An up-to-date text on climate change focussing on technical solutions for the most important and climate relevant economic sectors is presented. It is intended for key decision makers, and administrators within industry, agricultural and energy sectors, as well as masters students and post graduates. The first of three sections covers the scientific basis of climate change and the instruments to prevent or reduce negative climate effects. It includes a survey covering current practices at different levels. The second discusses evaluation methods for climate impacts from industrial processes. Climate relevant processes and measures to reduce their impact such as sequestration are defined in the final section, with the main focus being on renewable resources. Details are given on climate impacts of waste prevention, recycling and waste management as well as are proposals for every day solutions.

An up-to-date text on climate change focussing on technical solutions for the most important and climate relevant economic sectors is presented. It is intended for key decision makers, and administrators within industry, agricultural and energy sectors, as well as masters students and post graduates. The first of three sections covers the scientific basis of climate change and the instruments to prevent or reduce negative climate effects. It includes a survey covering current practices at different levels. The second discusses evaluation methods for climate impacts from industrial processes. Climate relevant processes and measures to reduce their impact such as sequestration are defined in the final section, with the main focus being on renewable resources. Details are given on climate impacts of waste prevention, recycling and waste management as well as are proposals for every day solutions.

The inorganic and organic water constituents, often called color-producing agents (CPAs), responsible for water color are generally referred to as water quality parameters. Utilization of water color for assessment of water quality parameters can be achieved by using the established techniques in aquatic optics attained over many decades. Aquatic optics can be subdivided according to whether the natural water body is salty (marine), inland or fresh (limnological), or coastal (often brackish). The authors describe the transformation of water color under varying natural and anthropogenically-driven conditions and, for the first time in a quantitative manner, a closed circle of issues related to remote sensing of water quality in optically complex waters generally inherent to inland and marine coastal waters. Primarily, the text synthesizes the solutions of problems in remote sensing, incorporating mathematics, hydrobiology/hydochemistry, atmospheric optics and ecology.

Es ist uns allen sicherlich hinliinglich bekannt, wenn vielleicht auch nicht in der notwendigen Schiirfe bewuBt, daB der Mensch und seine Umwelt in einer Wechselbeziehung zueinander stehen. Wiihrend Jahrtausenden - bis in die Anfiinge dieses Jahrhunderts hinein - bestand diese Beziehung weitgehend in einer Abhiingigkeit des Menschen von seiner Umwelt; er hatte gelernt, im Ein klang mit der Natur zu leben. Seit jiingster Zeit wird jedoch mit immens anwachsender Intensitiit die Umwelt - und damit sei hier der gesamte Erdball gemeint - mehr und mehr yom Menschen abhiingig. Dies hiingt eng zusammen mit dem Anstieg der Weltbevolkerung und den wachsenden Anspriichen unserer eigenen Zivilisation sowie derjenigen der unterentwickelten Liinder. Umwelt forschung geht uns aile an; sie hat naturwissenschaftliche, soziookonomische und politische Hintergriinde und ist daher komplex und schwierig zu verstehen. Ihre Einfiihrung an Universitiiten und Technischen Hochschulen, ihr Eingang in fachbezogene oder fachiibergreifende Veranstaltungen und ihre Darstellung in zielgerichteten Lehrbiichern tun Not. Wir unternehmen hier einen Versuch der integrierenden Darstellung, notwendigerweise einschriinkend, urn von er stklassigen Wissenschaftlern ihres Fachgebietes zu erfahren, was wir zu er warten haben, was im ProzeB des vielleicht Zu-spiit-Erkennens schon einge treten ist, und was getan werden muB, damit gewisse unerwiinschte Entwick lungen abgewendet werden konnen. Urn diese Erkenntnisse in ihrem vollen Umfang wert en zu konnen, sind griindliche naturwissenschaftliche Kenntnisse notwendig, Kenntnisse der Physik, Chemie und Biologie, die aIle im Wechsel spiel okologischer Fragestellungen teilhaben."