EAN: 9783642642432

GLOBAL AQUATIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT - HA...

During the last few decades anthropogenic activities in the industrially advanced countries
have outcompeted nature in changing the global environment. This is best illustrated for
example by the polluted lakes in Scandinavia and Canada  associated with acid deposition from
fossil fuel combustion. One of the major challenges mankind is confronted with in the field of
energy consumption is undoubtedly to ensure sustainability - a goal that requires improved
management of natural resources and a substantial reduction of the noxious emissions which are
dangerous to health and the environment. The threat of global climate change due to pollutant
emissions causes se rious concern to many nations  and reaching an international consensus is
likely to take some time. Carbon dioxide emissions have slowed only marginally in
industrialized countries during the last few years  but have increased significantly in most
developing countries due to increases in energy demand and the increasing use of fossil fuels 
which remain the most readily available energy sources today. Unfortunately  far from learning
lessons from the negative experiences of developed countries  many developing countries are
taking the same path to development which has turned out to result in serious environmental
consequences.

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