Atmospheric Mercury
Author: Robert W. Talbot
Publisher: MDPI
Published: 2018-09-27
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 3038422908
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Atmospheric Mercury" that was published in Atmosphere
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Technical Background Report for the Global Mercury Assessment 2013
Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher: UN
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788279710806
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report details the technical background to the Global Mercury Assessment 2013 - Sources, Emissions, Releases and Environmental Transport (summary for policy-makers) that has been developed in response to Decision 25/5 III, paragraph 36 of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), that: 'Request the Executive Director, in consultation with Governments, to update the 2008 report entitled Global Atmospheric Mercury Assessment: Sources, Emissions and Transport for consideration by the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum at its twenty-seventh session.' This technical background report has been developed in collaboration with the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). As such, this report also constitutes a contribution to the work of AMAP and the Arctic Council
Critical Loads and Dynamic Risk Assessments
Author: Wim de Vries
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-04-20
Total Pages: 671
ISBN-13: 9401795088
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a unique overview of research methods over the past 25 years assessing critical loads and temporal effects of the deposition of air pollutants. It includes critical load methods and applications addressing acidification, eutrophication and heavy metal pollution of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Applications include examples for each air pollution threat, both at local and regional scale, including Europe, Asia, Canada and the US. The book starts with background information on the effects of the deposition of sulphur, nitrogen and heavy metals and geochemical and biological indicators for risk assessments. The use of those indicators is then illustrated in the assessment of critical loads and their exceedances and in the temporal assessment of air pollution risks. It also includes the most recent developments of assessing critical loads and current and future risks of soil and water chemistry and biodiversity under climate change, with a special focus on nitrogen. The book thus provides a complete overview of the knowledge that is currently used for the scientific support of policies in the field of air pollution control to protect ecosystem services.
Atmospheric Mercury Monitoring, Analysis, and Chemistry
Author: James Cizdziel
Publisher: MDPI
Published: 2021-04-28
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 3036507744
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMercury is a toxic global contaminant that is transported through the atmosphere, is deposited in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and concentrates up the food chain, reaching levels that can harm both humans and wildlife. This book reports the latest findings describing the distribution, deposition, and measurement of this airborne pollutant as well as the human and environmental impacts of artisanal mining of mercury and gold. The research originates from around the world and highlights the importance of atmospheric mercury research and the Minamata Convention on Mercury, a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions of mercury.
The Coal Handbook
Author: Dave Osborne
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2023-03-30
Total Pages: 805
ISBN-13: 032398441X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Coal Handbook: Towards Cleaner Coal Utilization, Volume Two, Second Edition provides authoritative insights on a variety of case studies to help the reader identify the most appropriate technologies to take coal, and its associated by-products, into a cleaner environment, one with integrated energy systems. Editor Dave Osborne and his team of expert contributors combine their expertise to highlight the future direction of coal utilization towards more efficient and clean use of coal. Key emerging topics such as the cleanest ways to deal with coal waste and emission reduction are covered alongside a selection of case studies from various countries.This edition includes two brand new chapters on technology variants and systems, including hybrid systems and advanced CO2 abatement strategies. With its distinguished editor and international team of expert contributors, this book is a comprehensive and invaluable resource for professionals in the coal mining, preparation and utilization industry. - Reflects the latest knowledge on the social and economic value of coal, emissions from coal utilization, and the handling, impact and utilization of coal waste - Explores emerging and future issues around industrial coal utilization, with a strong focus on sustainability - Highlights coal resources, production and uses in established markets such as the USA and Europe, as well as emerging markets in Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, Indonesia and China - Includes two brand new chapters on Hybrid Technologies and Advanced CO2 Abatement Strategies
Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology of Mercury
Author: Guangliang Liu
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011-11-07
Total Pages: 435
ISBN-13: 1118146638
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides the fundamentals, recent developments, and future research needs for critical mercury transformation and transport processes, as well as the experimental methods that have been employed in recent studies. The coverage discusses the environmental behavior and toxicological effects of mercury on organisms, including humans, and provides case studies at the end of each chapter. Bringing together information normally spread across several books, this text is unique in covering the entire mercury cycle and providing a baseline for what is known and what uncertainties remain in respect to mercury cycling.
The Changing Arctic Environment
Author: David P. Stone
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-02-16
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 1107094410
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn accessible, engagingly written book on Arctic environmental change and cooperation by an author intimately involved in Arctic science and policy.
The Silent Epidemic
Author: Alan H. Lockwood
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 026201789X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Silent Epidemic: Coal and the Hidden Threat to Health.
Achieving Environmental Security
Author: P. H. Liotta
Publisher: IOS Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1607505789
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEcosystem services and human welfare / W.G. Kepner.
Mercury and the Everglades. A Synthesis and Model for Complex Ecosystem Restoration
Author: Curtis D. Pollman
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2019-06-27
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 3030200701
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book integrates 30 years of mercury research on the Florida Everglades to inform scientists and policy makers. The Everglades is an iconic ecosystem by virtue of its expanse; diversity of biota; and multiple international designations. Despite this, the Everglades has been subjected to multiple threats including: habitat loss, hydrologic alterations, invasive species; and altered water quality. Less well recognized as a threat to Everglades human use and wildlife populations is the toxic metal, mercury. This Volume focuses on sources of mercury to the Everglades from the late-1980’s when there was bewilderment as to why there were very high levels of mercury in the Everglades food web. Soon came the finding that mercury loadings from atmospheric deposition accounted for over 95% of total input to the Everglades which resulted in Florida conducting the most comprehensive mercury monitoring and modeling study performed to date. Topics discussed in this Volume include: (1) Why atmospheric deposition fluxes of mercury to the Everglades are amongst the highest in the U.S; (2) That these are overwhelmingly from sources outside of the U.S; (3) That mitigation strategies for resolving the elevated food web mercury problem in the Everglades that rely solely on reducing atmospheric mercury inputs will not be effective for many decades; (4) That consideration of other strategies, in particular controlling factors related to Everglades mercury biogeochemical cycling seem warranted.
