale pollution -- Acid precipitation -- Causes of acid precipitation -- Effects of acid on the biosphere -- Assessment of ecological effects -- Amelioration Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Air -- Pollution. Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects Air Pollutants Air Pollution air pollution. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control. Air -- Pollution Air -- Pollution -- Environmental aspects Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Atmosphere and the Biosphere. LC no. 81084469 ISBN 0585150036 9780585150031 1280247142 9781280247149 9786610247141 6610247145 0309554217 9780309554213

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