摘要:

Post-Industrial Revolution changes in the utilization patterns of carbon-stored energy in fossil fuels and biomass have been linked by others to the changes that are occurring on a global scale to biological and geophysical earth systems. Increased combustion to satisfy anthropogenic energy requirements, related industrial activities, and changes in land management practices have resulted in changes to trace gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Large-scale damage to lakes, forests, and soils over portions of North America and Europe has been caused by higher emissions of SOxand NOx, which have increased the acidity of precipitation. Global warming trends are predicted as a result of the enhanced greenhouse effect due to greater concentrations ofCO2, CH4, N2O, and the chlorofluorocarbons. Anthropogenically induced change is occurring at rates which approach hyperbolic functions when measured in geologic time. Analysis of relationships between population growth, per capita energy consumption, and increases in carbon combustion by-products indicate that growing concentrations of acid emissions and atmospheric greenhouse gases and concomitant damage to the biosphere as well as global warming may be expected unless changes are made in human behavior.

ISSN:0090-8312    

DOI:10.1080/00908319008960212

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1990

数据来源: Taylor