Hydrology and the hydrosphere

When Ray Whaley set out to accomplish his bucket-list goal of kayaking the length of the St.

Thisbook focuses on the recent results of the research project funded by aGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) of the Japan Society for the Promotionof Science (No.

In the past 25 years, planetary science has undergone a revolution with the discovery of vast oceans of liquid water within the icy moons of our Solar System.

Studying the Ocean Planet requires measuring and sampling instruments to feed models that take into account its complexity.

This book explores the biology of decapod shrimps, a group of animals known to most people as a nutritious and tasty food item.

Technological improvements have greatly increased the ability of marine scientists to collect and analyze data over large spatial scales, and the resultant insights attainable from interpreting those data vastly increase understanding of poplation dynamics, evolution and biogeography.

Originally published in 1973.

This book contains selected peer-reviewed papers presented in the International Conference Down To Earth 2019, and is focused on Water Security and Sustainability.

Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids, Fourth Edition addresses the need for an introductory text that focuses on the basics of fluid mechanics-before concentrating on specialized areas such as ideal-fluid flow and boundary-layer theory.

The second, enlarged edition of this established reference integrates many new insights into wastewater hydraulics.

In the last ten years (2009-2019), flooding caused the death of over 48,000 people, and affected over 697 million people globally.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the different water-associated infectious diseases and their linked pathogens with plausible strategies for their mitigation.

The hydrological sciences typically present grey or fuzzy information, making them quite messy and a choice challenge for fuzzy logic application.

In the last 25 years, information systems have had a disruptive effect on society and business.

Mitten im Herzen des Rhone-Deltas liegt eine Region von atemberaubender Schönheit und faszinierender Vielfalt: die Camargue.

The New Geographies of Energy: Assessment and Analysis of Critical Landscapes is a pioneering collection of new geographic scholarship.

New Edition: Ocean Surface Waves: Their Physics and Prediction (3rd Edition)The book is an extended and updated edition of the book published in 1996 under the same title (World Scientific, ISBN 9810216866).

This book addresses water privatization from a historical-sociological perspective and argues against the unrelenting imposition of neoprivatist water politics worldwide.

This book contains both practical and theoretical aspects of groundwater resources relating to geochemistry.

Desalination is to the water industry what renewables are to the electricity sector.

Hedges and field margins are important wildlife habitats and deliver a range of ecosystem services, and their value is increasingly recognised by ecologists.

Continuing the tradition of excellence established by the first edition, the Second Edition of Applied Wetlands Science and Technology provides the fundamentals for delineating, identifying, and regulating wetlands.

Water and wastewater treatment normally take place in a series of continuous flow units, each designed to perform a step of the intended purification process - typically involving coagulation or flocculation, sedimentation or filtration, and disinfection.

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 it is generally accepted that the Arctic Ocean is a very sensitive and important region for changes in the global climate, this region is the last major physiographic province of the earth whose short-and long-term geological history is much less known in comparison to other ocean regions.

The Terrestrial Water Cycle: Natural and Human-Induced Changes is a comprehensive volume that investigates the changes in the terrestrial water cycle and the natural and anthropogenic factors that cause these changes.

Disposal and Management of Solid Waste: Pathogens and Diseases takes a closer look at pathogens that are found in solid wastes and the diseases that they produce.

This study assessed the downstream river system adaptation in response to upstream damming on the Ribb River, Ethiopia, to irrigate 15,000 ha.

This volume is a guide to the state of the art of activated carbon adsorption technology as applied to wastewater treatment.

This book presents the select proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2023) focusing on broad spectrum of emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of flood forecasting and hydraulic structures.

This book offers a comprehensive review of current systems for fish protection and downstream migration.

'Seawater' has been substantially updated in this second edition to take account of recent developments in marine science.

During the recent decades, social, political and academic endeavours have been made to improve environmental quality and reduce pollution.

Efficient Management of Wastewater from Manufacturing is an accessible research compendium, highly useful for anyone involved with the phytosanitaries, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, or textile industries.

This book provides a basic understanding of waste management problems and issues faced by modern society.

This groundbreaking book goes beyond conventional approaches and explores how AI is revolutionizing the field of wastewater treatment, offering innovative solutions to pressing challenges.

Despite the strong economic growth of the last decades, our modern global society is facing the existential threat of climate change.

This state-of-the-art book clearly explains the basic principles of soil hydrology and the current knowledge in this field.

This book presents research on precipitation partitioning processes in vegetated ecosystems, putting them into a global context.

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The diversity, ecological role and biotechnological applications of marine fungi have been addressed in numerous scientific publications in the last few years.

This volume has been designed to serve as a natural resources engineering reference book as well as a supplemental textbook.

Tsunamis are water waves triggered by impulsive geologic events such as sea floor deformation, landslides, slumps, subsidence, volcanic eruptions and bolide impacts.

This book presents an overview of current research problems and advances in theoretical and applied aspects of environmental hydraulics.

This book presents important recent applied mathematics research on environmental problems and impacts due to climate change.

The Antarctic represents the last of the world's still unexplored continents.

An excellent guide for anyone with a water system or water system problem, Water Quality and Systems provides an A-Z reference for improving water quality, meeting new regulations, and reducing costs.

Originally published in 1975 Terrestrial Environments covers the zoogeography and ecology of the main terrestrial environments of the world, including fresh water habitats with emphasis on their fauna.

The thesis presents new results on multi-agent formation control, focusing on the distributed stabilization control of rigid formation shapes.

Contaminated Soils Volume 9 contains 38 technical papers, covering a wide range of environmental issues.