What happens to a chemical once it enters the natural environment?How do its physical and chemical properties influence itstransport, persistence, and partition

Partitioning of chemicals in the environment and its modeling is becoming an important field in environmental science and engineering. This book enables student

Reviews existing knowledge in the natural and engineering sciences to determine the rates, lifetimes, routes, and reservoirs of chemicals moving through the env

Given the presence of a wide variety of contaminants in the environment, it is important to understand what drives a contaminant from one medium to another, as

Pollution and its control are now one of the most serious problems in environmental management, affecting localized areas, regions, and, increasingly, the entir