Atmosphere air pollution and its effects / [electronic resource] :
Dana Desonie.
- New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c2007.
- 1 online resource (xii, 194 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), map
- Our fragile planet .
- Desonie, Dana. Our fragile planet. .
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-188) and index.
What the atmosphere provides -- The gases and what they do -- The atmosphere: past and present -- The motions of the atmosphere -- Other factors that shape a region's climate -- Atmospheric behavior: the weather -- What makes the weather? -- Extreme weather -- Human influence on the atmosphere: local -- Air pollutants and air pollution -- Air pollution and the environment -- Air pollution and human health -- Acid rain -- Air pollution control -- The atmosphere above cities -- Human influence on the atmosphere: global -- Ozone loss in the stratosphere -- Climate change.