Earth sciences

The Periglacial Environment, Third Edition, provides an authoritative overview of the world ?

This book discusses what it means for cities to work toward and achieve resilience in the face of climate change.

During the past century, tropical rain forests have been reduced to about half of their original area, with a consequent loss of biodiversity.

Written by leading authorities from Australasia, Europe and North America, this book examines the dynamic conflicts and synergies between nature conservation and human development in contemporary Cambodia.

The Advanced Science Institute on which this publication is based took the somewhat unusual form of a geological field symposium held during late August 1984.

This book is an essential reference volume that surveys tectonic landforms on solid bodies throughout the Solar System.

First published in 1991.

This book is aimed at description of recent progress in radiative transfer, atmospheric remote sensing, snow optics,  and light scattering.

The report reviews NARSTO's recent report on atmospheric science issues associated with management of airborne particulate matter (PM) to achieve air quality standards.

Annals of the International Geophysical Year, Volume I: The Histories of the International Polar Years and the Inception and Development of the International Geophysical Year covers the significant contributions of remarkable scientific enterprises known as the First and Second International Polar Years.

The book explores the pivotal role of science and technology in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) outlined in the agenda 2030 for sustainable development.

This volume of the Chinese Water Systems subseries offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China.

Do real stem cells and stem cell lineages exist in lower organisms?

Reflecting increased interest in the field and its relevance in global environmental issues, Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, Volume 47 provides authoritative reviews that summarize results of recent research in basic areas of marine research, exploring topics of special and topical importance while adding to new areas as they arise.

In the micrometeorological literature, reference is sometimes made to the 'Businger-Dyer Profiles' or the 'Dyer-Businger profiles/relations' without referring to the origin of these relations.

This book describes the water security challenges with focus on water scarcity and quality in our rapidly changing world.

Encyclopedia of Caves is a self-contained, beautifully illustrated work dedicated to caves and their unique environments.

This book envisages a multi-proxy approach using stable isotopes, geochemical proxies, magnetic susceptibility and associated biotic events for paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental interpretations of the Mesozoic sedimentary record of India.

This new textbook introduces the concepts and tools essential for upper-level undergraduate study in water resources and hydraulics.

Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Equations is a collection of 49 articles presented at the International Conference on Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Equations: Theory and Applications (Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 4-8 July 2011).

After the discovery that elements were commonly composed of isotopes, there developed a range of studies of the variability of isotopic compositions in Earth materials, which was able to add to our understanding of Earth processes and history.

In the modem language of reservoir engineering by reservoir description is understood the totality of basic local information concerning the reservoir rock and fluids which by various procedures are extrapolated over the entire reservoir.

The cryosphere encompasses the Earth's snow and ice masses.

Floods constitute a persistent and serious problem throughout the United States and many other parts of the world.

Geochemical methods of prospecting for and evaluation of minerals are applied widely today at all stages of geological exploration.

This book provides a holistic guide to the construction of numerical models to explain the co-evolution of landforms, soils, vegetation and tectonics.

The theory of linear poroelasticity describes the interaction between mechanical effects and adding or removing fluid from rock.

This book guides readers through the most iconic geologically significant scenery in the UK, points out features of interest, explains what they are, and describes how these features came to be.

This book addresses human factors research in energy, an emphasis on human factors applications in design, construction, and operation of nuclear, electrical power generation, and oil and gas assets.

Problems and Solutions in Structural Geology and Tectonics, Volume 5, in the series Developments in Structural Geology and Tectonics, presents students, researchers and practitioners with an all-new set of problems and solutions that structural geologists and tectonics researchers commonly face.

Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming: Microbes, Vegetation, Fauna and Soil Biogeochemistry focuses on biotic and biogeochemical responses to warmer soils including plant and microbial evolution.

The book is meant to improve our understanding of sustainable development of production and consumption.

The third volume of the series 'Bacilli and Agrobiotechnology' is comprised of 25 chapters that bring a unique perspective to the readers about Bacillus-mediated biotic and abiotic plant stress tolerance, bioremediation and bioprospecting.

This book examines the role of acts of choice in classical and intuitionistic mathematics.

A harrowing journey through the past, present, and future of mining, this expertly-researched account ends on a vision for how industry can better serve the needs of humanity.

Fragmentierung und Zerstörung von Wildtier-Lebensräumen durch menschliche Aktivitäten stellen heute im Natur- und Artenschutz eine der grössten Herausforderungen dar.

Computational hydraulics and hydrologic modeling are rapidly developing fields with a wide range of applications in areas ranging from wastewater disposal and stormwater management to civil and environmental engineering.

This monograph on the Central European Magdalenian aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the archaeological record of this period.

This book sets out to give a rigorous mathematical description of the greenhouse effect through the theory of infrared atmospheric emission.

Air Pollution Calculations: Quantifying Pollutant Formation, Transport, Transformation, Fate and Risks, Second Edition enhances the systems science aspects of air pollution, including transformation reactions in soil, water, sediment and biota that contribute to air pollution.

This book offers a new approach to design theory and practice that draws on Indigenous knowledges, methodologies and methods, presenting concepts of decolonising and Indigenous design that are interweaved as theory, storytelling, and practices.

On s’émerveille à Carnac, on s’émeut à Stonehenge.