Environmental chemistry: a global perspective (2nd edn)

Environmental chemistry is arguably the ultimate in applied chemistry, being the study of the chemicals and chemical processes that shape the natural world in which we live. It is about understanding how the uncontaminated environment works - the sources, reactions, transport and fate of chemical species in air, water and soil - and, increasingly, about understanding, and predicting, the myriad effects of human activity on all these. The potential scope of environmental chemistry is vast, so the authors of this undergraduate textbook (a second edition) sensibly make clear the boundaries of their material at the outset.