Environmental Management and Health: Volume 7 Issue 2
Table of contents
Introduction ‐ SCOPE‐RADTEST
Frederick WarnerIntroduces a series of reports on environmental research activities being undertaken at the University of Essex, beginning with a summary of the past and present activities…
The post‐Chernobyl environmental situation
Frederick Warner, L.J. ApplebyThe most significant sources and environmental pathways of manmade radionuclides have recently been examined by the RADPATH (Biochemical Pathways of Artificial Radionuclides…
Aerosols and global warming
Ian ColbeckAerosols play an important role in the radiative balance of the atmosphere. While sulphate aerosols are recognized as the dominant contributor of tropospheric aerosols over and…
Radar observation of storms
Anthony R. HoltRadar can provide valuable information on the spatial distribution of rainfall, but is not as yet able to provide accurate quantitative information on rainfall rate. Describes…
Estuaries and saltmarshes: the interface between land and sea
D.B. NedwellResearch over the last 20 years has had a major focus on the ecology of east coast estuaries, including the interaction between coastal seawater and saltmarshes. It is not…
Climate change and crop growth
James I.L. MorisonDescribes a simple framework for examining the factors affecting crop production, and explains how this framework can be extended to more complex simulation models of crop growth…
New information on nuclear tests
Frederick WarnerThe recently established SCOPE‐RADTEST (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment‐Radioactivity from Nuclear Test Explosions) programme is examining releases of…
The UK’s Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution after 25 years
Andrea WilliamsIn 1995 the UK’s Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution was 25 years old. Examines just a few aspects of the way it has functioned during its life.
Grinding slow and grinding sure? The making of the Environment Agency
Albert WealeDescribes the initial moves towards forming the Environment Agency, taken in 1976. Outlines the amalgamation of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution and the National Rivers…
The environment knows no borders ‐ but states do
R.J. JohnstonFew environmental problems can be contained to one defined segment of the earth’s surface; because of the inter‐connectedness of environmental systems, most problems spill over…