L. Hydrometeoizdat, 1991. — 424 s. Generalized and systematized state of knowledge about anthropogenic pollution of the natural environment - atmosphere, land and ocean waters. The philosophical and moral aspect of the problem of protection and rational use of resources of the natural environment, as well as the impact of the observed deterioration of the quality of the environment on human health and living conditions are discussed. The greatest attention is paid to the construction of models that allow to quantify the flow and distribution of pollutants in the atmosphere and ocean, as well as to determine the levels of pollution they create .. A system of observations of pollutants in the framework of environmental and climate monitoring is considered. Attention is paid to such harmful for humans and the biosphere pollution of the environment as radioactive impurities formed by explosions of atomic bombs and reactors of nuclear power plants. Discussed the problem of atmospheric ozone, in particular, the formation of an ozone hole under the influence of anthropogenic influences on the atmosphere. Designed for undergraduate students of universities, hydrometeorological institutes, as well as specialists in the field of ecology, hydrometeorology and other earth sciences . Foreword by .