Earth sciences

This book is a sister volume to Volume 20 of the Handbook of Environmental Engineering Series, "e;Integrated Natural Resources Management"e;, and expands on the themes of that volume by addressing the conservation and protection of natural resources in an environmental engineering context through state-of-the-art research methodologies and technologies.

This book helps a novice to explore the terrain independently.

The 3rd edition of Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling is a fully revised resource for researchers and practitioners in the growing field of meteorological modeling at the mesoscale.

This book presents a comprehensive introduction to well logging and the inverse problem.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the securitisation of climate change in the US, Germany and Mexico and offers a rethinking of securitisation theory.

The Gulf Stream: A Physical and Dynamical Description (Second Edition) offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the ocean's most iconic and complex phenomena.

This book focuses on reservoir surveillance and management, reservoir evaluation and dynamic description, reservoir production stimulation and EOR, ultra-tight reservoir, unconventional oil and gas resources technology, oil and gas well production testing, and geomechanics.

Living Shorelines: The Science and Management of Nature-based Coastal Protection compiles, synthesizes and interprets the current state of the knowledge on the science and practice of nature-based shoreline protection.

Irrigated agriculture produces about 40% of all food and fibre on about 16% of all cropped land.

This book provides results of spatial and temporal distributions of water quality parameters and marine primary production and its relationship with the driving atmospheric, ocean circulation and hydrobiological mechanisms established through a synergistic use of multi-spectral region spaceborne data and results of numerical model simulations of marine in-water and atmospheric processes related to the marine ecosystem.

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the Fourth International Technical Symposium on Deepwater Oil and Gas Engineering & The Third International Youth Forum on Gas Hydrate, held in Qingdao, China in December 2021.

Management Strategies for Water Use Efficiency and Micro Irrigated Crops presents new research and technologies for making better use of water resources for agricultural purposes.

This book presents the accumulated data and current state of geological knowledge on China's main shale gas fields.

The devastating impacts of natural disasters not only directly affect humans and infrastructure, but also animals, which may be crucial to the livelihoods of many people.

This book focuses on the mechanical properties and permeability of coal, and the gas flow in coal seams.

In developing countries, access to the adequate sanitation systems is still limited, and a new business model is required.

This book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date review of technologies for cleaning up contaminants in groundwater and soil.

FROM THE PREFACEIn the years since the first edition, I have continued to consider ways in which the texts could be improved.

Over 100 authors present 25 contributions on the impacts of global change on terrestrial ecosystems including:key processes of the earth system such as the CO2 fertilization effect, shifts in disturbances and biome distribution, the saturation of the terrestrial carbon sink, and changes in functional biodiversity,ecosystem services such the production of wheat, pest control, and carbon storage in croplands, and sensitive regions in the world threaten by rapid changes in climate and land use such as high latitudes ecosystems, tropical forest in Southeast Asia, and ecosystems dominated by Monsoon climate.

An innovative survey of large-scale ocean circulation that links observations, conceptual models, numerical models, and theories.

This volume is entirely devoted to the life and work of the world's most famous geomorphologist, William Morris Davis (1850-1934).

This book examines the deep connection Australians have with their climate to understand contemporary views on human-induced climate change.

This book provides in detail assessment of the health of Mahananda river, an important head water river system in the Darjeeling Sub-Himalayas which is getting altered rapidly with the pace of human interference.

Nineteenth-Century Energies explores the idea of 'energy', a concept central to new directions in interdisciplinary studies today.

Our dependency on groundwater resources and overuse thereof has led to a decline in water table so that in the last couple of decades the focus has shifted back to the traditional practices of rainwater harvesting, and ways and means have been sought to promote Rainwater harvesting in Urban areas to recharge the stressed groundwater systems.

Few parts of our British islands can compare with our sea coasts as plant hunting ground.

Antarctic Climate Evolution is the first book dedicated to furthering knowledge on the evolution of the world's largest ice sheet over its ~34 million year history.

The Mediterranean region has been shaped by human activity and maintained by traditional practices of land use for centuries.

This unique textbook presents an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of marine studies, exploring the dynamic relationship between people and the marine environment.

Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences, Fourth Edition, continues the tradition of trying to meet the needs of students, researchers and operational practitioners.

This is the first of two volumes that, taken together, provide an integrated picture of the environmental consequences arising from international conflicts.

This outstanding reference book deals with effects of various agricultural practices on ground water quality and usage; and ground water management strategies for protection of ground water affected by agriculture.

Many wetlands around the world act as sinks for pollutants, in particular for trace elements.

This book presents state-of-the-art methodologies for the design and analysis of buried steel pipelines subjected to severe ground-induced action, including tectonic (quasi-static) effects, slope movements (landslides), liquefaction-induced actions or excavation-induced settlements.

This book focuses on case studies from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand and the USA in various ground improvement projects.

This thesis presents research focusing on the improvement of high-resolution global black carbon (BC) emission inventory and application in assessing the population exposure to ambient BC.

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CEOS was established under the auspices of the Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations in 1984 in response to a recommendation from a panel of experts in remote sensing within the Working Group on Growth, Technology and Employment (CEOS, 2009).

This book critically examines the environmental hazards posed by global warming with regard to future food security, which will depend on a combination of stresses, both biotic and abiotic, imposed by climate change; variability of weather within a growing season; and the development of cultivars that are more sensitive to different ambient conditions.

Well rehabilitation techniques have been the focus of major advancements in recent times.

The present crude oil and natural gas reservoirs around the world have depleted conventional production levels.

Petroleum Geology of Libya, Second Edition, systematically reviews the exploration history, plate tectonics, structural evolution, stratigraphy, geochemistry and petroleum systems of Libya, and includes valuable new chapters on oil and gas fields, production, and reserves.

Elastic wave propagation applies to a wide variety of fields, including seismology, non-destructive testing, energy resource exploration, and site characterization.

These proceedings include the latest developments in research and practice in the area of mining-induced seismicity.

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

Using simple mechanical models, this book examines the structural features and evolution of the mammalian jaw mechanism.

Pearl: Natural, Cultured and Imitation discusses some aspects, distinction, and authenticity of pearl.

Suppose one were given the task of mapping the general circulation in an unfamiliar ocean.

Droughts and their management are a serious challenge to water resource professionals.