Heavy Metals in the Environment (Signed) Using Wetlands for Their Removal

Odum, Howard T.

ISBN 10: 1566704014 / ISBN 13: 9781566704014

Published by CRC Press, 2000

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No marks or writing, clean tight binding;; like new; NOT; ex-library; Discussed lead and wetlands and the role of wetlands in regulating toxic heavy metals; twelve contributors/authors; ; 0.97 x 10.46 x 7.06 Inche; 344 pages; Three copies - do not cancel entry ! ; Signed by Author Very Good glossy pictoral cover, no highlighting or underlining ex-library;

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Heavy Metals in the Environment (Signed) Using Wetlands for Their Removal
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566704014
• ISBN 13: 9781566704014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Much of the convenience of modern life resides in sheet metal, the cowling shield of most machines and appliances. However, the load that this takes off human shoulders has to be carried elsewhere, and the Earth has borne the burden. Many of us woke up to the environmental cost when over a century of industrialization finally surpassed the capacity of nature to assimilate it. International in scope, Heavy Metals in the Environment: Using Wetlands for Their Removal discusses wetland functions and heavy metal contamination. It addresses such questions as: Can systems powered by sunlight handle toxins more effectively than systems running on fossil fuel? At what scale and by what means do we define efficiency? These questions resonate increasingly with a number of global challenges. As inescapable as climate change, you can no longer avoid airborne toxins, acid rain, and polluted water by moving away from them. When the time comes to rely less on fossil fuel-based technology, how will we clean up the aftermath of toxic misadventures? Written by a leader in the growing field of ecological engineering, Heavy Metals in the Environment: Using Wetlands for Their Removal presents scientific studies that illustrate how natural systems use wetlands to adapt to changes in the ecosystem. It focuses primarily on lead, one of the first materials used by developing civilizations and a metal used heavily in the industrial era. The goal: to achieve a better understanding of how natural systems use wetlands to adapt to wastes.

About the Author

Howard T. Odum, Wlodzimierz Wójcik, Lowell Pritchard, Shanshin Ton, Joseph J. Delfino, Malgorzata Wójcik, Slawomir Leszczynski, Jay D. Patel , Steven J. Doherty, Jacek Stasik