Hydrology and the hydrosphere

The book presents an interdisciplinary systematic evaluation of increasing water stress and scarcity over the globe and specifically South Africa.

This book describes the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of waste management and environmental geomechanics as presented by leading researchers, engineers and practitioners at the International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management through Design (IC_SWMD), held in Ludhiana (Punjab), India on November 2-3, 2018.

This book provides unique insights into the complex issue of water security in South Africa.

What is happening in our oceans?

The establishment of clean, safe water is one of the major challenges facing societies around the globe.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges in hydrological modeling.

This book presents a complete account of the 19th century German immigrant Edward Cordell, a hydrographer who discovered a major seamount that was designated the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

This state-of-the-art book clearly explains the basic principles of soil hydrology and the current knowledge in this field.

This book comprises the selected papers from the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018.

This book tries to answer the question how different communities in such an arid area as the Iranian central plateau could have shared their limited water resources in a perfect harmony and peace over the course of history.

This book features expert contributions on key sustainability aspects of urban water management in Chinese agglomerations.

This edited volume is based on the best papers accepted for presentation during the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018.

This book is based on the outcomes of a Turkish-Japanese bilateral project dealing with the impacts of climate change on basin agro-ecosystems.

This book focuses on irrigation sources together with water management for agricultural development in Uttar Pradesh state of India.

This book integrates 30 years of mercury research in the Florida Everglades to inform scientists and policy makers.

This book gives an overview of recent developments in the synthesis of macromolecules for water purification applications.

This book documents the effects of natural hazards on coastal ecosystems in detail.

The United Nations has declared 2018-2028 as the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development.

The Juan Fernandez Archipelago is located in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile at 33(deg) S latitude.

Scientific output in low- and middle-income countries is greatly challenged by numerous factors.

This edited volume is based on the best papers accepted for presentation during the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018.

This book describes the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of waste management and environmental geomechanics as presented by leading researchers, engineers and practitioners at the International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management through Design (IC_SWMD), held in Ludhiana (Punjab), India on November 2-3, 2018.

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 book describes the myriad components of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region.

This book documents the effects of natural hazards on coastal ecosystems in detail.

L’exploration et l’exploitation des grands fonds marins comptent à peine deux siècles, et les premières incursions humaines en profondeur datent seulement des années 1930.

Nous avons tous le sentiment que le temps « se détraque », et nous l'imputons aux civilisations urbaines et industrielles d'une population devenue trop nombreuse.

This book provides an analysis of the ecological conditions and ecosystem goods and services of the Zambezi River Basin (ZRB), the fourth largest river in Africa.

The book on sea ice ecology is the ecology of sea ice algae and other microorganism as bacteria, meiofauna, and viruses residing inside or at the bottom of the sea ice, called the sympagic biota.

This book brings together the experiences of engineers and scientists from Australia and the United Kingdom providing the current status on the management of stormwater and flooding in urban areas and suggesting ways forward.

Extrait : "Les anciens avaient reconnu l'existence de l'air, et ils soupçonnaient son importance, puisqu'ils l'avaient placé au nombre des éléments ; mais ce n'est que dans les temps modernes, et même assez rapprochés de nous, que les savants ont pu spécifier ses propriétés, puis sa nature complexe, et enfin le rôle immense qu'il joue dans la vie des êtres organisés (végétaux et animaux).

In all, the European Space Agency (ESA) has developed 60 spacecrafts over the last few decades.

The Field Guide to Ocean Voyaging is a full-color primer for anyone who will be voyaging on the oceans of the world.

Based on the past 30-years' research on the technical and cultural values of China's Grand Canal, this book, based on interdisciplinary research, studies the natural and social background of the evolution and development of different sections of the Grand Canal in different historical periods, as well as the interrelations between the Grand Canal and the Chinese politics, economics, and culture.

The objectives of the American Meteorological Society are "e;the development and dissemination of knowledge of meteorology in all its phases and applications, and the advancement of its professional ideals.

The Bestselling Classic Updated for Surfers, Sailors, Oceanographers, Climate Activists, and Those Who Love the Sea First published in 1963 and updated in 1979, this classic was an essential handbook for anyone who studies, surfs, protects, or is fascinated by the ocean.

This book is the outcome of a workshop held at Park City, Utah, 23-25 May, 1984.

This book looks at the circulation features of the Southern Hemisphere, both for the atmosphere and oceans.

Despite the strong economic growth of the last decades, our modern global society is facing the existential threat of climate change.

Despite the strong economic growth of the last decades, our modern global society is facing the existential threat of climate change.

Lakes define not only Canada's landscape but the national imagination.

The Sea, from its shimmering surface to its sunless depths, teems with life.

Of Sea takes the form of a poetic bestiary of creatures living beneath, beside and above the water: in wetlands, salt marshes and the intertidal zone.

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST SINGLE POEM*From the mercurial mind of award-winning poet John McCullough comes his darkest and most experimental book to date.

A beautifully presented, practical gift guide for all surf seekers.

From the mysterious depths of Lake Vostok, Antarctica, to tropical floodplain lakes, inland seas, hydro-reservoirs and the variety of waterbodies in our local environment, lakes encompass a huge diversity of shapes, sizes, depths, colours, and even salinities.

This book discusses the sources, mechanism, impact and abatement of pollution in waterbodies and lays a base foundation for further research.

Marine bioprospecting is a highly topical subject - in both applied and basic research - but, as yet, the marine ecosystem is a relatively unexplored source of natural bioactive substances with potential therapeutic activity.

Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook is the ultimate instruction manual for mitigation measures to minimise man-made acoustical and physical disturbances to marine mammals from industrial and defence activities.

Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook is the ultimate instruction manual for mitigation measures to minimise man-made acoustical and physical disturbances to marine mammals from industrial and defence activities.