Earth sciences

Why is the bread basket of Arabia importing more water via grain than is pumped locally by all sectors and why does nobody notice?

Shelving Guide:This book will present new research regarding the interdisciplinary applications of spatial information sciences for identification, assessment, monitoring, and modeling issues related to natural resources and environmental management.

The monograph is concerned with results of studies of petrology of mafic-ultramafic massifs as part of the East Sakhalin ophiolite association.

The monograph is concerned with results of studies of petrology of mafic-ultramafic massifs as part of the East Sakhalin ophiolite association.

An essential primer on atmospheric processes and their important role in the climate systemThe atmosphere is critical to climate change.

An insider account of how researchers unraveled the mystery of the thawing ArcticIn the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2003.

Practical Channel Hydraulics is a technical guide for estimating flood water levels in rivers using the innovative software known as the Conveyance and Afflux Estimation System (CES-AES).

In the Andes mountainous region of South America grasslands known as paramos provide important ecosystem services like sustaining biodiversity, securing carbon sequestration and providing water storage.

This timely book presents a wide-ranging review of Arctic environmental change in response to global warming, and gives a broad insight into the transformation of the Arctic which we can expect during the next century.

This volume comprises papers presented at the China-US Millennium Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, held in Beijing, China, on November 8-11, 2000.

This second edition of EPA's bestselling book, Description and Sampling of Contaminated Soils: A Field Guide, Second Edition, has been revised and significantly expanded over the original edition.

This second edition of EPA's bestselling book, Description and Sampling of Contaminated Soils: A Field Guide, Second Edition, has been revised and significantly expanded over the original edition.

Every practicing environmental engineer should already have a firm grasp on the basics of hazardous waste site remediation-the key to confronting a site problem, and devising an effective solution.

Every practicing environmental engineer should already have a firm grasp on the basics of hazardous waste site remediation-the key to confronting a site problem, and devising an effective solution.

Tropical ecosystems - the regions between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn - play an important role in global processes, economic issues, and political concerns.

Natural Attenuation: CERCLA, RBCAs, and the Future of Environmental Remediation presents the concept of "e;natural attenuation"e;-the tendency of soils to severly limit the toxicity of many types of hazardous waste.

Natural Attenuation: CERCLA, RBCAs, and the Future of Environmental Remediation presents the concept of "e;natural attenuation"e;-the tendency of soils to severly limit the toxicity of many types of hazardous waste.

This volume offers comprehensive and up-to-date information on research in many different disciplines which give an overall insight into the environmental history of Africa.

This reference provides up-to-date information on research in many different disciplines which give an overall insight into the environmental history of Africa.

This extensive handbook presents up-to-date coverage of significant developments in estuarine and marine pollution.

This work examines the issue of accelerated soil erosion, which has become an increasingly serious concern in the twentieth century.

This text deals with certain geological aspects of the extreme geographical locations of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula.

The results of theoretical and experimental investigations of seismic waves depending on natural and technological factors are discussed, with methods for engineering calculations of industrial blast parameters.

This volume comprises the proceedings of a three-day meeting held at the Royal Society, London, UK on 22,23,24 April 1987.

Vegetation and Soils is an introduction to the study of vegetation and soil distribution.

Vegetation and Soils is an introduction to the study of vegetation and soil distribution.

As business risks associated with water intensify - for example risks to oeprations, supply chains and reputation - many corporate sustainability professionals are seeking practical tools to help them understand and assess these risks.

Magnesium is one of the most abundant minerals in seawater.

Given the different geographical and human contexts in which climate change impacts will be experienced, thinking by analogy provides one useful way to explore dimensions of such change.

The present work is the first major attempt at reviewing comprehensively all the available information about the environmental fate and behaviour of the xenobiotic chemicals.

This monograph attempts to amalgamate recent research input comprising the vivifying components or urban seismology at a level useful to those having an interest in the earthquake and its effects upon an urban environment.

Phytoremediation with wetland plants is an eco-friendly, aesthetically pleasing, cost-effective, solar-driven, passive technique that is useful for cleaning up environmental pollutants with low to moderate levels of contamination.

ESSENTIALS OF OCEANOGRAPHY introduces you to the complexities and uncertainties involved in ocean use and the importance of oceans in nurturing and sustaining life.

A groundbreaking graphic novel-style cocktail book from world-renowned bar The Dead Rabbit in New York City The Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog in lower Manhattan has won every cocktailaward there is to win, including being namedBest Bar in the World in 2016.

Chinese water resource managers face a challenge that is both immense and unique.

It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly.

First published in 1992, this title offers an experienced and constructive evaluation of the ways in which water resources have been developed in Africa.

A biologist's firsthand account of encounters with the planet's most bizarre organismsand how these discoveries are challenging our most basic assumptions about life on EarthLife thrives in the deepest, darkest recesses of Earth's crustfrom methane seeps in the ocean floor to the highest reaches of Arctic permafrostand it is unlike anything seen on the surface.

First printed in 1896, this is a "e;Narrative of a Journey to Mount Kenya and Lake Baringo with Some Account of the Geology, Natural History, Anthropology and Future Prospect of British East Africa.

Mountain environments are often perceived to be austere, isolated, and inhospitable.

Mountain environments are often perceived to be austere, isolated, and inhospitable.

This book, first published in 1966, reports the results of a pilot study devoted to understanding the middle-term resource situation for one metal - manganese.

Methods of Estimating Reserves of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Natural Gas Liquids, first published in 1965, aims to throw new light on a field of knowledge vital to consideration of problems of public policy regarding future sources of energy.

This volume provides a survey of the world's iron-ore resources during the 1960s and the distribution of the iron and steel industries.

In this collection, first published in 1951, the central theme is that everything has a history, and that we cannot fully understand anything without some knowledge of its history.

Environmental Quality Management provides a quantitative analysis of regional residuals environmental quality management in the Lower Delaware Valley.

Even though the United States relies heavily on imports for many non-fuel minerals, mineral supply has played only a small role in foreign policy since World War II.

Originally published in 1978, this volume addresses the scientific, economic, and administrative aspects of the public policy problem raised by the United States' Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974.