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Lancaster University
Lancaster, UK
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University of Leeds
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Janet Barlow
Department of Meteorology
University of Reading
Reading, UK
Peter Brimblecombe
School of Energy and Environment
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Martyn P. Chipperfield
School of Earth and Environment
University of Leeds
Leeds, UK
Hugh Coe
School of Earth, Atmospheric, and Environmental Sciences
The University of Manchester
Manchester, UK
Nick Hewitt
Lancaster Environment Centre
Lancaster University
Lancaster, UK
Atul Jain
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL, USA
Anwar Khan
School of Chemistry
University of Bristol
Bristol, UK
John Lockwood
Formerly University of Leeds
Leeds, UK
A. Rob MacKenzie
School of Geography
Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, UK
Paul Monks
Department of Chemistry
University of Leicester
Leicester, UK
Dudley Shallcross
School of Chemistry
University of Bristol
Bristol, UK
Zongbo Shi
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science
The University of Birmingham
Birmingham, UK
Natalie Theeuwes
Department of Meteorology
University of Reading
Reading, UK
Joshua Vande Hey
Department of Chemistry
University of Leicester
Leicester, UK
Richard Wayne
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory
Department of Chemistry
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
Paul I. Williams
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & National Centre for Atmospheric Science
The University of Manchester
Manchester, UK
Xiaoming Xu
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL, USA
When we wrote the Preface to the first edition of ‘Atmospheric Science for Environmental Scientists’ in 2008, we noted that never before had the teaching, learning, and researching of atmospheric science been so important. We said that society must face up to the realities of global atmospheric change, including global warming and poor air quality, and that the education of students and provision of accessible information to policy makers and the public were priorities.
More than a decade later, we can only reiterate these sentiments. In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that the planet will reach the crucial threshold of 1.5 °C above pre‐industrial levels by as early as 2030, precipitating the risks of extreme drought, wildfires, floods, and food shortages for hundreds of millions of people. And in 2018, the World Health Organization reported that 90% of the world's population lived in places where air quality exceeded WHO guideline limits, and that more than 4 million people a year died prematurely from outdoor air pollution and a further 3 million a year from indoor air pollution.
What further warnings are needed? To help society cope with the unprecedented changes that humankind is causing to our fragile atmosphere, education must be key and policy makers must act. We hope this book helps both causes.
In putting this book together, we have drawn on some of the best experts and educators in the field of atmospheric science. We hope their knowledge and enthusiasm shines through in these chapters. Our aim is to provide succinct but detailed information on all the important aspects of atmospheric science for students of environmental science and to others who are interested in learning how the atmosphere works, how humankind is changing its composition, and what effects these changes might lead to.
We are grateful to all the experts who have contributed to this book, for all reviewers' comments, and to all our students over the years who have demonstrated the need for this volume.
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