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Index
a
Aarhus Convention, 212
Acid rain, 166, 173–174, 204
correct term for, 173
damage caused by, 174
fossil fuels, 173
nitric acid, 173
sulphuric acid, 173
Adenosine diphosphate (ADP), 14
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), 14
ADP, see Adenosine diphosphate
Aerobic oxidation, 15, 190–191
Agricultural activity, soil and, 94–97
agricultural ecosystems, 97
erosion and desertification, 94–95
fire, grazing following, 95
grazing, extreme pressure of, 95
land consolidation, 97
livestock farming, 94
Mesopotamia, 94
Neolithic era, 94
Nile valley, 94
olive groves, 97
over-grazing, 94
plant hedges in agricultural areas, 97
salination of soil, 96–97
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, 94
transformation to laterite, 96
tropical forest degradation process, 96
water penetration, 96
watersheds, vulnerable, 94–95
wind erosion, 95
Agricultural revolution, 86
Air pollution and global change,
169–185
acid rain, 173–174
correct term for, 173
damage caused by, 174
fossil fuels, 173
nitric acid, 173
sulphuric acid, 173
depletion of stratospheric ozone,
174–177
chlorofluorocarbons, 176
international agreements, 176–177
nitrogen oxides, 176
ozone hole, 175
ozone layer, depletion of, 174
phytoplankton, decrease of, 175
ultraviolet radiation, 175
greenhouse effect, 177–185
carbon capture and storage, 180
climatic noise, 183
composition and thermal
equilibrium of the atmosphere,
177–181
consequences, 185
danger of climatic change,
183–184
Earth’s climate, 181–182
electricity production, 180
flooding, 185
fuel burning, 178
general circulation models, 183
global change, 181
gravitational influences of other
planets, 182
greatest challenge for dealing with,
180
greenhouse gases, 177
insufficient knowledge about
biogeochemical cycles, 183
Little Ice Age, 182
Medieval Warm Period, 182