Includes bibliographies and index

This book is designed to fill the gap between elementary nonscience books on global environment and change and specialized volumes. The scope is on the global environment and specific examples encompass the globe and have strong reference support. Topics covered in the chapters include the following: global environment in terms of atmospheric, water, and oceanic circulations; air chemistry, the greenhouse effect and the ozone hole; global chemical environment; chemical weathering and water chemistry; lakes in terms of physical, biological and chemical processes and cycles; marine littoral environments; and the open ocean.