Green plants and pollution : nature's technology for abating and combating environmental pollution / / Rajiv K. Sinha and Shweta Singh
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| Autore: |
Sinha Rajiv K (Rajiv Kumar)
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| Titolo: |
Green plants and pollution : nature's technology for abating and combating environmental pollution / / Rajiv K. Sinha and Shweta Singh
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (81 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.73/6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Pollution |
| Herbaceous plants - Environmental aspects | |
| Water - Purification - Biological treatment | |
| Air - Purification | |
| Air quality management | |
| Altri autori: |
SinghShweta
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [47]-55) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Plants combating air pollution -- Plants combating water pollution. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Green plants work as a 'natural pollutant sink' on earth intercepting dust and pollutants from air and water. During photosynthesis, plants absorb CO2 and simultaneously other gases like oxides of sulphur & nitrogen (SO2 & NOx), ozone (O) and airborne ammonia (NH3) through their stomata. Plants also reduce air pollution by intercepting suspended particulate matters (SPM) and aerosols and retaining them on the leaf surface. Trees take up more pollutants including the particulate pollutants (PM10), than shorter vegetation. This book presents new and significant research in the role of plants in protecting the environment. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Green plants and pollution |
| ISBN: | 1-61668-403-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910965509103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Air, water and soil pollution science and technology series.