Acid rain : rhetoric and reality
Author : Chris C. Park
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,89 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Acid rain
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Author : Chris C. Park
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,89 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Acid rain
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Author : Chris C. Park
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 37,65 MB
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 1134671253
This title, first published in 1987, provides an authoritative account of both the science and the politics of acid rain. Chris Park places the debates surrounding acid rain in context, and examines the full implications of scientific studies and the effects of acid rain on surface waters, soils and buildings. Evidence is drawn from around the world, including an examination of the damage in Scandinavia and Germany and the effects of acid rain in the U.K. and U.S.A. A comprehensive and relevant work, this is an important guide for students of geography, environment and sustainability and energy policy.
Author : Parks
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Page : pages
File Size : 46,97 MB
Release : 2006
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Author :
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Page : 159 pages
File Size : 23,44 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Acid rain
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Author : Sheldon Cheney
Publisher :
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 19,7 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Acid rain
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Author :
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Page : 594 pages
File Size : 36,68 MB
Release : 1988
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Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Sub-Committee on Acid Rain
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Page : 150 pages
File Size : 31,46 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Acid rain
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Author : Walter J. Karplus
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 37,97 MB
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1489960244
Each day we are bombarded with news of a new catastrophe of worldwide proportions promising to obliterate a part, if not all, of humankind. Confronted with these warnings of impending doom, our best defense is to understand how valid--or invalid--these predictions of calamity are. By perceiving these threats in a wise and sagacious way, we can best meet future challenges by not earmarking precious resources for wrong or misleading reasons. Walter Karplus, a professor of computer sciences at UCLA, in his 35 years of experience has made predictions for all kinds of phenomena by generating models and computer simulations. His decades of experience have taught him what we can and cannot predict with any accuracy. Dr. Karplus surveys the most hotly debated catastrophes that many scientists have predicted will imminently endanger the lives of countless people all over the globe. These catastrophes include the depletion of the ozone layer, the Greenhouse Effect, nuclear radiation, acid rain, the AIDS epidemic, the population explosion, another Great Depression, and earthquakes. Drawing on his superb background, he assesses the strengths and weaknesses of arguments propounding the seriousness of these calamities. All the while, he never allows us to lose sight of the profound shortcomings of scientific prediction. In his singularly engaging manner, Dr. Karplus traces the fascinating art of prediction from our earliest ancestors to today. He pronounces at what point prediction, even within science, becomes a black art. He elucidates the problems that computer simulations have in predicting events and goes on to pinpoint when and where these models lapse into the area of pure conjecture. Through reason and wit, Walter Karplus teaches us how to bring a trained eye to the predictions of disaster that unceasingly assault us. The Heavens Are Falling is an illuminating and entertaining work that bestows on us the wisdom to make informed judgments before taking arms against a sea of troubles.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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Page : 792 pages
File Size : 36,67 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Acid rain
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Author : Diane M. Fortner
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 15,68 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780810828353
Written for young people who are just beginning to develop an awareness about one planet, one people, and one home. Includes nature writings, legal history, current news, and a prediction for the future.