Hydrology and the hydrosphere

This book highlights the latest knowledge and innovations in the fields of civil engineering and construction industry striving for a sustainable built environment.

Exposure to Contaminants in Drinking Water: Estimating Uptake through the Skin and by Inhalation examines the current state of science in this field by identifying and reviewing the available information resources; evaluating various models and approaches; and demonstrating the feasibility of developing estimates of the distribution of absorbed doses of contaminants in drinking water through contact with the skin and by inhalation.

AWARDS:2006 Outstanding Academic Title, by CHOICEThe 2005 Award for Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) Best Reference 2005, by the Library JournalRivers of North America is an important reference for scientists, ecologists, and students studying rivers and their ecosystems.

The continental hydrological cycle is one of the least understood components of the climate system.

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in marine science and oceanography.

This comprehensive book contains contributions from specialists who provide a complete status update along with outstanding issues encompassing different topics related to deep-sea mining.

In Situ Remediation Engineering provides a comprehensive guide to the design and implementation of reactive zone methods for treatment of all major classes of groundwater contamination.

Water, energy, and food are basic requirements for life, and this book presents solutions for obtaining these from sewage wastewater treatment plants.

Observable changes with regional and global implications, such as warming temperatures and reduced sea ice, are taking place across the Arctic.

The sharks, ancient or modern, real or imaginary, have always been with us, and will probably remain with us forever.

The impact of mining is too big to ignore in a world of oversubscribed water.

This book provides information on the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to modern environmental problems associated with ocean pollution with a particular focus on the Back Sea.

This book represents a milestone.

Water - a basic element of life, livelihood, food security and sustainable development - holds the key to global sustainability.

This book reviews the consequences of improper disposal of greywater into the environment and the most appropriate treatment technologies for developing countries, focusing on the potential to reuse greywater as a production medium for biomass and bio-products.

Wetland Systems covers broad water and environmental engineering aspects relevant for the drainage and treatment of storm water and wastewater.

Introducing Hydrology's New Benchmark Reference Here's the first book in nearly 30 years to provide comprehensive coverage of the current state of hydrologic knowledge and practice--saving you hours of time tracking down the latest techniques in professional journals.

A graduate textbook on the interdisciplinary significance of hydroclimatology, explaining the relationship between the climate system and the hydrologic cycle.

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

Recalcitrant Pollutants Removal from Wastewater examines the role of indigenous microbes in the degradation and detoxification of wastewater utilizing the latest biological treatment technologies.

Focused on the mechanics of managing environmental data, this book provides guidelines on how to evaluate data requirements, assess tools and techniques, and implement an effective system.

The Eastern Nile riparian countries Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan are currently developing several reservoir projects to contribute to the needs for energy and food production in the region.

This book provides essential information on the higher mathematical level of approximation over the gradually varied flow theory, also referred to as the Boussinesq-type theory.

This book contains the results of a 9 year (1995-2004) investigation of the Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone, using state of the art technology.

This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge concerning water quality in Poland.

A symposium of the Royal Society of Canada was held in June 1962 to outline what is being done  in Canadian oceanography to map salinity, temperature, and plankton in the waters around Canada and in the North Atlantic across to Europe.

There are a growing number of new chemicals in the environment that represent an ascertained or potential risk.

This book is the first collection of state-of-the-art research projects analyzing water conflict and cooperation with an explicitly theoretical point of view.

This book provides a compilation of basic information on the topic of the Patagonian Shelfbreak front, but integrally reanalyzes this under modern paradigms.

With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems may now represent the contemporary and future human environment.

Despite advances in the long-range electrostatic double-layer force, which depends strongly on ionic strength in water by using theoretical models such as DLVO (Derjaguin, Landau, Verwey, and Overbeek), the structure of confined water in air still remains widely unknown and has led to a variety of unexplained phenomena.

Dealing with stormwater runoff in urban areas is a problem that is getting bigger and more expensive.

The collection of reliable and comprehensive data on the magnitude, composition and distribution of a country's population is essential in order for governments to provide services, administer effectively and guide a country's development.

This book is an extended and substantially updated edition of the previous book editions published in 1996 and 2013 under the same title.

This book highlights latest research advance in the field of Radioscience, Equatorial Atmospheric Science and Environment as part of the International Symposium for Equatorial Atmosphere celebrating the 21st Anniversary of the Equatorial Atmosphere Radar (EAR) , organized by Research Center for Climate and Atmosphere (PRIMA) of National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions do not only warm our planet but also acidify our oceans.

Availability of and adequate accessibility to freshwater and energy are two key technological and scientific problems of global significance.

New edition presents progress made to practices, additional case studies, and emerging issues, for coastal scientists, engineers, planners.

The book presents a thorough overview of the latest trends and challenges in renewable energy technologies applications for water desalination, with an emphasis on environmental concerns and sustainable development.

Wastewater management and treatment are pressing issues that require both cheap and effective solutions for a sustainable world, especially in rural areas.

Volume 2: Handbook of Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Water Resources and Climate is aimed to describe the current state of knowledge and developments of geospatial technologies (Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems) for assessing and managing water resources under climate change.

This book presents the applications of ion-exchange materials in the chemical and food industries.

These proceedings, with cd-rom, present a comprehensive overview of advances in groundwater research.

Since 1980 a considerable amount of scientific research dealing with geochemical processes in marine sediments has been carried out.

The future of the Common Fisheries Policy depends on progress in the relevant areas of research.