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Environmental issues, global warming, pollution, and chemical
dumping, are ever present in the news. But what about the health
problems these issues pose? Frank Spellman and Melissa Stoudt
identify the hazardous environmental issues and explain the science
behind the dangers to our health. The Handbook of Environmental
Health begins with defining the most commonly used terms, clearly
explained for any student to learn and understand. Then each
chapter tackles a different issue, outlining its scientific
concepts and relating it to our health, with case studies or
scenarios to bring the concepts to life. Lastly, the chapters
conclude with thought-provoking questions. The authors also provide
solutions to control the factors that harm our health, making this
handbook a valuable resource for any student, library, or one
interested in the dangers of environmental health.
Written in an engaging and highly readable style, The Handbook of
Geoscience is ideal for students, administrators, legal
professionals, non-scientific professionals, and general readers
with little or no science background. This handbook is a
user-friendly overview of our physical, biological, and ecological
environment, one that offers up-to-date coverage of the major
scientific fields that form the structure of geoscience. Students
who are enrolled in a geoscience course or one of its many
subdisciplines will find this work an invaluable resource to
support and supplement classroom instruction. The emphasis is on
readability, with clear, example-driven explanations refined by
more than 35 years of experience of instruction and student
feedback.
Environmental Science: Principles and Practices provides the
scientific principles, concepts, applications, and methodologies
required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world,
identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and
manmade, evaluate the relative risks associated with these
problems, and examine alternative solutions (such as renewable
energy sources) for resolving and even preventing them. Frank R.
Spellman and Melissa Stoudt introduce the science of the
environmental mediums of air, water, soil, and biota to
undergraduate students. Interdisciplinary by nature, environmental
science embraces a wide array of topics. Environmental Science:
Principles and Practices brings these topics together under several
major themes, including 1.How energy conversions underlie all
ecological processes 2.How the earth s environment functions as an
integrated system 3.How human activities alter natural systems
4.How the role of culture, social, and economic factors is vital to
the development of solutions 5.How human survival depends on
practical ideas of stewardship and sustainability Environmental
Science: Principles and Practices is an ideal resource for students
of science in the classroom and at home, in the library and the
lab."
Experts agree, though it is already important, nuclear power will
soon be critical to the maintenance of contemporary society. With
the heightened importance of nuclear energy comes a heightened
threat of terrorism. The possibility of nuclear energy
infrastructure terrorism-that is, the use of weapons to cause
damage to the nuclear energy industrial sector, which would have
widespread, devastating effects-is very real. In Nuclear
Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security, authors Frank R.
Spellman and Melissa L. Stoudt present all the information needed
for nuclear infrastructure employers and employees to handle
security threats they must be prepared to meet. The book focuses on
three interrelated nuclear energy infrastructure segments: nuclear
reactors, radioactive materials, and nuclear waste. It presents
common-sense methodologies in a straightforward manner, so the text
is accessible even to those with little experience with nuclear
energy who are nonetheless concerned about the protection of our
nuclear infrastructure. Important safety and security principles
are outlined, along with security measures that can be implemented
to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities.
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