Hydrology and the hydrosphere

The vulnerability of water resources due to climate change and human activities is globally increasing.

Water mites are a dominant feature of the fauna of all freshwater ecosystems.

The oceans exert a vital moderating influence on the Earth's climate system.

This book covers theoretical aspects of adsorption, followed by an introduction to molecular simulations and other numerical techniques that have become extremely useful as an engineering tool in recent times to understand the interplay of different mechanistic steps of adsorption.

This volume collects essays from academics and practitioners from a diversity of areas and perspectives in order to discuss water security at various levels and to illuminate the central idea of water security: its focus on the individual.

This book explores the applicability of multiple remote sensors to acquire information relevant to restoration and conservation efforts in wetlands using data collected from airborne and space multispectral/hyperspectral sensors, light detection and ranging (LiDAR), Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), and a hand-held spectroradiometer.

This book focuses on water resources and the economic, financial, social and environmental impacts (ICSDWE) of global warming and climate change.

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This comprehensive text provides a concise overview of environmental problems caused by agriculture, (such as pesticide pollution and increased nitrate levels) and offers practical solutions to them.

This book describes factors affecting the accumulation, melting and runoff of water from seasonal snowpacks.

This book documents the effects of natural hazards on coastal ecosystems in detail.

In a time of rapid climatic, industrial and technological changes in molluscan shellfish producing and exporting regions, it is of the utmost importance to keep a keen eye on developing trends.

Covers thoroughly technologies for ground water pollution control in part one and deals in depth with aquifer restoration decision-making in part two.

This fascinating work is divided into two main sections.

This book presents key principles of the hydraulics of river basins, with a unique focus on the interplay between stream flows and sediment transport.

This book is about the technology of using fluid production or injection and pressure measurement signals from wellbores and relating those signals to the subsurface geology and subterranean reservoir properties.

Satelli te oceanography, as the term is used in this book, is a generic term that means application of the technology of aerospace electromagnetic remote sensing to the study of the oceans.

This book provides case studies on cultivating alternative crops and presents new cropping systems in many regions of the world.

This translation of the original German textbook, Hydrogeologie, summarizes tracing techniques.

Die Standsicherheit von Staudämmen ist ein komplexer Ausschnitt aus dem Bereich der Geotechnik.

Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area and many endangered species.

Impacts of developed tools of heterogenous characterization on the hydrodynamics of flow and the transport mechanisms are illustrated in this text through a series of extensive numerical simulations consisting of single and multiple-realizations (Monte Carlo method).

This second edition focuses on the application of statistical methods in the field of hydrology and hydroclimatology.

Coursing through the Atlantic Ocean is a powerful current with a force 300 times that of the mighty Amazon.

The River Don in South Yorkshire flows through a changing landscape.

Increases in populations have created an increasing demand for food crops while increases in demand for biofuels have created an increase in demand for fuel crops.

This book presents a social science perspective on drought and water scarcity in the UK.

This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the progress achieved in water security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over during the last decade, and its links to regional development, food security and human well-being.

Based on the water footprint (WF) concept, this book reviews WF-based water stress evaluation methods at the city, provincial and river basin levels respectively.

Manta and devil rays are some of the most intriguing creatures in the ocean.

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference, Lyon, France, 27-29 June 1990.

A synthesis of international catchment hydrology research, for researchers and professionals in hydrology, soil science, and environmental and civil engineering.

Nanomaterials for Environmental Applications offers a comprehensive review of the latest advances in nanomaterials-based technologies for the treatment of emerging contaminants in wastewater.

Wastewater Treatment is another indispensable work from the author of Water Treatment.

The Antarctic fish fauna has evolved over a long period of geographic and climatic isolation.

Environmental information is important for successful planning and execution of naval operations.

This book focuses on environmental aspects of Boka Kotorska Bay in Montenegro (South Adriatic Sea), an area that has been shaped by seasonal tourism, and explores the use and limitations of its natural resources.

This introductory text, based on the author's long-standing teaching experience, aims to provide a basic preparation of fluid dynamics, with particular attention to the dynamics of the oceans and the atmosphere, which require consideration of the Coriolis force.

This book focuses on the connotation and extension of carbon neutrality.

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) - blooms that cause fish kills, contaminate seafood with toxins, or cause human or ecological health impacts and harm to local economies - are occurring more often, in more places and lasting longer than in past decades.

Although valuable resources in river basins and other aqueous environments, sediments often receive much less attention from researchers, policymakers, and other professionals than other components of the ecosystem.

This book features a collection of extended papers based on presentations given at the SimHydro 2019 conference, held in Sophia Antipolis in June 2019 with the support of French Hydrotechnic Society (SHF), focusing on "e;Which models for extreme situations and crisis management?

Radar technology is increasingly being used to monitor the environment.

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on Dam Safety Management and Engineering (ICDSME 2019), organized by the Malaysian National Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD), Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) and Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN).

This book focuses on the advantageous features of membrane technology in petroleum industries, with an emphasis on membrane materials and the application of membranes in the separation of olefin-paraffin, oil-water, aliphatic-aromatics, heavy metals, etc.

This book elaborates how water, soil, and waste may be managed in a nexus and how this approach may help combat global change.

Oil spills can be difficult to manage, with reporting frequently delayed.

This volume provides various examples and dimensions, chemical, biological, climatic, or related to extreme (hazards).

This book highlights the likely impacts of climate change in terms of global and national water securities, how different countries are attempting to address these complex problems and to what extent they are likely to succeed.