Hydrology and the hydrosphere

International experts have contributed key chapters to this major work on groundwater contamination.

Oceans play a pivotal role in our weather and climate.

Switching off the pumps of a mine is one of the last steps in the lifetime of a surface or underground mine.

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

Whereas the global water community may have reached consensus on the need for water providers to operate on the basis of commercial principles, staff of water utilities are faced with the challenge of implementing these principles in their everyday work.

A comprehensive introduction to coastal storms and their associated impacts Coastal Storms offers students and professionals in the field a comprehensive overview and groundbreaking text that is specifically devoted to the analysis of coastal storms.

Water Environment Modeling covers the formulations and applications of mathematical models that simulate water flow and chemical transport in rivers, lakes, groundwater, estuaries, coastal, and ocean waters.

An increasing number of hydrological datasets from earth observations, hydrological models and seasonal forecasts have become available for water managers, consultants and the general public.

This book is an anthology of key essays that foregrounds coasts, islands, and shorelines as central to the scholarship on the oceanic environment and climate across South Asia.

This book examines water resource management in China's electric power sector and the implications for energy provision in the face of an emerging national water crisis and global climate change.

The book presents firsthand material from the authors on design of hydraulic canals.

SUSTAINABLE WATER TREATMENT: ADVANCES AND INTERVENTIONS This outstanding new volume is a compendium of reference material which will cover most of the relevant and state-of-art approaches in the field of water treatment, focusing on technological advances for water treatment in four categories: advanced oxidation technologies, nanoparticles for water treatment, membrane separations, and other emerging technologies or processes.

This book presents the R software environment as a key tool for oceanographic computations and provides a rationale for using R over the more widely-used tools of the field such as MATLAB.

This book offers a ready solution for those who wish to learn more about this fascinating part of our water history and makes accessible to the wider world the traditional knowledge gained from building and maintaining qanats for more than 2,500 years.

The congress "e;Arsenic in the Environment"e; offers an international, multi- and interdisciplinary discussion platform for arsenic research aimed at short-term solutions of problems with considerable social impact, rather than only focusing on cutting edge and breakthrough research in physical, chemical, toxicological, medical and other specific issue

This title offers more than 100 papers originating in 20 countries, covering research on a widening range of methods for recharge enhancement and groundwater quality protection and improvement.

Today western nations consume annually only a small percentage of their resources from the sea, despite the proclamation of Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) by many.

The world increasingly relies on groundwater resources for drinking water and the provision of food for a growing population.

This edited volume is the premier book dedicated exclusively to marine science education and improving ocean literacy, aiming to showcase exemplary practices in marine science education and educational research in this field on a global scale.

This book aims to contribute to the literature and aid in developing a theoretical and practical framework in the area of health and wellness tourism.

Between November 20 and 23, 2000, the workshop "e;Baltic Coastal Ecosystems - Structure, Function and Coastal Zone Management"e; took place in Rostock, Ger- many.

The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues.

A key reference on the self-potential method for researchers, professionals and students in geophysics, environmental science, hydrology and geotechnical engineering.

The canal was completed in 1789 at a cost of GBP250,000.

In addition to environmental change, the structure and trends of global politics and the economy are also changing as more countries join the ranks of the world's largest economies with their resource-intensive patterns.

In 1954, Antonio Marussi started a series of symposia in Venice.

This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies.

We introduce chromium isotopes as a tool to track earth''s long-term oxygenation and track deoxygenation during past warming events.

This book covers in one volume materials scattered in hundreds of research articles, in most cases focusing on specialized aspects of coral biology.

The book provides a cross sectoral assessment of the most relevant environmental challenges in the Mediterranean region, including land and water degradation, water and food security, and solution opportunities for these.

This book deals with every aspect of oceanography in detail including various aspects of physical, chemical, geological, and biological discourse.

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date assessment of the key terrestrial components of the Arctic system, i.

While most books only examine the classical aspects of hydrology, the three-volume set covers multiple aspects of hydrology, and includes contributions from experts from more than 30 countries.

This book focuses on River Basin Organizations as the key institutions for managing internationally shared water resources.

This book introduces readers to basic approaches in and principles of marine nuclear power design, including overall reactor design, in-core design, coolant systems and devices, I&C system design, safety system design, and dynamic analysis assessment.

The ocean has entranced mankind for as long as we have gazed upon it, traversed it, dived into it, and studied it.

Originally published in 2000, The Arctic provides a comprehensive overview of the region's rapidly changing physical and human dimensions, and demonstrates the importance of communication between natural scientists, social scientists, and local stakeholders in response to the tremendous challenges and opportunities facing the Arctic.

This book aims to give a holistic overview of the pond ecosystem of Indian Sundarbans.

The seas and oceans are currently taking centre stage in academic study and public consciousness.

Wildlife Research in Australia: Practical and Applied Methods is a guide to conducting wildlife research in Australia.

Antarctic and Southern Ocean scientific research has produced a wide array of important and exciting scientific advances.

Groundwater resources are facing increasing pressure from consuming and contaminating activities.

Shallow Gas determination, prior to drilling, is carried out using 'Engineering Seismic' survey methods.

A review of the principles of the TEX86 proxy and developments made over the last two decades.

Typically a large number of interests with conflicting requirements are involved in the management of a water system.

This book presents a historically situated explanation of the rise of global water governance and the contemporary challenges that global water governance seeks to address.

Volume 1: Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Forests and Climate is aimed to describe the recent progress and developments of geospatial technologies (remote sensing and GIS) for assessing, monitoring and managing fragile Himalayan ecosystems and their sustainability under climate change.