Earth-Science/Environment

About the Book Enclosed ecosystem experiments have gained in popularity as research tools in ecological science, particularly in the study of coast...

About the Book In this day and age, it is unfortunate that the economic prosperity and development leads to disruption of the dynamic balance of th...

About the Book The spate of disaster events ranging from major to catastrophic that have occurred in recent years raises a lot of questions about w...

This textbook is the first to offer essential information on the ores and basic properties of the majority of chemical elements, together with the ...

About the Book In a world of dwindling natural resources and mounting environmental crisis, who is devising ways of living that will work for the l...

About the Book Is climate catastrophe inevitable? In a world of extreme inequality, rising nationalism and mounting carbon emissions, the future lo...

About the Book Available for the first time with Macmillan's new online learning tool, Achieve, Ecology: The Economy of Nature takes students throu...

About the Book It has been increasingly recognized that trees and vegetation in urban areas provide a number of ecological services beyond beautify...

About the Book Understanding how our living environment works is essentially a study of ecological systems. Ecology is the science of how organisms...

About the Book Water is essential to our planet's life, and protecting our water resources is a prerequisite for building a sustainable future. Sin...

About the Book At a time when the evidence is stronger than ever that human activity is the primary cause for global climate change, Ruddiman's bre...

About the Book This classic textbook is now in its fourth edition and Steven Stanley has teamed up with John Luczaj, an award winning field geologi...

Comprehensive coverage of the whole Earth system throughout its entire existence and beyond Complete with a new introduction by the authors, this ...

About the Book Examines the processes operating in the headwaters and main channels of ephemeral rivers in semi-arid environments and includes cove...

The geo-climatic conditions of South and South-East Asian countries are diverse and vulnerable to multiple natural hazards such as drought. Drought...

About the Book Disaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential...

About the Book Since before the first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, the history of nuclear warfare has been tangled with the spaces and plac...

Medical doctors, health professionals and scientists from numerous disciplines are involved in studying, preventing or curing health effects due to...

About the Book Human activity has caused an increase in uninhabitable, oxygen-poor zones―also known as "dead zones"―in our waters. Oxygen is th...

About the Book It has become apparent from the literature that bioerosional processes affect a wide range of biological and geological systems that...

This timely and informative book reasserts the value of Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR): an approach to participatory action research...

About the Book This textbook actually shows your students what real life geographers do. How they are able to conduct different types of research, ...

Consuming the Environment explores the environmental impacts of consuming everyday products and explains how we can consume more sustainably. Writ...

About the Book The relentless exploitation and unsustainable use of wildlife, whether for food, medicine or other uses, is a key concern for conser...

This timely and urgent collection brings together cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship and ideas from around the world to present critical ex...

About the Book What are the manifest and likely future consequences of climate change? How will the world respond to the challenges of climate chan...

About the Book Computer Modeling Applications for Environmental Engineers in its second edition incorporates changes and introduces new concepts us...

About the Book Ecotoxicology is the study of the effects of toxicants on ecological systems. Ecological effects of contaminants may occur at severa...

About the Book This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com. Wr...

CLIMATE IN CONTEXT SCIENCE AND SOCIETY PARTNERING FOR ADAPTATION (HB 2016) 9781118474792 PARRIS A S JOHN WILEY (ORIGINAL) NEW BOOK

About the Book This book addresses the quantitative measurement of climate change vulnerability at the macro and micro-level and identifies househo...

The focus of this book is future global climate change and its implications for agricultural systems which are the main sources of agricultural goo...

CLIMATE CHANGE 9789385386138 Sushil Kumar Dash CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW BOOK

About the Book Elements of Physical Oceanography is a derivative of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Second Edition and serves as an important r...

About the Book This book is a fresh and engaging analysis of the city as a central concept in contemporary social thought. It probes the contested ...

About the Book This work addresses the challenge faced in the management of major cities throughout the world as they adjust to economic reform and...

About the Book This textbook of essays by leading critical urbanists is a compelling introduction to an important field of study; it interrogates c...

About the Book This textbook of essays by leading critical urbanists is a compelling introduction to an important field of study; it interrogates c...

About the Book Cities and Economic change is a much-needed textbook, combining a sound theoretical grounding with an empirical overview of the urba...

About the Book While China's hybrid rural land tenure system has contributed to agricultural development, it is interwoven with rising farmland los...

About the Book This book provides an up-to-date compilation of the latest research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and e...

About the Book This book provides an up-to-date compilation of the latest research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and e...

About the Book Carbon is the political challenge of our time. While critical to supporting life on Earth, too much carbon threatens to destroy life...

About the Book Global climate change poses an unprecedented challenge for governments across the world. Small wonder that many experts question whe...

Climate change impacts-more heat, drought, extreme rainfall, and stronger storms-have already harmed communities around the globe. Even if the worl...

About the Book Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions do not only warm our planet but also acidify our oceans. It is currently unclear to which deg...