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Machine generated contents note: Global Atmosphere -- The Antarctic Ozone Hole / Martyn P. Chipperfield -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Observations of Antarctic Ozone -- 3.Causes of Antarctic Ozone Depletion -- 3.1.Dynamical Preconditioning -- 3.2.Polar Stratospheric Clouds -- 3.3.Catalytic Ozone Loss Cycle...

Contents note continued: 1.4.Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 1.5.Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations -- 1.6.The Consequences of Climate Forcing -- 2.The International Response to Climate Change -- 2.1.The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -- 2.2.Industrialised and Developing Countries --...

Contents note continued: 6.2.The Global Environment -- 6.3.Overcoming the Barriers to Effective Action -- References -- Trends in Local Air Quality 1970--2014 / Zongbo Shi -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The United Kingdom -- 2.1.Trends in Emissions in 1970 -- 2.2.Ambient Air Monitoring -- 2.3.Trends in Airb...

Contents note continued: 4.Policy Response and Impact -- 4.1.Lead -- 4.2.Mercury -- 5.Trends in the Future -- References -- Persistent Organic Pollutants / Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Stockholm Convention on POPs -- 3.POPs Criteria -- 4.Sources and Applications of POPs --...

Contents note continued: 1.Chemical Ubiquity -- 2.Birth of the Chemical Industry -- 3.Birth of the Pharmaceutical Industry -- 4.Discovery of Estrogens in Water -- 5.Ubiquity of Chemicals in the Environment -- 6.Formation of New and Previously Unknown Products -- 7.Regulatory History and Current Fram...

Contents note continued: From "Dilute and Disperse" to "Recycle & Reuse" -- Changes in Attitude and Practice of Effluent Management / David Taylor -- 1.Effluent Discharges Before 1972 -- The Historical Background -- 2.Developments in the Regulatory Environment -- 2.1.Pollutants Don't Recognise Polit...