Spatio-temporal Analysis of Extreme Hydrological Events offers an extensive view of the experiences and applications of the latest developments and methodologies for analyzing and understanding extreme environmental and hydrological events.
Based on the bestselling book, Rivers of North America, this new guide stands as the only primary source of complete and comparative baseline data on the biological and hydrological characteristics of more than 180 of the highest profile rivers in Europe.
A presentation of key findings and insights from over two decades of research, education, and community engagement in the acclaimed Baltimore Ecosystem Study In a world of more than seven billion people—who mostly reside in cities and towns—the Baltimore Ecosystem Study is recognized as a pioneer in modern urban social-ecological science.
From Lake Coeur dAlene to its confluence with the Columbia, the Spokane River travels 111 miles of varied and often spectacular terrainrural, urban, in places wild.
In a never-ending battle to match population growth with food and energy production, the countries of the Middle East have been frenziedly developing water resources, including international rivers and groundwate, without considering their neighbors' needs.
Growing up near the Sabine, journalist Wes Ferguson, like most East Texans, steered clear of its murky, debris-filled waters, where alligators lived in the backwater sloughs and an occasional body was pulled from some out-of-the-way crossing.
Finally, someone has written a comprehensive, easily readable explanation of the tides on earth that is both simple enough for students and solid enough for their professors.
A land of extremes, the Northern Territory's arid deserts and monsoonal forests harbour some of Australia's smallest and the world's largest reptiles, as well as some of the world's most venomous snakes.
Rivers of North America, Second Edition features new updates on rivers included in the first edition, as well as brand new information on additional rivers.
This book shows, through real and current examples from the field of environmental and wetland science, that personal and professional success depends on persistence and a refusal to compromise on "e;doing the right thing"e; which for Professor Mitsch meant saving some of the world's most important ecosystems, as well as educating future researchers and the general public along the way.
The last three decades have witnessed serious deterioration of major Kashmir lakes (Wular, Dal, Nigeen, Anchar and Manasbal) due to the pollution of their water and large-scale encroachment into their surroundings.
These proceedings contain papers by some of the world's leading experts in the analytical and numerical modelling of sediment transport, its measurement on site and in the laboratory, river and coastal morphology, and similar issues.
This book communicates some contemporary mathematical and statistical developments in river basin hydrology as they pertain to space-time rainfall, spatial landform and network structures and their role in understanding averages and fluctuations in the hydrologic water balance of river basins.
While there are several excellent books dealing with numerical analysis and analytical theory, one has to practically sift through hundreds of references.
Finally, someone has written a comprehensive, easily readable explanation of the tides on earth that is both simple enough for students and solid enough for their professors.
This book shows, through real and current examples from the field of environmental and wetland science, that personal and professional success depends on persistence and a refusal to compromise on "e;doing the right thing"e; which for Professor Mitsch meant saving some of the world's most important ecosystems, as well as educating future researchers and the general public along the way.
This book provides an analysis of the ecological conditions and ecosystem goods and services of the Zambezi River Basin (ZRB), the fourth largest river in Africa.
From the mysterious depths of Lake Vostok, Antarctica, to tropical floodplain lakes, inland seas, hydro-reservoirs and the variety of waterbodies in our local environment, lakes encompass a huge diversity of shapes, sizes, depths, colours, and even salinities.
The aim of the Watching series is to draw attention to some of the very interesting items around us, things that perhaps we don't notice as much as we might.
AS FEATURED IN SEASPIRACY An Observer Book of the Year 2017 A Sunday Times must read A New York Times Bestseller Endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama ';Balcombe vividly shows that fish have feelings and deserve consideration and protection like other sentient beings' What's the truth behind the old adage that goldfish have a three-second memory?
Within the realm of the newly evolving discipline of environmental sciences, the stable-isotope methodology is being used to an ever-increasing extent, especially in the study of the water cycle and of paleo-climatology.
