Climate Change and Chemicals: Environmental & Biological Aspects

The book 'Climate Change and Chemicals - Environmental and Biological Aspects' has addressed the two key environmental issues : climate change and chemical impacts on human health, environment and agricultural production with reference to chemistry, Ecotoxicology, toxicology, and biology. The book reviewed and summarised research results and information from both developed and developing countries including Asia-Pacific, Australasia and other parts of the world. Part-1 of the book 'Climate Change Impacts' provides an account of greenhouse gases carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide and its relationships with climate change and likely impacts on water resources, agriculture and livestock, fisheries and aquatic ecosystems and human health. The key data and information provided in Part-1 are as follows: Climate change and greenhouse gases: Carbon dioxide emissions from different countries of the world; measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions including key mitigation technologies; and projections for future climate changes temperatures and sea levels; precipitation; glaciers and cyclones and Kyoto protocol and Copenhagen Accord COP 15. Water resources: World's freshwater resources and projections for future climate change impacts on water resources surface waters; floods and droughts; ground water; water quality; snows and glaciers melting; sea level rise; shared water resources and adaptation measures. Agriculture and livestock : Future worlds agricultural and livestock production relating to climate changes enhanced CO2 effect on C3 and C4 plants/crops; effects of higher temperature; precipitation, water availability, irrigation; extreme events and climate variability; sea level rise; and pests and diseases and adaptation measures.