TY - CHAP
T1 - Chapter 34 Current trends and future directions in environmental geochemistry research
AU - Sarkar, Dibyendu
AU - Makris, Konstantinos C.
AU - Datta, Rupali
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Increasing population growth and rapid industrialization with passing time have augmented the rate of deterioration of the environment, which is having a clear negative impact on human and ecological health. Although considerable research is now being undertaken in critical areas such as global change, environmental quality, and ecological protection, more collaborative, inter-disciplinary research is needed in order to ensure long-term environmental sustainability. A thorough understanding of the geochemistry of the earth's intrinsic processes is needed to develop a comprehensive, holistic model for the protection of the environment to ensure long-term sustainability in a global scale. This chapter briefly discusses some of the more salient current trends in environmental geochemistry research and a few of the many potential future directions of research in this area, often in close collaboration with experts in other scientific disciplines and policy makers geared towards maintaining earth system sustainability.
AB - Increasing population growth and rapid industrialization with passing time have augmented the rate of deterioration of the environment, which is having a clear negative impact on human and ecological health. Although considerable research is now being undertaken in critical areas such as global change, environmental quality, and ecological protection, more collaborative, inter-disciplinary research is needed in order to ensure long-term environmental sustainability. A thorough understanding of the geochemistry of the earth's intrinsic processes is needed to develop a comprehensive, holistic model for the protection of the environment to ensure long-term sustainability in a global scale. This chapter briefly discusses some of the more salient current trends in environmental geochemistry research and a few of the many potential future directions of research in this area, often in close collaboration with experts in other scientific disciplines and policy makers geared towards maintaining earth system sustainability.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1474-8177(07)05034-6
DO - 10.1016/S1474-8177(07)05034-6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:44349105329
SN - 9780080465227
T3 - Developments in Environmental Science
SP - 753
EP - 757
BT - Concepts and Applications in Environmental Geochemistry
A2 - Sarkar, Dibyendu
A2 - Datta, Rupali
A2 - Hannigan, Robyn
ER -