50 FAQs on Air Pollution: know all about air pollution and do your bit to limit it - Softcover

Rupak Ghosh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8179934535 ISBN 13: 9788179934531

Publisher: The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI, 2013

Synopsis

Which substances are polluting air the most? What is the ozone hole? How much CO2 is emitted by burning 1 litre of petrol? Which country emits the maximum CO2 per person? What is BS-IV? How are climate change and air pollution related? What is the Kyoto Protocol? Which are the most and least polluted cities of India?

Know the answers to these, and 42 more frequently asked questions, on air pollution, its various aspects, and impacts.

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• 50 FAQS on Climate Change (ISBN: 9788179935392)
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• 50 FAQs on Renewable Energy (ISBN: 9788179935415)
• 50 FAQs on Waste Management (ISBN: 9788179935408)
• 50 FAQs on Water Pollution (ISBN: 9788179934593)

Contents:

• Air composition
• Air pollution
• Volatile Organic Compounds
• Greenhouse effect
• Rise of Greenhouse Gases
• Rise of CO2 due to fossil-fuel burning
• Global CO2 emissions per year
• Country emitting maximum CO2
• Country emitting maximum CO2 per person
• Carbon footprint
• Ozone layer
• Depletion of ozone layer
• Recovery of ozone layer
• Most polluting substances in air
• Aerosols
• Aerosols and particulate matter
• Automobiles and air pollution
• Eco-friendly fossil fuels
• CO2 emitted by 1 litre of petrol
• Aircraft pollutants
• BS-IV
• Pollution Under Certificate
• Clean fuels
• Biodiesel
• Hybrid car
• Thermal power plant pollutants
• Acid precipitation
• Smog
• Haze and smog
• Worst air-pollution disaster in history
• Trees and air pollution
• Indoor Air Pollution
• Impact of Indoor Air Pollution
• Improving Indoor Air Quality
• Cancer and air pollution
• Climate change and air pollution
• Measuring air pollution
• Air Quality Index
• World’s most polluted city
• World’s least polluted city
• India’s most polluted city
• India’s least polluted city
• WHO’s air quality guidelines
• India’s air quality guidelines
• Emissions trading
• Kyoto Protocol
• Kyoto Protocol and reduction of GHGs
• Montreal Protocol
• Indian laws on air pollution
• Ways to reduce air pollution

Edition details

• Publisher: The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8179934535
• ISBN 13: 9788179934531
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60