Mendenhall Lake, salmon protection, salmon life cycle, fire frequency, carbon
dioxide stabilization, actions for environmental protection, and Macaulay Salmon
Hatchery, Alaska, USA.
Keywords Global warming · Climate change · Glacier melting · Salmon protection ·
Glacier Bay National Park and Reserve · Mendenhall Glacier · Salmon life cycle ·
Macaulay Salmon Hatchery · Greenhouse gases
Acronym and Nomenclature
BC
Black carbon
CCl 4
Carbon tetrachloride
CCS
Carbon capture and sequestration
CFC
Chlorofluorocarbon
CH 4
Methane
CO 2
Carbon dioxide
GHG
Greenhouse gas
GWP
Global warming
HBFC
Hydrobromofluorocarbon
HC
Hydrocarbon
HCFCs
Halogenated fluorocarbons
HFCs
Hydrofluorocarbons
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
N 2 O
Nitrous oxide
NMVOCs Non-methane volatile organic compounds
O 3
Ozone
PFCs
Perfluorinated carbons
PM
Particulate matter
UNCCD
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
USEPA
US Environmental Protection Agency
USGS
US Geological Survey
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
1 Environment and Ecosystem Protection
Environment is an envelope or complex physical, chemical, and biotic factors
(as climate, air, soil, light, temperature, living things, etc.) that act upon an ecological
community (a collection of living things) and ultimately determine its form and
survival.
Ecosystem is a natural unit or entity including living and nonliving parts that
interact to produce a stable system through cyclic exchange of materials.
Protection of our environment and ecosystem is important to our human survival.
This is the theme of this book chapter [1–42].
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L. K. Wang et al.