Hydrology and the hydrosphere

As water's significance as a geopolitical resource is poised to surpass that of oil, this book explores the adaptation of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services in the Middle East to climate change challenges, leveraging the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus for a sustainable transition and resilient solutions.

The first systematic overview of double-diffusive convection, providing both fundamental theory and real-world examples for researchers, professionals and graduate students.

A reference on water management in arid and semi-arid regions for researchers and engineers.

"e;Plankton in a Changing World: The Impact of Global Change on Marine Ecosystems"e; invites readers to explore the microscopic hidden world beneath the waves.

This book reflects the use of cyanobacteria for the bioremediation of wastewater through different mechanisms and pathways of transformation and transfer of hazardous substances from one medium to another.

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.

Seawater desalination is a rapidly growing coastal industry that is increasingly threatened by algal blooms.

Hurricanes are nature's most destructive agents.

This monograph is devoted to the systematic presentation of the theory of sound- wave propagation in layered structures.

Life Cycle Assessment of Wastewater Treatment addresses in detail the required in-depth life cycle assessment of wastewater treatment.

Wastewater Treatment by Reverse Osmosis Process provides a one-stop-shop for reverse osmosis (RO), outlining its scope and limitations for the removal of organic compounds from wastewater.

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

This book presents an in-depth, science-based approach to applying key project-management and spatial tools and practices in environmental projects.

This book profiles various cases that are emerging in addressing global challenges in the context of SDGs for society in the era of climate change and covers case studies of projects being undertaken to tackle biodiversity, food security, climate change, energy and water security.

This book is the outcome of a NAill Advanced Study Institute on the contemporary glo- bal carbon cycle, held in n Ciocco, Italy, September 8-20, 1991.

An increment of urban flood risk in many areas around the globe is expected, accentuated due to climate change and urbanisation.

Submarine mass movements represent major offshore geohazards due to their destructive and tsunami-generation potential.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.

One of the core areas of study in civil engineering concerns water that encompasses fluid mechanics, hydraulics and hydrology.

Submarine mass movements are a hidden geohazard with large destructive potential for submarine installations and coastal areas.

This book focuses on the prospects of fresh market waste management in developing countries.

This book provides a highly illustrated synthesis of research on cold-water corals worldwide.

A comprehensive view of icebergs and their interaction with the ocean and climate, from a multidisciplinary perspective.

The Arctic sea ice is characterized by profound changes caused by surface melting processes and the formation of melt ponds in summer.

The 21st century will present unprecedented challenges.

The bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea possesses a unique natural heritage stretching back over 50 million years since the break-up of the great southern continent of Gondwanaland.

The development of biofilms and their role in public health - particularly drinking water - is often overlooked.

This book provides an overview of lakes in Mongolia from scientific, economic and scenic points of view, presenting lake area changes, their sedimentological and geochemical characteristics, valuable economic and geoheritage resources and paleoclimate change reconstruction.

With the whimsy and heart of The Soul of an Octopus and the surprising details of the very best science writing, The Curious World of Seahorses brilliantly captures the oceans most charismatic and mysterious inhabitant.

Modern hydrology is more interdisciplinary than ever.

This book is a multidisciplinary manuscript bringing together contributions on water issues from natural and social scientists focused on water management and structures in a challenging environmental situation such as Dakhla Oasis in Egypt's western desert.

Phytoremediation is an exciting, new technology that utilizes metal-accumulating plants to rid soil of heavy metal and radionuclides.

Coastal Wetlands, Second Edition: An Integrated and Ecosystem Approach provides an understanding of the functioning of coastal ecosystems and the ecological services that they provide.

This book presents comprehensive knowledge regarding the spatial and temporal distributions, influential factors, interactions with coexisting contaminants, migration behavior, and environmental risk posed by microplastics (MPs) in urban waterways.

Integrated Water Resources Management and Security in the Middle East brings together diverse voices relating to the critical issue of water management in one of the world's most politically volatile areas: the Middle East.

A trans-disciplinary book offering evaluation-based approaches for effective participatory interventions, for academic researchers, practitioners and policy-makers working in water management.

This volume discusses geological, biological and sustainability aspects of coastal, estuary and lake environments.

A 360-degree view of the response to flood riskAs major flooding events around the world show, the impact of flooding on the built environment can cause widespread chaos.

Water is our natural heritage, our miracle of life.

This unique book presents for the first time the current status of the Danube River Delta, the challenges facing it, and proposed strategies to solve it.

This work deals with the integration of sequential data assimilation techniques in regional coastal numerical models.

The presented climate atlas follows with regard to structure and vol- ume the Bunker Climate Atlas of the North Atlantic Ocean published 1985 by H.

An integral approach to the relation of urbanism and water management in Dutch water cities and to adjustments necessary to upgrade water management systems to the requirements imposed by a changing amount or precipitation and by changing function, technology and scale of urban areas.

Life in Lakes and Rivers reveals to us not only the fascination of the world of fresh waters, but the excitement and delight of finding out more about it.

An essential introduction to the study of estuaries, highlighting their immense spatial and temporal variability.

There remains a lack of understanding of environmental isotopes and their use; students and practitioners typically find the concepts of isotope concentrations and partitioning to be more complicated than for geochemistry.

This book offers a detailed examination of the main sources of Chile's water, its principle consumers, the gap between supply and demand, hydrological droughts, and future projected impacts of climate change.

Water scarcity is an increasing problem in many parts of the world, yet conventional supply-side economics and management are insufficient to deal with it.

In order to analyse the challenges posed by the quest for sustainability, Green Technologies for Wastewater treatment: Energy Recovery and Emerging Compounds Removal evaluates water management together with energy use.

This book is about marine seismic sources, their history, their physical principles and their deconvolution.