Physical geography and topography

Land Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change: The Science of ASTER and MODIS is an edited compendium of contributions dealing with ASTER and MODIS satellite sensors aboard NASA's Terra and Aqua platforms launched as part of the Earth Observing System fleet in 1999 and 2002 respectively.

The Ice Age (Quaternary) is a period of extreme climate fluctuations that led to the growth and melting of massive ice sheets in the high latitudes.

Waste management has become a great challenge for cities and urban areas, especially in countries with a high population density.

Along with windstorms, floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters.

With numerous real-world examples, Modelling and Quantitative Methods in Fisheries, Second Edition provides an introduction to the analytical methods used by fisheries' scientists and ecologists.

A clear, concise discussion of today's hottest topics in climate change, including adapting to climate change and geo-engineering to mitigate the effects of change, Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition takes on the tough questions of what to do and offers real solutions to the practical problems caused by radical changes in the Earth's climate.

This book presents the fundamentals of polarimetric radar remote sensing through understanding wave scattering and propagation in geophysical media filled with hydrometers and other objects.

Despite all the controversy and hype that climate change has generated, there now exists an overwhelming body of scientific evidence that the problem is real and that its effects are already being felt on a global scale.

Since its discovery in early 1900, turbulence has been an interesting and complex area of study.

Since its discovery in early 1900, turbulence has been an interesting and complex area of study.

The proceedings of the 4th Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics offers the latest research results concerning quantitative modelling of the interaction of water and sediment and the shapes this interaction makes in rivers, watersheds, estuaries, the coast, the continental shelf and the deep sea.

Rivers are complex entities.

A comprehensive collection of contributions from the Middle East and Japan, dealing with pressing problems concerning sustainability in arid zones, this time with the accent on environmental science and engineering.

Wetland identification, although theoretically straightforward, is not cut and dry as a practice.

Spatial dimensions need to be properly captured if modeling and engineering techniques are to be successfully applied in addressing environmental problems.

The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plantMonarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico.

This book addresses some of the most urgent global problems in today's world from a geographical perspective and highlights contemporary environmental, political, economic, social and geoethical aspects.

A Vital Explanation of Water Law and PolicyBecause demand for and access to quality water far exceeds the current supply, it is increasingly critical to understand the state and federal laws and policies that govern water rights.

Grazing lands represent the largest and most diverse land resource-taking up over half the earth's land surface.

In order to feed their burgeoning populations, developing nations will need to double cereal production by the year 2050.

The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is the next-generation multispectral imaging instrument to fly on US operational, polar-orbiting meteorological satellites.

Increasingly used to represent climatic, biogeochemical, and ecological systems, computer modeling has become an important tool that should be in every environmental professional's toolbox.

THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND AMAZON PRIME'S BOSCH AND NETFLIX'S THE LINCOLN LAWYERSOME CRIMES YOU CAN'T FORGET.

From the bestselling author of Wintering, Katherine May, The Electricity of Every Living Thing is a life-affirming and poignant exploration of nature, and how reconnecting to wild landscapes can create peace in our unquiet minds.

Pirates and smugglers, ghost ships and sea-serpents, fishermen s prayers and sailors rituals the coastline of the British Isles plays host to an astonishingly rich variety of local legends, customs, and superstitions.

Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and Menlove, tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history.

Packed with surprising and fascinating information, London's Lost Rivers uncovers a very different side to London - showing how waterways shaped our principal city and exploring the legacy they leave today.

A celebration of the wildlife and landscapes of Britain's most vital wildlife habitats those that make up our coastline.

A celebration of the wildlife and landscapes of Britain's most vital wildlife habitats those that make up our coastline.

Laurens van der Post was fascinated and appalled at the fate of this remarkable people.

Mount Ararat in Turkey is where, as biblical tradition has it, Noah's Ark ran aground and God made his covenant with mankind.

This book brings together original and novel perspectives on major developments in human rights law and the environment in Africa.

Qanats are ubiquitous, yet unseen, and a clever way to create streams where none exist in nature.

THE STORY BEHIND THE HARDEST CLIMB IN HISTORY & ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY 'DAWN WALL' 'Heart-stopping, absorbing' Daily Mail 'The most daring free climber on the planet' The Times__________ In 2015, climber Tommy Caldwell took on the hardest challenge of his life, spending 19 days freeclimbing Yosemite's vertical, 3000-foot Dawn Wall - regarded as the most difficult climb in history and a route nobody had ever done before.

From the greatest record-breaking heights to hidden peaks beneath the sea Eyewitness Everest is an original and exciting new guide to the enthralling challenges of life and death on the world's greatest mountain ranges.

A fascinating 'day in the life' look at the natural world.

Drawing on a variety of disciplines, Sustainable Diplomacy is a highly constructive work.

For more than 40 years I have been engaged in timberline research.

This chapter has shown a small sample of GIS applications in economic devel- ment.

This work becomes with methodological rigor a part of the innovative proposals for the characterization of the areas at risk of desertification.

Wind erosion occurs in many arid, semiarid and agricultural areas of the world.

This unique richly-illustrated account of the landforms and geology of the world's coasts, presented in a country-by-country (state-by-state) sequence, assembles a vast amount of data and images of an endangered and increasingly populated and developed landform.

Although numerous books have been written on both monitoring and modelling of coastal oceans, there is a practical need for an introductory multi-disciplinary volume to non-specialists in this field.

At present, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment are a widely used technology for treatment of various types of wastewaters.

Modern seismology has faced new challenges in the study of earthquakes and their physical characteristics.

Drawing on ethnographic and archival research, "e;Changing Forests"e; explores how the indigenous Lenca community of La Campa, Honduras, has conserved and transformed their communal forests through the experiences of colonialism, opposition to state-controlled logging, and the recent adoption of export-oriented coffee production.

Drylands have been cradles to some of the world's greatest civilizations, and contemporary dryland communities feature rich and unique cultures.

Land-use change is one of the main drivers of many environmental change processes.

Groundwater is of utmost importance in the arid and semi-arid environment.

This book collects the review papers from both technical sessions and three discussion panels of the 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS).