Environmental Pollution (Paperback, Omkar Verma, Ravi Shanker)

Humans in the brief time that they have inhabited earth have contributed immensely in shaping its course. Over the centuries, humans have succeeded in making life more comfortable for themselves, by modulating immediate environment so as to limit the vagaries of nature. However, the long-term consequences are now breathing down hard on our necks in the form of pollution, devastated ecosystems, global warming, heat waves, abnormal monsoons and many other problems. For a long time, it has been possible to pretend that the environment is an infinite source and an infinite sink. The state of air, water and soil in the current times very strongly indicate that is not the case. The exploitation of earth’s resources beyond the breaking point has put the life of the future generations in jeopardy. Rapid industrialization has burdened our environment and these pollutants threaten our daily quality of life. We need to work now to contain pollution and other environmental issues. This book addresses in great details the various kinds of pollutions, the causes, consequences, other environmental problems, bioindicators, the need to educate society about environment, the need to regularly monitor pollution, understand policies designed to limit environmental catastrophes and induce environmentally responsible behaviour and as a last resort to undertake disaster management if the need arrives. Latest information has been sourced from authentic sources across the globe and presented in a lucid and engaging manner. The book is an attempt to showcase to the reader in one place, the problems, the solutions, the way forward with respect to environmental problems.