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Water Quality in the Third Pole
The Roles of Climate Change and Human Activities
Coordinators: Sharma Chhatra Mani, Kang Shichang, Tripathee Lekhendra
Language: EnglishSubjects for Water Quality in the Third Pole:
334 p. · 15x22.8 cm · Paperback
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Water Quality in the Third Pole: The Roles of Climate Change and Human Activities offers in-depth coverage of water quality issues (natural and human-related), the monitoring of contaminants, and the remediation of water contamination. The book's chapters assess years of research on water quality and climate change in this fascinating and scientifically important region. Topics addressed include climate change impacts on water qualities of freshwater bodies, such as glaciers, lakes, rivers and precipitation. In addition, the book explains the growing concerns over water quality, such as mercury, trace elements, major ions, persistent organic pollutants and their circulation.
As such, it is an essential reference for academics and policymakers interested in the water quality of natural bodies.
Section I – Glaciers Section II – Lakes Section III – Rivers Section IV – Precipitation
Researchers in water science and water quality, climate science, atmospheric science, environmental chemistry, limnology, and earth sciences and policy makers
Prof. Shichang Kang is the Director at State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on climate and environmental changes recorded in the ice cores, as well as water and atmospheric quality in the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayas. He has more than 500 peer-reviewed papers published in domestic and international journals, such as Climate Dynamic, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Climate Research, Environmental Science and Technology,
- Identifies key issues and problems, focusing on water quality in the Third Pole region under the changing scenarios of global climate change
- Provides updated information on water quality in a compiled form, mainly from climatically and lithologically distinct Himalayan regions
- Highlights the local and long-range transported inputs of pollutants in water bodies