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.
12 द्वारा ईबुक Wim Salomons
R E Hester & R M Harrison: Chemistry in the Marine Environment
The oceans cover more than 70% of the earth’s surface to an average depth of almost 4000 metres. It is therefore not surprising that exchanges that occur between ocean and atmosphere exert major …
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Philippe Quevauviller: Water System Science and Policy Interfacing
Recent discussions among scientists and policy-makers have highlighted that knowledge generated by many research and demonstration projects is not reaching policymakers in an efficient way. …
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Luiz D.de Lacerda & Wim Salomons: Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining
Due to its inherent characteristics, mercury contamination from gold mining is a major environmental problem compared to past mercury contamination from industrial point sources. The worsening of …
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Luiz D. de Lacerda & S. Ramachandran: Perspectives on Integrated Coastal Zone Management
All coastal areas are facing a growing range of stresses and shocks, the scale of which now poses threats to the resilience of both human and environmental coastal systems. Responsible agencies are …
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Ulrich Forstner & Wim Salomons: Environmental Management of Solid Waste
Dredged Material and Mine Tailings are two of the same thing once they are deposited on land: they must be safe-guarded, wash-out must be prevented, and they must be protected by a plantcover. This …
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Walter Geller & Helmut Klapper: Acidic Mining Lakes
Acidification is a universal problem at all mining sites in which oxygenated water comes in contact with sulfide minerals or other reduced sulfur compounds. An International Workshop was held in …
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Ulrich Forstner & Wim Salomons: Chemistry and Biology of Solid Waste
Dredged Material and Mine Tailings are two of the same thing once they are deposited on land: they must be safe-guarded, wash-out must be prevented, and they must be protected by a plantcover. This …
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Brian L. Bayne & Egbert K. Duursma: Pollution of the North Sea
This preface is being written at a time of exceptional public interest in the North Sea, following media head- lines on toxic algal blooms, the mass mortality of common seals, and concern over …
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Ulrich Forstner & Pavel Mader: Heavy Metals
"Heavy Metals: Problems and Solutions" is divided into three sections dealing with basic geochemical processes, remediation and case studies. The basic geochemical processes are discussed …
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Wim Salomons & William M. Stigliani: Biogeodynamics of Pollutants in Soils and Sediments
In the USA, Western and Central Europe, there are many large-scale polluted sites that are too large to be cleaned up economically with available technologies. The pollution is caused by heavy …
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Ralf Ebinghaus & Luiz D. de Lacerda: Mercury Contaminated Sites
Mercury is outstanding among the global environmental pollutants of continuing th concern. Especially in the last decade of the 20 century, environmental scientists, legislators, politicians, and the …
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