Earth sciences

This contributed volume offers a variety of case studies on energy efficiency and carbon footprint assessment with the goal of offering practical guidance on reducing emissions and improving energy efficiency.

Dieses Buch beschaftigt sich mit der Frage, inwieweit das Vorhandensein oder das Fehlen wichtiger Rohstoffe den Lauf der deutschen Geschichte beeinflusst hat.

The book deals with ecosystems of Hot, Cold and Coastal deserts; their present status and emerging challenges in the context of economic development and climate change issues.

This book aims at investigating the pacific use of nuclear techniques to evaluate, measure, and mitigate marine-related environmental issues.

This book is devoted to the most important and urgent problems that arise during the development of the coasts of the cold seas.

This book is devoted to the most important and urgent problems that arise during the development of the coasts of the cold seas.

The book deals with ecosystems of Hot, Cold and Coastal deserts; their present status and emerging challenges in the context of economic development and climate change issues.

Enclosed ecosystem experiments have gained in popularity as research tools in ecological science, particularly in the study of coastal aquatic environments.

This book is a tutorial written by researchers and developers behind the FEniCS Project and explores an advanced, expressive approach to the development of mathematical software.

This book is a focused, comprehensive reference on recent research on severe convective storms and tornadoes.

Diamonds in Nature: A Guide to Rough Diamonds illustrates the range of crystal shapes, colours, surface textures, and mineral inclusions of rough, uncut, naturally forming diamonds.

The second, enlarged edition of this established reference integrates many new insights into wastewater hydraulics.

A lake, as a body of water, is in continuous interaction with the rocks and soils in its drainage basin, the atmosphere, and surface and groundwaters.

Mining the Earth's Heat: Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Energy describes the work carried out by the Los Alamos National Laboratory to turn an idealistic concept - that of drawing useful amounts of energy from the vast underground store of hot rock at reachable depths - into a practical reality.

This book explores one of the world’s most striking red bed sandstone landscapes — Danxiashan — which was designated a UNESCO Global Geopark in 2004 and inscribed as part of the serial World Heritage property "e;China Danxia"e; in 2010.

The book is about the origin and evolution of the atmosphere and the ocean.

This book explores one of the world’s most striking red bed sandstone landscapes — Danxiashan — which was designated a UNESCO Global Geopark in 2004 and inscribed as part of the serial World Heritage property "e;China Danxia"e; in 2010.

The book is about the origin and evolution of the atmosphere and the ocean.

This book presents 8 methods for estimating seismic input, ranging from simplified and direct approaches, through the standard elastic response spectrum and artificial accelerograms, to more complete methods such as seismic hazard analysis (probabilistic, deterministic, and physically based).

This book presents 8 methods for estimating seismic input, ranging from simplified and direct approaches, through the standard elastic response spectrum and artificial accelerograms, to more complete methods such as seismic hazard analysis (probabilistic, deterministic, and physically based).

The book is a compilation of research presented at the 2nd International Conference of Geoscience and Remote Sensing Technology (IC-GEOREST), which took place between October 26 and 27, 2024, in Padang, Indonesia.

This proceedings presents selected papers from the International Conference on Subsurface Technology (ICSsT 2024) held during September 10-11 at the Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

This proceedings presents selected papers from the International Conference on Subsurface Technology (ICSsT 2024) held during September 10-11 at the Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

This book presents the select proceedings of GeoMandu 2024.

This book presents the select proceedings of GeoMandu 2024.

This book describes the extraction, production, characterizations of bioflocculants with a focus on their mechanisms and applications.

This book describes the extraction, production, characterizations of bioflocculants with a focus on their mechanisms and applications.

Ball lightning is an enigma.

Ball lightning is an enigma.

This book aims to provide a holistic and interdisciplinary understanding of the social, ecological, technological, and psychological dimensions of climate-resilient agriculture.

Focusing on the resource utilization of red mud and its application in road engineering, this book discusses in depth the engineering and environmental characteristics of red mud.

Focusing on the resource utilization of red mud and its application in road engineering, this book discusses in depth the engineering and environmental characteristics of red mud.

The primary hydrologic parameters in assessing water resources are rainfall and runoff which also play a major role in controlling groundwater recharge.

The primary hydrologic parameters in assessing water resources are rainfall and runoff which also play a major role in controlling groundwater recharge.

This book presents High-Frequency Radars (HFR), extensively utilized for monitoring ocean surface currents and sea state along coastal regions.

This book presents High-Frequency Radars (HFR), extensively utilized for monitoring ocean surface currents and sea state along coastal regions.

This book covers various aspects of heavy metal contamination in wastewater and its removal by microbial-based approaches.

Part of the CERES publication series, this book explores the critical nexus between food systems, biodiversity, and climate resilience.

This book gathers peer reviewed and high-quality papers presented at 2025 8th International Conference on Geoinformatics and Data Analysis, held from April 4 to 6, 2025 in Nice, France.

Anhaltende Veränderungen der Tidewasserstände betreffen den Küstenschutz in vielerlei Hinsicht, da die Hochwasser schneller ansteigen als der mittlere Meeresspiegel und damit die dominante Größe für die Entwicklung des Hochwasserschutzes werden können.

Toba, the name of a simple farmer from an ancient legend in a remote land, was given to a lake, a people, a volcanic crater, and recently a Geopark.

Toba, the name of a simple farmer from an ancient legend in a remote land, was given to a lake, a people, a volcanic crater, and recently a Geopark.

Wie können strukturverbessernde Maßnahmen an Fließgewässern wirksamer umgesetzt werden?

This book includes new results of theoretical and experimental studies of various scales of the processes occurring on the earth including the lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere.

Wie können strukturverbessernde Maßnahmen an Fließgewässern wirksamer umgesetzt werden?

The book provides a comprehensive exploration of the innovative strategies, smart recycling solutions, and advanced technologies that enable the sustainable utilization of wastewater resources.

Anhaltende Veränderungen der Tidewasserstände betreffen den Küstenschutz in vielerlei Hinsicht, da die Hochwasser schneller ansteigen als der mittlere Meeresspiegel und damit die dominante Größe für die Entwicklung des Hochwasserschutzes werden können.

Part of the CERES publication series, this book explores the critical nexus between food systems, biodiversity, and climate resilience.