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000529427 05000 $$aGE146$$b.V45 2013
000529427 08200 $$a363.7$$223
000529427 1001_ $$aVallero, Daniel A.
000529427 24510 $$aUnraveling environmental disasters /$$cDaniel Vallero, Trevor Letcher.
000529427 260__ $$aBoston :$$bElsevier,$$cc2013.
000529427 300__ $$axi, 500 p. :$$bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;$$c24 cm.
000529427 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000529427 5050_ $$aFailure. Events ; Disasters as failures ; Types of failure ; Types of disasters ; Systems engineering -- Science. Scientific advancement ; Laws of motion ; Laws of chemistry and thermodynamics ; Science in the public eye -- Explosions. Dust ; Ammonium nitrate ; Picric acid and TNT ; Methyl isocyanate ; Natural explosions : volcanoes -- Plumes. Nomenclature ; Early air quality disasters ; Toxic plumes ; Plume characterization ; Nuclear fallout plumes -- Leaks. Surreptitious disasters ; Pollutant transport in groundwater ; Love Canal ; Chester ; Times Beach ; Valley of the Drums ; Stringfellow Acid Pits ; Tar Creek ; The march continues -- Spills. Disastrous releases ; Oil spills ; Niger River Delta oil spills ; Other spills ; Partitioning in the environment -- Fires. Fire disaster thermodynamics ; Kuwait oil fires ; Release of radioactive material ; Indonesian wildfires ; World Trade Center fire ; The Japanese earthquake and tsunami ; Other major fires ; Tire fires ; Coal mine fires ; Indirect effect : formation of toxic substances ; Indirect impact : transport -- Climate. Global climate change ; Greenhouse gases ; Consequences of global warming ; Is it a disaster? ; Responding to climate change ; Carbon and climate ;  Potential warming disaster ; Geoengineering ; Biological drivers of climate change -- Nature. Hurricanes ; Floods ; Drought ; Ecosystem resilience -- Minerals. Inorganic substances ; Toxic metals ; Asbestos ; Cyanide ; Surface mining ; Value -- Recalcitrance. The dirty dozen ; Agent Orange ; Lake Apopka ; James River ; Persistent wastes ; The Arctic disaster -- Radiation. Electromagnetic radiation ; Nuclear radiation ; Nuclear plants ; Nuclear power plant failure ; Is nuclear power worth the risks? ; Meltdown at Chernobyl ; The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster ; Three Mile Island nuclear accident ; Radioisotopes and radiation poisoning ; Carbon dating ; Nuclear waste disposal -- Invasions. The worst ; Sensitive habitats -- Products. Precaution ; Endocrine disruptors and hormonally active agents ; Antibiotics : superbugs and cross-resistance ; Organophosphates ; Scientific principles at work ; Milk and terrorism -- Unsustainability. Oil ; Phosphates ; Helium ; Platinum group metals ; Lithium ; Rare earth metals ; Other metals ; Biomass ; Methane ; Carbon dioxide -- Society. Justice ; Solid waste ; Food supply ; Vinyl chloride ; Food versus fuel ; Burning as a societal issue ; Risk trade-offs -- Future. Recommendations.
000529427 520__ $$a"Unraveling Environmental Disasters covers the major environmental threats facing our world, focusing on rigorous scientific investigations to better understand why the disasters occurred. Two prominent scientists, physical chemist Trevor Letcher and environmental engineer Daniel Vallero, look at natural and human-induced disasters to analyze ways that they could have been prevented and offer predictions on possible future disasters based upon scientific evidence. This book: Considers the societal impact on environmental disasters; Describes concisely why these disasters occurred, with understandable explanations of the underlying scientific principles; Applies 'failure analysis' to recent environmental catastrophes, such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; Explains how to minimize the risk of potential disasters similar to those of the past."--p. [4] of cover.
000529427 650_0 $$aEnvironmental disasters.
000529427 7001_ $$aLetcher, T. M.$$q(Trevor M.)
000529427 85200 $$bgen$$hGE146$$i.V45$$i2013
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