Earth sciences

The tragedy of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has led to a rapid expansion in science directed at understanding tsunami and mitigating their hazard.

This reference for engineers, and graduate students covers sediment transport and morphodynamics modelling in nearshore environments.

This book presents the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Advances in Environmental Sustainability, Energy and Earth Science (AESEE-2024), held on March 14 - 16, in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Polymer-Carbonaceous Filler Based Composites for Wastewater Treatment serves as the first book to offer a concise treatment of the use of these materials in the treatment of wastewater.

This book provides a comprehensive review at the biochemical and molecular level of the processes and techniques that contribute to crop improvement.

This textbook presents an extensive manual of crystallography, including geometric crystallography, crystallochemistry, and crystallophysics.

International Series of Monographs on Earth Sciences, Volume 3: Principles of Geochemical Prospecting: Techniques of Prospecting for Non-Ferrous Ores and Rare Metals covers the developments of theoretical premises of geochemical prospecting based on existing theories of endogenic and exogenic ore-formation.

The ever evolving technology of waterproofing presents challenges and risks for architects and engineers who do not specialize in the field.

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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.

This work is designed to broaden the scope with which many people regard a river.

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Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage: Using Natural Resources for Sustainable Development presents the technologies associated with bioenergy and CCS and its applicability as an emissions reduction tool.

The Climate Change Debate: A Reference Handbook provides an in-depth look at climate change facts and statistics.

In an increasingly urbanized world, water systems must be designed and operated according to innovative standards in terms of climate adaptation, resource efficiency, sustainability and resilience.

This book describes and analyses various aspects of Israeli climate.

This book adopts numerical method to model soil constitutive relationship while it abandons the traditional idea of looking for plastic potential as the only way to model.

The Earth's Magnetic Field : Its History, Origin, and Planetary Perspective

This book is the first attempt to highlight the Great Divergence between Europe and China from the perspective of environmental change.

Addressing the persistent environmental threat of organic chemicals with a fresh approach to degradation and transformation processes, Organic Chemicals in the Environment: Mechanisms of Degradation and Transformation, Second Edition examines a wide range of compounds as well as abiotic and microbiological reactions mediated by microorganisms

Today, predicting the impact of human activities on the earth's climate hinges on tracking interactions among phenomena of radically different dimensions, from the molecular to the planetary.

Sustainable mining is need of hour to fulfil the increasing energy demand of the country and at the same time reduction in rate of carbon emission at utmost priority.

Gold Panning the Pacific Northwest is the premiere reference source for anyone who is interested in getting started or continuing their gold prospecting in the pacific northwest region.

There's so much we don't know about what lies deep beneath the ocean's surface - and the time to find out is growing increasingly precious .

Effective marine biodiversity conservation is dependent upon a clear scientific rationale for practical interventions.

This collection calls for improved technical communication for the public through an embodied, situated understanding of environmental risk that promotes social justice.

This excellent book covers techniques used for extrapolating measurements of trace gas fluxes and factors regulating the production, consumption and exchange of trace gases in terrestrial and aquatic environments.

In hard rock terrain, shallow water wells generally have a poor to moderate yield.

This United Nations report examines the current state of knowledge of the world''s oceans, for policymakers, and provides a reference for marine science courses.

The rhizosphere in soil environments refers to the narrow zone of soil influenced by the root and exudates.

Developments in Geotectonics, 12: Sedimentary Basins of Continental Margins and Cratons focuses on the formation, movements, characteristics, and evolution of sedimentary basins of continental margins and cratons.

During the last three decades, it has become increasingly clear that atmospheric modelling and remote sounding of the atmosphere from space, to name just two important application areas, are affected by non-equilibrium processes which have not been incorporated into traditional radiative transfer calculations.

This book deals with the sustainability of agriculture on the Black Earth by drawing on data from long-term field experiments.

This book divides Antarctica into eight ice-free regions and provides information on the soils of each region.

The ever-increasing number of pollutants released into the environment drives the search for new treatment technologies or the modification of existing ones.

Effluents generated from the pharmaceutical industry contain organic and inorganic contaminants that create potential threats to human health and the environment.

The growth of the terrorism threat to the nation's security has created significant strategic challenges for U.

Analysis and Control System Techniques for Electric Power Systems, Part 1 is the first volume of a four volume sequence in this series devoted to the significant theme of "e;"e;Analysis and Control Techniques for Electric Power Systems.

This book discusses new and innovative trends and techniques in the removal of toxic and refractory pollutants by means of various microbial biotechnology processes from wastewater, both on the laboratory and industrial scales.

Fertigation requires a thorough understanding of the science behind the technology to make it deliver the immense possibility it offers in crop production.

This book provides a survey of technologies available to tackle the problems associated with climate change in the energy, water and food security nexus with a special focus on the Middle East.

This is an introductory textbook on global spectral modeling designed for senior-level undergraduates and possibly for first-year graduate students.

This new textbook on remote sensing and digital image processing of natural resources includes numerous, practical problem-solving exercises and applications of sensors and satellite systems using remote sensing data collection resources, and emphasizes the free and open-source platform R.

Calcareous algae

Brimming with interesting facts and surprising anecdotes, this scientific and cultural history opens our eyes to the wonders of one of nature's most delicate, delightful, and deadly phenomena: SNOW!

This book demonstrates how robust and evolving science can be relevant to public discourse about climate policy.