Hydrology and the hydrosphere

This book highlights several opportunities that exist in satellite remote sensing of large-scale terrestrial hydrology.

This textbook introduces fundamental dynamics of tropical atmosphere and ocean useful for advanced graduate courses in atmospheric and climate sciences.

This book presents the proceedings of the 8th international Symposium "e;Information Fusion and Intelligent Geographic Information Systems 2017"e; (IF&ICIS'2017), which took place at Shanghai Maritime University, China, from May 10 to 12, 2017.

While sponges represent a very simple group of organisms, which are represented by over 8000 species, there is considerable interest in the increasing role they may play in future marine ecosystems.

This book presents recent developments in advanced biological treatment technologies that are attracting increasing attention or that have a high potential for large-scale application in the near future.

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.

The purpose of this book is to introduce the phosphorus (P) removal structure as a new BMP for reducing dissolved P loading to surface waters from non-point source pollution, provide guidance on designing site-specific P removal structures, and provide instruction on use of the design software, "e;Phrog"e; (Phosphorus Removal Online Guidance).

This book covers diverse types of ceramic membranes applied in separation processes.

This unique book provides a multidisciplinary review of current, climate-change research projects at universities around the globe, offering perspectives from all of the natural and social sciences.

This book introduces carbon nanotubes as a matrix for efficient nanohybrid catalysis.

This book provides researchers and graduate students with an overview of the latest developments in and applications of adsorption processes for water treatment and purification.

This book addresses the evaluation of environmental impacts and services identified in headwaters of different eco-zones around the world.

This book is devoted to the dangerous fishes found offshore the eastern and southern Arabian Peninsula.

This book on the current state of knowledge of submarine geomorphology aims to achieve the goals of the Submarine Geomorphology working group, set up in 2013, by establishing submarine geomorphology as a field of research, disseminating its concepts and techniques among earth scientists and professionals, and encouraging students to develop their skills and knowledge in this field.

This book provides a comparative analysis of policy instruments designed to respond to climate change, drought and floods in connection with agricultural producers and their communities in four case study areas: Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada; Coquimbo, Chile; and Mendoza, Argentina.

This book focuses on the effects of industrial effluents, specifically those generated from tanneries, on aquatic life i.

This book integrates a wide range of subjects into a coherent purview of the status of coastal marine science.

This book gathers the most recent research findings on ecology and conservation of marine vertebrates in Latin America, making use of high technological methods to show readers the diversity of the marine research that has been conducted in these countries over the last decades.

This textbook provides graduate and advanced undergraduate students with a comprehensive introduction to the application of basic principles and concepts for physical and engineering acoustics.

This graduate and advanced undergraduate textbook systematically addresses all core topics in physical and engineering acoustics.

This volume presents the most recent results of global mean sea level variations over the satellite altimetry era (starting in the early 1990s) and associated contributions, such as glaciers and ice sheets mass loss, ocean thermal expansion, and land water storage changes.

This book discusses the science, causes, impacts and risk reduction strategies for climate change and disasters.

This book presents all Malacostracan cructaceans occurring in the Baltic Sea in water salinity from 2 to 15 psu.

This volume explores specific approaches that have shown to result in crop yield increases.

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

This book is situated at the cross-roads of environmental, agricultural and economic history and climate science.

The book examines a new concern in water quality policy, namely aquatic micropollutants.

This proceedings volume, with more than 30 chapters, is based on the presentations given at the National Conference on Water Resources and Hydropower (WRHP-2016) and represents the state-of-the-art in water resources in India.

This book offers a unique introduction to the study of shells and molluscs for all those who take pleasure in shells, the treasure of the sea.

This book presents a conceptual and practical tool for those involved directly or indirectly in the planning and management of basic provision of water supply, wastewater and stormwater services in metropolitan regions by offering insights into governance paradigms and institutional arrangements for urban wastewater reuse in agriculture from Australia and India.

Why is trade in wholesale water so rare, when markets can actively trade bread, tractors, and electricity?

This book presents the results of an interdisciplinary research project that was set up to introduce Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) at the Zayandeh Rud, Central Iran's most important river.

This book assesses the current water-security situation in Asia.

This book provides a snapshot of representative modeling analyses of coastal hypoxia and its effects.

This book covers the entire Nile Basin and reflects the latest findings.

This book offers an ecosystem-oriented overview of the diversity, ecological role, and biotechnological applications of marine fungi as well as an in-depth introduction to the marine environment, fungal classification, and ecological principles.

This book is about how water managers in the United States are responding to the call for increased effort to achieve sustainable supplies of clean fresh water for present and future generations.

This book provides an overview of arid and semi-arid lands conditions, their general characteristics, methods of management, conservation, exploitation and reclamation.

Do you know silica, the tetrahedra of silicon and oxygen constituting the crystals of New Agers and the desiccant in a box of new shoes?

This book presents recent lessons learned in the context of research and development for various dryland ecosystems, focusing on water resources management, land and vegetation cover degradation and remediation, and socioeconomic aspects, as well as integrated approaches to ensuring water and land security in view of the current and predicted climate change.

This book seeks to enrich the growing literature on mine legacies by examining a case study of a small abandoned mine in Latin America.

This complete reference to marine renewable energy covers aspects of resource characterization and physical effects of harvesting the ocean's vast and powerful resources-from wave and tidal stream to ocean current energy.

This book uses the Lagrangian approach, especially useful and convenient for studying large-scale transport and mixing in the ocean, to present a detailed view of ocean circulation.

This volume presents a reconstruction of the formation of the environmental conditions and biota in the present-day Baltic Sea area during the last glacial cycle and thereafter under the influence of extra-terrestrial, climatic and geological factors.

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.

This book describes recent advances in the morphodynamics of mixed sand and gravel Mediterranean coasts, and provides updates and new methods for their study and management.

This book draws on the author's professional experience and expertise in humid and arid regions to familiarize readers with the basic scientific philosophy and methods regarding floods and their impacts on human life and property.

This book analyzes the most important geohydrological aspects of the San Jorge Gulf Basin (Chubut and Santa Cruz provinces, Argentine Patagonia), with a particular focus on the physical and hydrodynamic characteristics of the system.

This book explores the benefits of using risk analysis techniques in the evaluation of flood protection structures, and examines the results of the environmental impact assessment for selected planned flood protection projects.

In the era of big data, this book explores the new challenges of urban-rural planning and management from a practical perspective based on a multidisciplinary project.