Pollution and threats to the environment

The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures.

The 20th century has experienced environmental changes that appear to be unprecedented in their rate and magnitude during the Earth's history.

From an environmental point of view, mountains are particularly sensitive and important for monitoring the state of health of our planet.

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the different environmental strategies adopted in the football world to foster sustainability.

This book analyses the German constitutional system's responses towards nuclear energy.

The book provides a critical evaluation of South Africa's freshwater resources to illustrate the way in which its freshwater resources, water access, services and infrastructure have continued to decline over the past three decades.

To achieve successful solutions to the problems resulting from local, distant and global radioactive fallout after nuclear explosions and accidents and to achieve successful retrospective analyses of the radiation conditions from recent observations, certain information is needed: the distribution of the exposure dose rate in the atmosphere and in a country; the distribution of radionuclides in natural environments and the nuclide composition of the radioactive fallout; the features of formation of the aerosol particle-carriers of the radioactivity and of the nuclide distribution of the particles of different sizes formed under different conditions; the processes involved in the migration of radioactive products in different zones and environments; the external and internal effects of nuclear radiation on human beings.

The book explains the basic concepts of river water quality index, river environments, shifting of river courses, dams and barrages - their merits and demerits, mutual interdependence of river and society etc.

Polar Ice and Global Warming in Cryosphere Regions is based on recent and past climate variabilities data gathered through satellites and spatial-temporal analysis to explain the role of global warming on cryosphere regions such as high-latitude Himalaya, Arctic and Antarctic regions, and the surrounding Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean.

Maize is one of the most generally grown cereal crops at global level, followed by wheat and rice.

This book addresses the growing demand for applied experiences that move students beyond learning into the realm of doing by supporting the development of skills and competencies that align with emerging areas of innovation and work.

A "e;zero waste"e; society and the "e;circular economy"e; trend are urgently needed.

A "e;zero waste"e; society and the "e;circular economy"e; trend are urgently needed.

Arsenic contamination in drinking water and crops is a major health issue in many countries worldwide, threatening the health of millions of people due to arsenic's toxicity and carcinogenicity.

Arsenic contamination in drinking water and crops is a major health issue in many countries worldwide, threatening the health of millions of people due to arsenic's toxicity and carcinogenicity.

This book comprehensively explores various aspects of food waste management, ranging from understanding the issue to innovative solutions that convert waste into valuable resources.

Society and democracy are ever threatened by the fall of fact.

This handbook is an important and valuable source for engineers and researchers in the area of internal combustion engines pollution control.

This book examines the impact of climate change on eye disease and eye health.

This handbook covers the air quality/air pollution from the viewpoints of causing impacts on human/ecosystem health and climate change.

In spite of the energy crises and the recession, there has been a global, explosive growth in the amount of motor vehicles.

The interplay between land use and climate change is a crucial aspect of sustainable development, especially in Nepal.

The interplay between land use and climate change is a crucial aspect of sustainable development, especially in Nepal.

The theory of the Earth's climate evolution based on universal chemical-physical laws of matter-energy transformation is presented in the book.

Many people today experience the climate crisis with a divided state of mind: aware of the extreme effects, but living everyday life as if the crisis is not actually happening.

This book examines how current energy and water management processes affect Indigenous communities in North America, with a specific focus on Canada.

This book examines how current energy and water management processes affect Indigenous communities in North America, with a specific focus on Canada.

This book reviews the most recent research on soil, vegetation, and ecosystems within forestry landscapes under the pressures of climate change.

This book reviews the most recent research on soil, vegetation, and ecosystems within forestry landscapes under the pressures of climate change.

This edited volumes contains overviews and case studies of land and water contamination and remediation from international scholars, most from developing countries.

This edited volumes contains overviews and case studies of land and water contamination and remediation from international scholars, most from developing countries.

This creative volume demonstrates the urgent importance of engaging students cognitively and affectively with the climate crisis and environmental education, underpinning the vital role the language arts play in expanding this engagement for a better future.

This reference book explores the multifaceted problem of heavy metal contamination in the environment.

As water's significance as a geopolitical resource is poised to surpass that of oil, this book explores the adaptation of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services in the Middle East to climate change challenges, leveraging the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus for a sustainable transition and resilient solutions.

Land deterioration, drought, desertification, and water resources shrinkage threaten natural resources, negatively impacting environmental, economic, and political stability.

A tiny organism called pollen pulls off one of nature's key tasks: plant reproduction.

The true story of an Alaska Native village destroyed by flooding and erosion caused by climate change-and how they fought for help.

The Handbook of Air Pollution Prevention and Control provides a concise overview of the latest technologies for managing industrial air pollution in petrochemical, oil and gas, and allied industries.

Die Wälder des Amazonas-Beckens weisen die größte Biodiversität aller tropischen Wälder auf.

This three-volume set presents entries and primary sources that will impress on readers that what we do-or don't do-today regarding climate change will dramatically influence what life on this planet will be like for untold numbers of generations.

The leading professional guide to RF and microwave safety issues.

The Routledge Handbook of Private Law and Sustainability reflects on how the law can help tackle the current environmental challenges and make our societies more resilient to future crises.

Dieser praktische Leitfaden bietet eine fundierte Einführung in die Dendrologie und vermittelt wichtiges Fachwissen zur Bestimmung von Baumarten.

This book interrogates the problems of how and why largely unseen matter, in this case groundwater, has found limited expression in climate fiction.

This book is a ready reckoner of recent information regarding the impact of leachate landfills, leachate treatment, and heavy metals on a single platform.

This volume presents new philosophical perspectives on environmental emotions.

'Utterly brilliant - engaging, thrilling, disturbing, revelatory, explosive' GEORGE MONBIOT'This extraordinary book, written with startling honesty and vulnerability, traces Charlie's remarkable journey from deep despair to resistance, reconnection and remedy.

India is the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, which makes it an important player whose climate mitigation actions and inactions are closely scrutinised.

This book attempts have been made to propose some ideas regarding the ways we can sustain our life on this planet by respecting and caring about this planet and each other.