As concern grows about the result of hazardous wastes in the environment and the role anthropogenic chemicals play in global warming, environmental chemistry assuming a prominent place in the undergraduate curriculum. In chemistry, earth–science and environmental– science departments, students have long needed a concise yet thorough introduction to the subject, and this text has been written to fill that need. 

• Specifically designed as a textbook and based on many years of teaching experience. 
  
• Focuses on the increasingly important and topical area of global climate change.