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Preface
The biosphere is the medium that is naturally optimized for the growth and development of a huge number of biological organisms. Nature itself creates natural disasters that degrade the ecosystems and organisms that live in it. Humans, in spite of
their existential question in nature, still continuously degrade nature and its living
environment. This anthropogenic factor affects all segments of the environment, the
lower parts of the atmosphere, the upper parts of the lithosphere, as well as the
hydrosphere. Intensive technological development as well as the availability of natural raw materials for their utilization have significantly enabled the progress of
these degradation processes in nature. On the other hand, the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, with their intensive development, have generated substances that
are not only unnatural but also highly risky for the human population and the environment. Pollutants and potentially toxic substances are continuously introduced
into all segments of the biosphere, shifting the natural balance of natural normal
distributions. The environmental pollutants create abnormal media for living organisms. These days, we are increasingly faced with the fact of the ecological risk for
the survival of many species. In recent decades, researchers have paid great attention to environmental risk, determining the pollution index and identifying polluted
sites where it is necessary to prevent further degradation. Therefore, several critical
aspects should be involved when we initiate and launch environmental research or
monitoring. One of the aims of the modern environmental investigations is to obtain
more objective data for the complex but silent environmental markers, which will be
identified as typical pollutants in various parts of the environment. The modern
analytical approaches involve sophisticated and sensitive instrumental technique,
but the main question is how to create a corresponding data matrix and proper data
analysis. Chemometrics is a routine chemical sub-discipline, which involves several
mathematical methods for extracting more realistic and proper environmental information. The implementation of modern and novel chemometric methods becomes a
critical point in the environmental studies these days. Therefore, this book summarizes the latest investigations of the concerning parts of the biosphere, affected with
hazards substances. Moreover, selected case studies investigation with spacious
applicability will create general framework of the opportunities, advantages,
Preface
The biosphere is the medium that is naturally optimized for the growth and development of a huge number of biological organisms. Nature itself creates natural disasters that degrade the ecosystems and organisms that live in it. Humans, in spite of
their existential question in nature, still continuously degrade nature and its living
environment. This anthropogenic factor affects all segments of the environment, the
lower parts of the atmosphere, the upper parts of the lithosphere, as well as the
hydrosphere. Intensive technological development as well as the availability of natural raw materials for their utilization have significantly enabled the progress of
these degradation processes in nature. On the other hand, the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, with their intensive development, have generated substances that
are not only unnatural but also highly risky for the human population and the environment. Pollutants and potentially toxic substances are continuously introduced
into all segments of the biosphere, shifting the natural balance of natural normal
distributions. The environmental pollutants create abnormal media for living organisms. These days, we are increasingly faced with the fact of the ecological risk for
the survival of many species. In recent decades, researchers have paid great attention to environmental risk, determining the pollution index and identifying polluted
sites where it is necessary to prevent further degradation. Therefore, several critical
aspects should be involved when we initiate and launch environmental research or
monitoring. One of the aims of the modern environmental investigations is to obtain
more objective data for the complex but silent environmental markers, which will be
identified as typical pollutants in various parts of the environment. The modern
analytical approaches involve sophisticated and sensitive instrumental technique,
but the main question is how to create a corresponding data matrix and proper data
analysis. Chemometrics is a routine chemical sub-discipline, which involves several
mathematical methods for extracting more realistic and proper environmental information. The implementation of modern and novel chemometric methods becomes a
critical point in the environmental studies these days. Therefore, this book summarizes the latest investigations of the concerning parts of the biosphere, affected with
hazards substances. Moreover, selected case studies investigation with spacious
applicability will create general framework of the opportunities, advantages,