Hydrology and the hydrosphere

This monograph is a practical guide to groundwater flow theory intended to serve students and practitioners by bridging the gap between basic hydrogeology and groundwater modeling.

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.

Europe is a continent with a high coast-to-surface ratio, and European seas encompass a broad range of settings and regimes.

This book on wetlands ecosystems in Asia deals with function and management.

The effects of climate change are beginning to impact water quantity and water quality across the globe.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

Urban Water Cycle Processes and Interactions represents the fruit of a project by UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme on this topic.

Marine recreation represents one of the most important uses of our marine and coastal environments.

The California Current System is one of the best studied ocean regions of the world, and the level of oceanographic information available is perhaps only surpassed by the northeast and northwest Atlantic.

Advances in Geosciences is the result of a concerted effort to bring together the latest results and planning activities related to earth and space science in Asia and the international arena.

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.

The book explores basic concepts and advanced topics in the field of water technologies.

This book is the result of comprehensive research work on the various aspects of the West Bengal coast including the world's largest riverine delta system, the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta.

During the 1990s, a government program brought together environmental scientists and members of the intelligence community to consider how classified assets and data could be applied to further the understanding of environmental change.

Fully revised and updated for its third edition, this book presents the definitive compilation of current knowledge on all aspects of biochar.

Advances in Marine Biology has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963 -- over 40 years of outstanding coverage!

This book puts the spotlight on Southern Africa, presentinga cutting-edge concept never previously explored in the context of climatechange and putting forward arguments for regional integration and cooperation.

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.

This book is the documented result of an expert workshop, Modeling and Management of Emerging Environmental Issues, held at Penn State University.

Fifteen years ago NATO organised a conference entitled 'Ocean Acoustic Modelling'.

This edited volume provides a variety of insights into the context in which ocean and wetlands policy is placed at the sub-continental level.

An expert review of recent progress in the study of turbulent flows with a focus on recently identified organized structures.

This book presents a novel approach to studying the groundwater dynamics of and characterising karst aquifers.

Precipitation drives the dynamics of flows and storages in water systems, making its monitoring essential for water management.

This volume includes over 30 chapters, written by experts from around the world.

Global positioning systems like GPS or the future European Galileo are influencing the world of navigation tremendously.

The deep ocean is by far the planet's largest biome and holds a wealth of potential natural assets.

An Introduction to the Blue Humanities is the first textbook to explore the many ways humans engage with water, utilizing literary, cultural, historical, and theoretical connections and ecologies to introduce students to the history and theory of water-centric thinking.

This book provides a cross-disciplinary, multi-scale assessment of the development of adsorption-based refrigerants and super-adsorbent-based wastewater purification.

Modern Land Drainage 2nd edition is a fully revised and updated edition of the 2004 edition.

This book investigates the role that interest groups have played over the years in influencing the government of Namibia, the World Bank, the European Union and project implementation authorities to not construct the proposed Epupa Hydroelectric Power Station on the Kunene River in the Baynes mountains, a region on the border between Namibia and Angola.

This book offers an overview of geospatial technologies in land resources mapping, monitoring and management.

The literature of hydrology abounds with texts on the hydrological and water resource problems in humid regions.

Achieving sustainability is perhaps the single-most important task for our generation.

Nanomaterials have recently garnered significant attention and practical importance for heterogeneous electrocatalysis.

Reviews the history of triple isotope effects and the major recent developments in triple oxygen isotope research.

This new edition of a well-established textbook covers the environmental and engineering aspects of the management of rainwater and wastewater in areas of human development.

This book is the first to explore in detail the systematics and taxonomy of the digenean fauna of fish in Indian marine waters.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the potential use of graphene-based materials in two important societal areas: medicine and the environment.

This book provides an integrated view of Atlantic coastal Patagonian ecosystems, including the physical environment, biodiversity and the main ecological processes, together with their derived ecosystem services and anthropogenic impacts.

This book comprehensively reviews the key topics in the area of nanocomposites and hybrid materials used for waste water treatment and purification.

This book discusses in detail the facts and findings related to the X-Press Pearl container vessel accident that occurred in May 2021 off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The Twenty-Second Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics was held in Washington, D.

Algal and phycology-based approaches for wastewater treatment have recently gained interest.

Extreme, freak or rogue waves are produced by a number of physical mechanisms that focus the water-wave energy into a small area, due to wave instability, chaotic behaviour, dispersion (frequency modulation), refraction (presence of variable currents or bottom topography), soliton interactions, etc.

The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, Fifth Edition is packed with scientific information about the greater Everglades ecosystem, taking into account how drastically the Everglades has changed.

Groundwater discharge is associated with salinity and pollution problems.

This book analyzes empirical data from three specific Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) designed to establish rules for the conservation and management of fish stocks in the ocean, in order to assess their effectiveness in converting science into policy for the recovery and maintenance of fishery populations.