Principles of Environmental Chemistry draws upon sections of the authors' previous text (Understanding our Environment) and reflects the growing trend of a more sophisticated approach to teaching environmental science at university. This new, revised text book focuses on the chemistry involved in environmental problems. Complete with worked examples, the book is aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate chemistry students studying environmental chemistry.
Roy Harrison OBE is Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Birmingham. In 2004 he was appointed OBE for services to environmental science. Professor Harrison's research interests lie in the field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in air pollution, from emissions through atmospheric chemical and physical transformations to exposure and effects on human health. Much of this work is designed to inform the development of policy.
Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Chemistry of the Atmosphere; Chapter 3: Chemistry of Freshwaters; Chapter 4: Chemistry of the Oceans; Chapter 5: Chemistry of the Solid Earth; Chapter 6: Environmental Organic Chemistry; Chapter 7: Biogeochemical Cycling of Pollutants; Glossary; Subject Index