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| Each chapter ends with Questions and Problems | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Cronus Syndrome | |
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| On the Quality of Life | |
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| Global Change and Preservation | |
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| Methodology for Study | |
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| Fundamentals | |
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| Air: The Medium of Change | |
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| What Is Air? | |
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| Sensing Air | |
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| The Basic Ingredients | |
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| The Basic Properties | |
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| A Short History of Discovery | |
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| The Air Revealed | |
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| The Mechanics of Air | |
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| The Structure of the Atmosphere | |
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| How Much Air Is There? | |
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| Temperature Profiles | |
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| The Stratification of the Atmosphere | |
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| Air in Motion | |
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| Local Winds and Weather | |
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| Global Wind Systems | |
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| Basic Physical and Chemical Principles | |
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| The Mechanical Behavior of Gases and Particles | |
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| Gas Laws and Hydrostatics | |
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| Particles in Suspension | |
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| Clouds and Precipitation | |
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| Radiation and Energy | |
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| Sunlight and Heat | |
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| Scattering and Absorption | |
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| Common Optical Effects | |
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| Chemistry and the Environment | |
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| Symbols and Terminology | |
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| Properties of Common Substances | |
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| The Mechanisms of Chemical Reactions | |
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| Basic Chemical Reactions | |
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| The Evolution of Earth | |
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| The Origin of the Earth | |
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| Early Evolutionary Phases | |
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| Box Models for Earth Reservoirs | |
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| The Prebiotic Atmosphere | |
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| The Coevolution of the Environment and Life | |
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| The Evolution of Life Processes | |
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| Ancient Organisms and Greenhouse Gases | |
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| Photosynthesis and the Ozone Layer | |
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| The Mass Extinction of Life | |
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| Fossil History | |
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| The Dinosaurs: A Lesson in Longevity | |
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| Goddess Gaia and Homeostasis | |
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| The Coevolution of Intelligence and Pollution | |
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| Population and Technology | |
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| Local and Regional Pollution Issues | |
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| Sources and Dispersion of Pollutants | |
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| The Source of the Problem | |
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| What to Call Pollutants? | |
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| Distributed and Point Sources | |
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| Size Scales of Dispersion | |
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| The Dispersion of Pollutants | |
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| Diffusion and Turbulence | |
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| Convection and Lofting | |
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| Advection and Long-Range Transport | |
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| Temperature Inversions | |
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| Temperatures in the Lower Atmosphere | |
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| Atmospheric Stability | |
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| Large-Scale Inversions | |
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| Plumes of Pollution | |
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| Smokestack Plumes | |
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| Ground Plumes | |
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| Urban Heat Islands | |
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| Regional Dispersion of Pollutants | |
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| In Coastal Zones | |
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| Near Mountain Barriers | |
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| Smog: The Urban Syndrome | |
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| The History of Smog | |
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| Air Pollution and Poets | |
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| London Smog | |
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| Los Angeles Smog | |
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| Primary and Secondary Pollutants | |
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| The Basic Ingredients | |
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| Clean and Dirty Air | |
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| Smog Scenarios: A Typical Polluted Day | |
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| Carbon Monoxide | |
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| Nitrogen Dioxide | |
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| Ozone | |
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| Dissecting Smog | |
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| The Evolution of Smoggy Air | |
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| Trends in Air Pollution | |
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| Haze and Visibility | |
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| Total Suspended Particulate | |
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| Seeing through Air | |
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| Acid Particles and Fog | |
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| Controlling Smog: Everyone's Job | |
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| Reducing Emissions of Primary Pollutants | |
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| Alternative Fuels | |
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| Lifestyles for Health and Survival | |
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| Effects of Exposure to Pollution | |
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| How Pollutants Affect Health | |
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| The Discovery of Toxicity | |
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| The Physiology of Toxicity | |
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| The Toxic Effects of Air Pollutants | |
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| Common Ingredients of Smog | |
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| Eye Irritants | |
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| Organic Vapors | |
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| Problem Particles | |
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| Persistent Environmental Toxins | |
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| Radioactivity | |
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| Stability of the Elements | |
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| Sources of Radioactivity | |
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| The Physiological Effects of Radioactivity | |
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| Assessment of Health Risks | |
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| Defining the Threat | |
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| Risks and Benefits of Pollution | |
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| Box Models for Risk Assessment | |
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| Urban Smog: A Case Study | |
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| Limiting Risk | |
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| Indoor Air Pollution | |
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| What Are ""Indoor"" Air Pollutants? | |
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| The Special Character of Indoor Pollution | |
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| Indoor Pollution and the News | |
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| Radon: Mother and Daughters | |
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| Poison from the Earth | |
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| Radon Exposure and Its Effects | |
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| Formaldehyde | |
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| Embalmers' Fluid | |
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| Formaldehyde's Impacts on Health | |
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| Tobacco Smoke | |
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| Composition of Tobacco Smoke | |
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| Tobacco Smoke's Effects on Health | |
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| Smoke and Mirrors | |
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| Other Indoor Pollutants | |
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| Biogenic Pollutants | |
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| Indoor Water Pollution | |
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| Indoor Versus Outdoor Pollution | |
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| Is It Safe to Go Indoors? | |
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| Making Indoors Safe | |
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| Acid Rain | |
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| The Tainted Rain | |
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| Acidity and pH | |
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| The pH Scale | |
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| Acids in Water | |
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| Alkalinity: The Acid Buffer | |
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| Sources of Environmental Acids | |
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| How Acid Is Acid Rain? | |
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| Sulfur Oxides and Acid Rain | |
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| Nitrogen Oxides and Acid Rain | |
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| Acid Fog | |
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| The Costs of Excess Acidity | |
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| Dying Forests and Lakes | |
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| A Potpourri of Destruction | |
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| Health Implications | |
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| Controlling Acid Rain and Fog | |
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| Global-Scale Pollution Issues | |
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| Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect | |
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| Ozone Depletion and the Ozone Hole | |
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| Climate Change Caused by Nuclear War: Nuclear Winter | |
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| The Relationship between Population and Pollution | |
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| Global Biogeochemical Cycles | |
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| The Grand Chemical Cycles of Earth | |
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| Reservoirs in the Earth System | |
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| Simple Reservoir Models | |
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| Biogeochemical Cycles of the Primary Elements | |
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| Sulfur | |
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| Nitrogen | |
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| Oxygen | |
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| Carbon | |
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| The Hydrological Cycle | |
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| A Global Garbage Dump? | |
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| The Climate Machine | |
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| Weather and Climate | |
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| Energy from the Sun | |
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| Solar Illumination | |
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| The Four Seasons | |
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| The Temperature of Earth | |
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| Sunlight In, Earthglow Out | |
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| An Energy Balance Model | |
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| The Temperatures of the Planets | |
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| The Greenhouse Effect | |
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| Atmospheric Band Absorption | |
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| Radiation Emission from the Earth | |
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| Clouds and Radiation | |
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| The Greenhouse Energy Balance | |
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| Energy Reservoirs: The Climate Flywheel | |
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| Reservoirs for Heat | |
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| Ice: The Cool Reservoir | |
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| A Coupled Climate System | |
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| Causes of Climate Change | |
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| Climate Variability | |
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| Solar Variability: External Forcing | |
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| Ice Ages | |
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| Volcanic Eruptions | |
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| The Albedo Effect | |
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| The Vulnerability of Life to a Changing Climate | |
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| Modern Society and Climate | |
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| Do We Need Climate Insurance? | |
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| Greenhouse Warming | |
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| Greenhouse Gases | |
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| The Greenhouse Culprits: A Rogue's Gallery | |
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| Water Vapor: Innocent Bystander or Good Samaritan? | |
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| Carbon Dioxide | |
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| Increasing CO2: What Is the Cause? | |
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| The Problem with Energy Addiction | |
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| Other Greenhouse Gases | |
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| Methane | |
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| Nitrous Oxide | |
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| Chlorofluorocarbons | |
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| Ozone | |
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| the Warming Effect of Greenhouse Gases | |
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| Climate History and the Greenhouse Effect | |
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| Recent Temperature Trends | |
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| Forecasts of Greenhouse Warming | |
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| Uncertainty Is the Future | |
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| Solutions? | |
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| Recyclable Fuels | |
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| Alternative Energy Sources | |
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| Climate Correction: Endangering the Environment | |
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| The Stratospheric Ozone Layer | |
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| The Ozone Shield | |
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| The Formation and Destruction of Ozone | |
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| The Photochemistry of Ozone | |
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| The Destruction of Catalytic Ozone | |
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| The Distribution of Ozone in the Atmosphere | |
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| Dobson Units: Ozone Overhead | |
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| How Much Ozone Is There? | |
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| Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation | |
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| Regions of the Ultraviolet Spectrum | |
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| Health Effects of UV-B Radiation | |
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| Environmental Effects of UV-B Radiation | |
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| Threats Against Ozone | |
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| A Litany of Threats | |
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| Chlorine | |
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| Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone Change | |
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| Bromine and the Halons | |
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| Forecasts of Global Ozone Depletion | |
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| Scenarios and Projections | |
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| Signature of the Culprit | |
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| The Ozone Hole | |
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| Discovery | |
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| The Polar Vortex | |
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| Polar Stratospheric Clouds | |
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| Ozone Depletion: The Hole Story | |
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| A Global Ozone Disaster? | |
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| Solutions and Actions | |
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| The Montreal Protocol | |
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| Saving the Earth's Ozone Layer | |
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| Global Environmental Engineering | |
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| What Is Global Environmental Engineering? | |
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| Living Thermostats: Natural Compensation | |
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| Planetary Engineering | |
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| Technological Traps | |
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| Nuclear Winter | |
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| Carbon Dioxide | |
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| Chlorofluorocarbons | |
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| Technological Cures | |
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| Preventing Armageddon | |
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| Cooling Down the Greenhouse | |
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| Fixing the Ozone Shield | |
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| A Rational Approach to Environmental Management | |
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| Scientific Notation, Units, and Constants | |
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| Scientific Notation | |
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| Applications of Scientific Notation | |
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| Large and Small Numbers | |
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| Using Mixing Ratios | |
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| The Metric System: Units and Conversions | |
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| Common Units of Measure | |
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| Manipulation of Dimensions and Units | |
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| Physical and Mathematical Constants | |
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| Physical Constants (and Their Common Symbols) | |
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| Mathematical Constants | |
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| Mathematical Operations | |
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| Squares and Square Roots | |
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| Higher Powers | |
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| Exponentials and Logarithms | |
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| Algebraic Equations | |
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| Inequalities | |
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| Demonstrations of Common Natural Phenomena | |
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| Demonstration 1: Light Scattering by Small Particles | |
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| Background | |
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| Experimental Procedure | |
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| Demonstration 2: Gas-to-Particle Conversion in Smog | |
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| Background | |
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| Experimental Procedure | |
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| Demonstration 3: Atmospheric Pressure and Water Vapor Condensation | |
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| Background | |
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| Experimental Procedure | |
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| Demonstration 4: Acid Rain Formation | |
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| Background | |
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| Experimental Procedure | |
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| Radiation Nomenclature | |
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| Index | |