Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Acid Rain and Clouds on the Sea of Japan Coast
(Hideharu Honoki and Koichi Watanabe, Toyama Science Museum, Toyama, Japan, and others)
Chapter 2. Long-Range Transport of Asian Dust in East Asia: Chemical and Physical Processing of Mineral Particles and Potential Environmental Impacts
(Atsushi Matsuki, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan)
Chapter 3. The Long Range Transport of Bioaerosols over East Asia
(Teruya Maki, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa)
Chapter 4. The Sources and Long Range Transport of PAHs and NPAHs Contained on PM2.5: A Study of East Asia
(Ning Tang, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa)
Chapter 5. Secondary Formation of Toxic Nitropolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Promoted on Mineral Dust Aerosols
(Takayuki Kameda, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan)
Chapter 6. Model Simulation of Atmospheric Aerosols
(Mizuo Kajino, Atmospheric Environment and Applied Meteorology Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan)
Chapter 7. Model Simulation of PAHs in North East Asia
(Yayoi Inomata, Institute for Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan)
Chapter 8. Oil Spills and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
(Kazuichi Hayakawa, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Japan)
Chapter 9. Observation of Persistent Organic Pollutants Using Voluntary Observation Ships in the Sea of Japan and Adjacent Waters
(Masayuki Kunugi and Takafumi Aramaki, General Foundation of Environmental Innovation and Communication, Kandahigashimatsushita Chiyoda, Tokyo, and others)
Chapter 10. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment
(Kazuichi Hayakawa, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Japan)
Chapter 11. Surface Distributions of 228Ra in and around the Sea of Japan: Implications for Water Migration and Delivery of Soluble Contaminants
(Mutsuo Inoue, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan)
Conclusion
Index
Reviews
“Remarkable economic and industrial development over the last two centuries has been largely driven by combustion of fossil fuels and biomass on a massive scale. This has resulted in release of pollutants into the atmosphere, rivers and marine environments and across international boundaries. The problem has been particularly acute in the highly populated Pan-Japan Sea region which includes China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Far-Eastern Russia. This book adopts a novel trans-boundary view to present scientific evidence for the magnitude of this problem. The chapters span a remarkable range of issues concerning diverse pollutants including acid rain, bio-aerosols, desert dust, organic pollutants and radionuclides. The book will be a valuable text for students of environmental pollution as well as researchers and policy-makers seeking to better understand the science underlying pollution in the region.” – Stephen B. Pointing, Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of Science, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
“During the last 50 years, human population on the earth has grown 2.4 times while total economic activities symbolized by the gross world product (GWP) has been boosted to 50 times. The intensified human activities on the earth supported by both the large amount of consumption of fossil fuels and the massive exploitation of natural resources on the earth have brought about variety of negative impacts on natural ecosystems and anthropogenic spheres. Emissions from the industrial and domestic activities include acidic nitric/sulfuric gases, persistent organic pollutants, such as perchlorobenzenes and agrochemicals, and particulates from coal burning and/or land degradation, etc. once emitted, most of these substances are transported and dispersed far beyond administrative boundaries through atmospheric and hydrospheric path ways. This book collects chapters related to fates of these hazardous substances focusing on the Northwest Pacific region, which is one of the densely populated areas on the globe. Environmental researchers as well as policy makers will become interested in useful and comprehensive findings introduced throughout this book.” – Motoyuki Suzuki, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo, Former Chairman of the Central Environment Council, Japan
Additional Information
Keywords: Trans-Boundary Pollution; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon; Persistent Organic Pollutant; Atmosphere; Marine, North-East Asia; Japan Sea
The book will be a valuable text for students of environmental pollution as well as researchers and policy-makers.