Earth sciences

Explores how two coastal ecosystems are responding to the pressures of human expansion The Northern Adriatic Sea, a continental shelf ecosystem in the Northeast Mediterranean Sea, and the Chesapeake Bay, a major estuary of the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States, are semi-enclosed, river-dominated ecosystems with urbanized watersheds that support extensive industrial agriculture.

Seismic reservoir characterization aims to build 3-dimensional models of rock and fluid properties, including elastic and petrophysical variables, to describe and monitor the state of the subsurface for hydrocarbon exploration and production and for CO sequestration.

The book focuses on the management of the aquatic environment.

An interactive way to foster appreciation and understanding of our planet's endangered species!

This volume presents selected papers presented during the 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics.

This volume reflects the current state of scientific knowledge about natural climate variability on decade-to-century time scales.

This book is a collection of policy briefs produced from research presented at the 16th Conference on Urban Health in Xiamen, China, November 4-8, 2019, under the theme "e;People Oriented Urbanisation: Transforming Cities for Health and Well-Being"e;, co-organized by the Urban Health and Wellbeing (UHWB) programme of the International Science Council (ISC).

This book features research on historical land use and land cover in the Amur River Basin, which are important not only for residents there but also for those affected by its material and water cycles.

This book identifies the key hydrologic and hydraulic factors which influence the performance of stormwater quality treatment systems such as constructed wetlands and bioretention basins.

This atlas illustrates the characteristics of present-day bedforms, from the shoreline to deep-sea environments, and it also includes short reviews of the main mechanisms that generate such bedforms.

For researchers and practitioners, an accessible and integrated treatment of hydrodynamic control of wave energy devices.

This book provides two state-of-the-art quantitative techniques to determine ultra-trace rare earth elements (REEs) in natural carbonates using solution nebulization-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (SN-ICPMS) and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) with respective applications were presented in this dissertation.

Fungi are ubiquitous in the world and responsible for driving the evolution and governing the sustainability of ecosystems now and in the past.

This textbook provide students and readers with an understanding of concepts that are fundamental to the use of managerial accounting using an active learning approach by creating an environment where readers can be actively engaged, a process which has been proven to be one of the most effective in learning.

not only for land use systems that depend on the regular supply of rain or irrigation water but also for the future development of natural rainforests as drought stress has been shown to a?

INTRODUCTION TO AEROSOL MODELLING Introduction to Aerosol Modelling: From Theory to Code An aerosol particle is defined as a solid or liquid particle suspended in a carrier gas.

This book presents basic design theories and principles and provides detailed analysis for excavation failure cases based on the author's research experience, aiming to provide a comprehensive picture of the subject matter.

Sediment Provenance: Influences on Compositional Change from Source to Sink provides a thorough and inclusive overview that features data-based case studies on a broad range of dynamic aspects in sedimentary rock structure and deposition.

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of semi-volatile organic compounds that are formed during the incomplete burning of gas, coal, oil, wood, garbage, or other organic substances.

The evolution and utilization of estuarine and coastal regions are greatly restricted by sediment problems.

With a sharp focus on environmental pollution and its impact on life and nature, scientists and engineers have studied the water treatment effect of natural wetlands for many years, resulting in the development of constructed wetlands (CWs) for treating wastewater.

At numerous times throughout the year, thousands of people gather along the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire to see one of the wonders of the natural world.

Structural geology has developed at a very rapid pace in recent years.

Part of The Geological Field Guide Series, Basic Geological Mapping, 5th Edition is an essential basic guide to field techniques in mapping geology.

The book describes the morphological, physical and chemical properties of aerosols from various natural and anthropogenic sources to help the reader better understand the direct role of aerosol particles in scattering and absorbing short- and long-wave radiation.

This book elaborates on the Khazan ecosystems of Goa, India.

This book is based on satellite image processing, focusing on the potential of hyperspectral image processing (HIP) research with a case study-based approach.

This book summarizes the evolution of carnivorous mammals in the Cenozoic of South America.

This textbook offers a complete comprehensive coverage of wastewater engineering from pollutant classification, design of collection systems and treatment systems including operational guidelines for the treatment plants.

Soil deterioration, loss of productivity, and increases in toxic elements in soil induced by rapid industrial development and intensive cultivation are posing a serious threat to global food security and environmental sustainability.

This book provides detailed analysis methods and design guidelines for fire resistance, a vital consideration for offshore processing and production platforms.

This book is a collection of invited lectures including the 5th Nicholas Ambraseys distinguished lecture, four keynote lectures and twenty-two thematic lectures presented at the 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in June 2018.

Are you wishing you knew how to better communicate science, without having to read several hundred academic papers and books on the topic?

Freshwater is our planet's most precious resource, and also the least conserved.

This new book delves into how modern technologies-i.

'Will undoubtedly become a classic narrative of this scenically magnificent, legend-rich and geologically unique part of Scotland' Cameron McNeish, The HeraldRising a kilometre out of the storm-scoured waters around Scotland's Isle of Skye is a dark battlement of pinnacles and ridgelines: the Cuillin.

Buried waste on the seabed is a major source of pollution.

Georgia's territory represents a real "e;natural geological laboratory,"e; exposing magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, ranging from the Neoproterozoic to the Quaternary.

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

"e;River Dynamics and Integrated River Management"e; provides comprehensive information on rivers for integrated management, including natural processes, stresses resulting from human activities, and restoration of various parts of the river basin, including the watershed, mountain streams, alluvial rivers, estuaries, and natural and man-made lakes.

This book is devoted to the dangerous fishes found offshore the eastern and southern Arabian Peninsula.

A bidirectional approach of detoxifying the liquid and gaseous effluents of oil refineries is elucidated in this thesis.

This book gathers the peer-reviewed papers presented at the 17th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Concrete (ICAAR), held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on May 19-24, 2024.

The Earth system consists of subsystems that include the atmosphere, hydrosphere (water), geosphere (rocks, minerals), biosphere, and humans.

Successful coastal and ocean engineering projects rely on practical experience with technical tools and knowledge available to the engineer.