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Intercontinental Transport of Air Pollution: An Introduction
This chapter introduces the reader to the topic of intercontinental air pollution transport. It starts by describing how air pollution problems...
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Long Range Transport of Air Pollution to the Arctic
Transport of air pollution to the Arctic is reviewed with emphasis on what has been measured. General atmospheric circulation patterns especially...
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Prospects for International Management of Intercontinental Air Pollution Transport
The recognition of the intercontinental transport of air pollution continues a historic trend towards greater awareness and management of air...
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Numerical Modelling of Long-Range Pollution Transport
A quantitative understanding of long-range transport of air pollution involves several aspects from different science areas: emissions of ozone...
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Export of Air Pollution from Southern Asia and its Large-Scale Effects
Southern Asia is one of the most heavily populated regions of the world. In contrast to much of the rest of the world, biofuel and biomass burning...
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Intercontinental Transport of Ozone from Tropical Biomass Burning
Photochemically reactive gases released by fires (e.g., NO, CO, hydrocarbons) interact as they do in an urban environment to form ozone. There has...
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Air Pollution Export from and Import to Europe: Experimental Evidence
The intercontinental transport of air pollutants from and to Europe is described in detail. The major focus is on the import of air pollution from...
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Air Pollution Export from and Import to North America: Experimental Evidence
North America (Canada and the USA) contains only 5% of the world’s population but accounts for 15–23% of the world’s emissions in terms of trace...
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Air Pollution Import to and Export from East Asia
Continued rapid industrialization is expected to make East Asia the largest source region for air pollution in the coming decades. This chapter...
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Intercontinental Transport of Dust: Historical and Recent Observational Evidence
The scientific examination of the intercontinental dust transport has a long history, a vigorous present, and a promising future. Unlike the study of...
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Intercontinental Transport of Trace Substances from Boreal Forest Fires
Forest fire emissions have strong impact on the composition of trace gases and aerosols in the atmosphere. They are not only a local disturbance...
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Characteristics of Atmospheric Transport of Air Pollution for Africa
The African continent is an important source of atmospheric constituents including both trace gases and aerosols. Emissions from Africa impact on at...
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The Emergence of the International Protection of Cultural Heritage
This chapter presents a historical overview of the misuse and abuse of heritage and the development of heritage protection in times of peace and...
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Underwater Cultural Heritage: The Legal Environment
Underwater cultural heritage is immersed also in a legal environment of Public and Private International law, with a long tradition of scholarship....
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The Private Law Perspective—Rights of Salvage and Innovation in the United States Admiralty Courts
The early origins of Maritime law are found in the ancient sea codes of seafaring civilisations in the Mediterranean. Examination of the historical...
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Conclusion
The legal protection of underwater cultural heritage is a unique field, standing at the cross-roads of the Law of the sea, Environmental law and...
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Tribal Capacity Building and Adaptation Planning: The United States
This chapter, the first of our three focus chapters offers a detailed perspective on the climate change story in the United States and what one...
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Indigenous Adaptation – Not Passive Victims
Indigenous peoples, despite being affected by climate change, are responding in diverse ways to implement various forms of adaptation. These...
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Old Ways for New Days
Indigenous peoples, as innovators and leaders of climate adaptation in their territories, have applied “old ways to new days”, both as a process, as...
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Responding to Climate Change: Why Does It Matter? The Impacts of Climate Change
This chapter provides an overview of the factors that drive Indigenous experience with climate change to explain why it matters. We provide examples...