Author: Karen Sarah LavinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Organic compounds
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Geographic Source Apportionment of Atmospherically Transported Semi-volatile Organic Contaiminants in the Southern Alps of New Zealand
Author: Karen Sarah LavinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Organic compounds
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Understanding the Past, Current and Future Transport and Fate of Semi-volatile Organic Compounds in a Remote Alpine Glacier-fed Lake in New Zealand
Author: Xiaolin WuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Persistent semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) undergo atmospheric transport and accumulate in cold ecosystems, and their fates are intimately linked to those of the snowpack and glaciers into which they become trapped. As glacial melting occurs, SVOCs that have been stored in glaciers for many decades may undergo release to the environment. While glacial melting in cold ecosystems is projected to accelerate due to increases in mean atmospheric temperatures, enhanced release of SVOCs from glaciers to the surrounding environment is also expected. In this study, the historic, current and future distribution, transport and fate of current-use and historic-use pesticides, a group of SVOCs, were studied in a remote mountainous glacier-fed lake environment in New Zealand, a Southern Hemisphere country.
Proximity to Potential Sources and Mountain Cold-trapping of Semi-volatile Organic Contaminants
Author: John Norman WestgateMeasuring Up
Author: Jeffrey SheerinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Notes to accompany the topographical map of the Southern Alps, in the province of Canterbury, New Zealand
Author: Julius von HaastPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southern Alps/k Tiritiri O Te Moana (n.z.) --description And Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
New Zealand Soil Classification
Author: A. E. HewittPublisher:
ISBN: 9780477026499
Category : Soils
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
New Zealand Soil Classification
Author: A. E. HewittClimate Change and Water
Author: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / Working Group Technical Support UnitPublisher:
ISBN: 9789291691234
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Technical Paper addresses the issue of freshwater. Sealevel rise is dealt with only insofar as it can lead to impacts on freshwater in coastal areas and beyond. Climate, freshwater, biophysical and socio-economic systems are interconnected in complex ways. Hence, a change in any one of these can induce a change in any other. Freshwater-related issues are critical in determining key regional and sectoral vulnerabilities. Therefore, the relationship between climate change and freshwater resources is of primary concern to human society and also has implications for all living species. -- page vii.
Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309209412
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The indoor environment affects occupants' health and comfort. Poor environmental conditions and indoor contaminants are estimated to cost the U.S. economy tens of billions of dollars a year in exacerbation of illnesses like asthma, allergic symptoms, and subsequent lost productivity. Climate change has the potential to affect the indoor environment because conditions inside buildings are influenced by conditions outside them. Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health addresses the impacts that climate change may have on the indoor environment and the resulting health effects. It finds that steps taken to mitigate climate change may cause or exacerbate harmful indoor environmental conditions. The book discusses the role the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should take in informing the public, health professionals, and those in the building industry about potential risks and what can be done to address them. The study also recommends that building codes account for climate change projections; that federal agencies join to develop or refine protocols and testing standards for evaluating emissions from materials, furnishings, and appliances used in buildings; and that building weatherization efforts include consideration of health effects. Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health is written primarily for the EPA and other federal agencies, organizations, and researchers with interests in public health; the environment; building design, construction, and operation; and climate issues.
High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World
Author: Jordi CatalanPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319559826
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
This book provides case studies and general views of the main processes involved in the ecosystem shifts occurring in the high mountains and analyses the implications for nature conservation. Case studies from the Pyrenees are preponderant, with a comprehensive set of mountain ranges surrounded by highly populated lowland areas also being considered. The introductory and closing chapters will summarise the main challenges that nature conservation may face in mountain areas under the environmental shifting conditions. Further chapters put forward approaches from environmental geography, functional ecology, biogeography, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Organisms from microbes to large carnivores, and ecosystems from lakes to forest will be considered. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to researchers in mountain ecosystems, students and nature professionals. This book is open access under a CC BY license.