Polluted Earth av Alexander (Rutgers University NJ USA) Gates

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<b>POLLUTED EARTH</b><p><b>A fresh and engaging introduction to the science behind pollution disasters for science and non-science majors</b><p>Coming generations will have to reckon with a growing number of environmental challenges, whether caused by climate change, population growth or industrial production. <i>Polluted Earth: The Science of the Earth¿s Environment</i> combines the best features of a textbook and a popular science book. It retains the organization needed for a course while adopting a highly illustrative style that is mirrored in a multitude of case studies: short, self-contained and well-illustrated stories of well-known pollution disasters that are highly engaging for both science and non-science majors, from the historic Black Sunday dust storm in the midwestern United States to the more recent <i>Deepwater Horizon</i> spill in the Gulf of Mexico. From the very start, it also introduces the concept of environmental justice that ties pollution to economic and social