Man's Impact on the Global Environment; Assessment and Recommendations for Action; Report. - Couverture souple

Study Of Critical Environmental Problems (SCEP)

 
9780262690270: Man's Impact on the Global Environment; Assessment and Recommendations for Action; Report.
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0262690276 ISBN 13 : 9780262690270
Editeur : MIT Press, 1970

Synopsis

This Report of the Study of Critical Environmental Problems (SCEP) presents the results of a one-month interdisciplinary examination of the global climatic and ecological effects of man's activities.

This Report of the Study of Critical Environmental Problems (SCEP) presents the results of a one-month, interdisciplinary examination of the global climatic and ecological effects of man's activities. The disciplines represented by the fifty full-time participants include meteorology, oceanography, ecology, engineering, economics, social sciences, and law. The Study, which was sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was conducted during the month of July 1970 at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.

The focus was on those environmental problems whose cumulative effects on ecological systems are so large and prevalent that they have worldwide significance. Thus the Study was primarily concerned with the effects of pollution on man through changes in climate, ocean ecology, and large terrestrial ecosystems.

Some of the following subjects were investigated by the Work Groups:

Climatic Effects:
Increasing carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere
Particle load of the atmosphere
Contamination of the troposphere and stratosphere by subsonic and supersonic aircraft

Ecological Effects:
DDT and other pesticides
Mercury and other toxic heavy metals
Oil in the oceans
Nutrients in estuaries

On these topics several general questions were addressed, such as, What can we say? Where are the gaps in our knowledge? What action programs are needed?

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Éditeur
MIT Press
Date d'édition
1970
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0262690276
ISBN 13 
9780262690270
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
342
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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