Pollution and threats to the environment

We are living in a climate of risk.

Sports and Energy Drinks, Volume 10 in The Science of Beverages series, is the first single-volume resource to focus on the science behind these beverages-for-purpose products.

First published in 1977, the second volume of Climate: Present, Past and Future covers parts 3 and 4 of Professor Hubert Lamb's seminal and pioneering study of climatology.

How the latest cutting-edge science offers a fuller picture of life in Rome and antiquityThis groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive look at how the latest advances in the sciences are transforming our understanding of ancient Roman history.

This is the first volume on adsorption using green adsorbents and is written by international contributors who are the leading experts in the adsorption field.

This book provides an integrated view of Atlantic coastal Patagonian ecosystems, including the physical environment, biodiversity and the main ecological processes, together with their derived ecosystem services and anthropogenic impacts.

This book offers the first comprehensive systematic theological reflection on arguably the most serious issue facing humanity and other creatures today.

This book presents a new System Dynamics model (the ERRE model), a novel stock and flow consistent global impact assessment model designed by the authors to address the financial risks emerging from the interaction between economic growth and environmental limits under the presence of shocks.

Many people believe that environmental regulation has passed a point of diminishing returns: the quick fixes have been achieved and the main sources of pollution are shifting from large "e;point sources"e; to more diffuse sources that are more difficult and expensive to regulate.

This book analyzes major ethical issues surrounding the use of climate engineering, particularly solar radiation management (SRM) techniques, which have the potential to reduce some risks of anthropogenic climate change but also carry their own risks of harm and injustice.

Weathering the Reformation explores the role of the Little Ice Age in early modern Christian culture and considers climate as a contributing factor in the Protestant Reform.

This book brings together research into the process of stream acidification and its impact on Welsh surface waters, carried out over the past decade or so.

This book evolved from the 5th School of Environmental Research entitled Persistent Pollution - Past, Present and Future"e;, which has set a focus on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), heavy metals and aerosols.

Are environmental pollutants threatening the human immune system?

In No Standard Oil, environmental policy expert Deborah Gordon examines the widely varying climate impacts of global oils and gases, and proposes solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in this sector while making sustainable progress in transitioning to a carbon-free energy future.

This up-to-date, comprehensive toxicology handbook is devoted to the effects of environmental pollution on fish.

Due to the lack of success in climate change mitigation efforts, the importance of adaptation is becoming more and more apparent and is now one of the main imperatives of international research and action.

In this book Mark Everard argues that governments and citizens too often take the air we breathe for granted.

This definitive guide to developing renewable energy CDM projects in Latin America - the largest market on the doorstep of the United States - provides business leaders, investors, project developers and host country offices with the one-stop guide to successful CDM renewable energy project development.

Climate change presents an unprecedented global challenge, and impacts upon a wide range of human economic activity.

'An inspirational and motivational must-read, packed with practical tips to push for positive change' Zanna van DijkThe climate is changing, so why aren't we?

This volume brings together, for the first time, a wide-ranging and detailed body of information identifying and assessing risk, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in urban centres in low- and middle-income countries.

Für repräsentative Fahrzeugmodelle mit unterschiedlichen Antriebskonzepten sind die Gesamtkosten bezogen auf deren Klimabelastung in diesem Buch vorgestellt.

Woven together as a text of humanities-based environmental research outcomes, Himalayan Climes and Multispecies Encounters hosts a collection of historical and fieldwork-based case studies and conceptual discussions of climate change in the greater Himalayan region.

Globalization and the Environment critically explores the actors, politics and processes that govern the relationship between globalization and the environment.

Bangladesh is by no means a high emitter of carbon, but it is nevertheless one of the countries most critically affected.

Imperiled Life theorizes an exit from the potentially terminal consequences of capital-induced climate change.

The purpose of the China Energy Technology Program (CETP) has been to take a holistic view of electricity generation in China with special emphasis on the economic and environmental impact of technology.

A call to action that promotes K12 schools and students as key contributors to climate solutions

This book provides the proceedings of the 13th International Conference of Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics (COMECAP 2016) that is held in Thessaloniki from 19 to 21 September 2016.

This book examines air pollution of a big city using multi-year and multi-season data from ground-based air monitoring stations and satellite sounding data, which provides more clear and detailed information on the main sources of air pollution, the long-term trend of pollution, the influence of meteorological parameters on pollution levels, and trajectories of polluted air masses.

The fixity or mobility of borders are key themes within the border studies literature and have useful critical application to urban and environmental planning through theory, pedagogy and practice.

Climate change, sometimes thought of as a problem for the future, is already impacting people's lives around the world: families are losing their homes, lands and livelihoods as a result of sea level rise, increased frequency and intensity of storms, drought and other phenomena.

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop, "e;Decision Support for Natural Disasters and Intentional Threats to Water Security"e; was the result of close collaboration between environmental, security, water resource, and health officials in the United States and Croatia.

The necessity of eliminating the possibility of a large-scale nuclear conflict from the future of mankind is the most important problem of our times.

The discussion about energy perspectives up to 2050 and beyond has started.

National governments and private stakeholders have long recognized that protecting the global environment requires international cooperation.

This book will inspire and spark grassroots action to address the inequitable impacts of climate change, by showing how this can be tackled and the many benefits of doing so.

In October 2003, a group of experts met in Beijing under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Engineering (NAE)/National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies to continue a dialogue and eventually chart a rational course of energy use in China.

Using Rio de Janeiro as the case study city, this book highlights and examines issues surrounding the development of mega-cities in Latin America and beyond.

Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of global warming.

Climate migration, as an image of people moving due to sea-level rise and increased drought, has been presented as one of the main security risks of global warming.

Dieses Buch beschreibt die zukunftsfähige Gestaltung der physischen Basis von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft insgesamt durch eine gerechte Steuerung des weltweiten Ressourcenverbrauchs.

Change and development are going on all around us.

Global Climate Change and Terrestrial Invertebrates Invertebrates perform such vital roles in global ecosystems and so strongly influence human wellbeing that biologist E.

Nowhere is the connection between society and the environment more evident and potentially more harmful for the future of the world than in Asia.

Bioremediation is the use of microorganisms' metabolism to degrade waste contaminants (sewage, domestic, and industrial effluents) into non-toxic or less toxic materials by natural biological processes.