Hydrology and the hydrosphere

The introduction of sports and recreational facilities into natural environments calls for reflection on their impact on fragile ecosystems.

Ecological modelling has developed rapidly in recent decades, with the focus primarily on the restoration of lakes and wetlands.

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.

Advanced mathematics used in engineering is studied here in this text which examines the relationship between the principles in natural processes and those employed in engineered processes.

This book focuses on the survey technology, post-processing technology, mapping technology and scientific application of the submarine topography and geomorphology in detail.

This book investigates how actors organize in order to solve a water quality problem.

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Losses of life and property in the United Statesand throughout the worldresulting from hydrologic hazards, including floods, droughts, and related phenomena, are significant and increasing.

Marine debris from ships and other ocean-based sources-including trash and lost fishing gear-contributes to the spoiling of beaches, fouling of surface waters and the seafloor, and harm to marine animals, among other effects.

Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering.

This book reviews the Corps of Engineers' experiences to date with the concept of "e;adaptive management"e; and provides advice on additional and more effective implementation of this planning approach.

In this century, the United States will be challenged to provide sufficient quantities of high-quality water to its growing population.

The National Sea Grant College Program, created in 1966, has grown into a nationwide network of 30 individual Sea Grant programs located at some of the nation's top universities.

This book reviews the Corps of Engineers' experiences to date with the concept of "e;adaptive management"e; and provides advice on additional and more effective implementation of this planning approach.

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Uncertainty is a fundamental characteristic of weather, seasonal climate, and hydrological prediction, and no forecast is complete without a description of its uncertainty.

Climate theory dictates that core elements of the climate system, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, and reservoirs of atmospheric and soil moisture, should change as the climate warms, both in their means and extremes.

In this century, the United States will be challenged to provide sufficient quantities of high-quality water to its growing population.

For the past few years, the Corps has been working on what is known as the Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study, the heart of which is a multibillion-dollar proposal to double the length of up to a dozen locks on the river.

Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering.

Recreational fishing in the United States is an important social and economic component of many marine fisheries, with an estimated 14 million anglers making almost 82 million fishing trips in 2004.

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The availability of fresh water is potentially one of the most pervasive crises of the coming century.

Recreational fishing in the United States is an important social and economic component of many marine fisheries, with an estimated 14 million anglers making almost 82 million fishing trips in 2004.

The high latitudes of the Arctic and Antarctic, together with some mountainous areas with glaciers and long-lasting snow, are sometimes called the cryosphere-defined as that portion of the planet where water is perennially or seasonally frozen as sea ice, snow cover, permafrost, ice sheets, and glaciers.

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Hydrologythe science of wateris central to our understanding of the global environment and its many problems.

Sound has become a major tool for studying the ocean.

During recent years, large-scale investigations into global climate change and other highly visible issues have taken the lion's share of declining research funds.

California's Bay-Delta estuary is a biologically diverse estuarine ecosystem that plays a central role in the distribution of California's water from the state's wetter northern regions to its southern, arid, and populous cities and agricultural areas.

Uncertainty is a fundamental characteristic of weather, seasonal climate, and hydrological prediction, and no forecast is complete without a description of its uncertainty.

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Across the United States, thousands of hazardous waste sites are contaminated with chemicals that prevent the underlying groundwater from meeting drinking water standards.

A small but growing number of municipalities are augmenting their drinking water supplies with highly treated wastewater.

In the quest to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of water and wastewater services, many communities in the United States are exploring the potential advantages of privatization of those services.

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One of the most critical issues facing the United States today is the proper management of our water resources.

For the past few years, the Corps has been working on what is known as the Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study, the heart of which is a multibillion-dollar proposal to double the length of up to a dozen locks on the river.

While the public is generally aware of the use of hydraulic fracturing for unconventional resource development onshore, it is less familiar with the well completion and stimulation technologies used in offshore operations, including hydraulic fracturing, gravel packs, "e;fracpacks,"e; and acid stimulation.

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Many coastal communities have built structures at their beaches and added quantities of sand in contoured designs to combat erosion.

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Flows of the Columbia River, although modified substantially during the twentieth century, still vary considerably between seasons and between years.

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As of 2021, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have reached historically unprecedented levels, higher than at any time in the past 800,000 years.

Losses of life and property in the United Statesand throughout the worldresulting from hydrologic hazards, including floods, droughts, and related phenomena, are significant and increasing.

From warning the public of impending floods to settling legal arguments over water rights, the measurement of streamflow ("e;streamgaging"e;) plays a vital role in our society.

California's Bay-Delta estuary is a biologically diverse estuarine ecosystem that plays a central role in the distribution of California's water from the state's wetter northern regions to its southern, arid, and populous cities and agricultural areas.

In the quest to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of water and wastewater services, many communities in the United States are exploring the potential advantages of privatization of those services.

Improved observations of the atmospheric boundary layer (BL) and its interactions with the ocean, land, and ice surfaces have great potential to advance science on a number of fronts, from improving forecasts of severe storms and air quality to constraining estimates of trace gas emissions and transport.