Publication - The Health of our Air : Toward sustainable agriculture in Canada

Title in English
The Health of our Air : Toward sustainable agriculture in Canada
Publication ID
1981E
Published Year
1998
Author(s)
Organization
Subject(s)
Type
Book
Cost
Free Publication
Language
English
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Status
Available
Pages
1-98
ISBN
0-662-27170-X
Catalogue No.
A53-1981/1998E
Summary in English
Our atmosphere has many essential functions. It is a reservoir of gases upon which life depends: carbon dioxide and nitrogen for plant growth, oxygen for us to breathe, water vapor for rain that refreshes the land. It insulates the planet against temperature extremes and filters out harmful radiation from the sun. It even helps detoxify harmful substances released into it, either hastening their breakdown or diluting and dispersing them. Because living things depend so completely and in so many ways on the atmosphere, any change in its makeup should concern us.
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