Pollution and threats to the environment

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

Originally published in 1931 (this re-issues the 8th edition of 1953), this book gives students a comprehensive account of global climatic types and the impact of climate on economics, issues of race, health, meteorology and geography.

This widely respected and frequently consulted reference work provides a wealth of information and guidance on industrial chemistry and biotechnology.

A number of international, high-level science and policy meetings have been influential in the ongoing global climate change negotiations.

This book highlights one of the most important water pollutants known as Microplastics.

This book provides local governments and interested stakeholders with insights into the challenges and opportunities inherent in addressing climate change.

This book presents a comprehensive coverage of remote sensing technology used to gather information on 12 types of natural hazards in the terrestrial sphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.

The Climate Planner is about overcoming the objections to climate change mitigation and adaption that urban planners face at a local level.

Freshwater field tests are an integral part of the process of hazard assessment of pesticides and other chemicals in the environment.

Environmental Change explores the nature, causes, rates and directions of environmental change throughout earth history.

This book focuses on many aspects of mass transfer dynamics of contamination in fractured media.

The Making of Low Carbon Economies looks at how more than two decades of sustained effort at climate change mitigation has resulted in a variety of new practices, rules and ways of doing things: a period of active construction of low carbon economies.

This book explores the possibilities and scope of facilitating innovation and transfer of the environmentally sound technologies in the Post-Paris climate era.

Sustainable consumption is a central research topic in academic discourses of sustainable development and global environmental change.

The Paris Framework for Climate Change Capacity Building pioneers a new era of climate change governance, performing the foundational job of clarifying what is meant by the often ad-hoc, one-off, uncoordinated, ineffective and unsustainable practices of the past decade described as 'capacity building' to address climate change.

This book addresses the hazard of gas explosions in sealed underground coal mines, and how the risk of explosion can be assessed, modeled, and mitigated.

The General Assembly of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in its meeting on August 28, 1994, selected for 1996 only four Mechanics Symposia, of which ours is the only one related to Fluid Mechanics: Variable Density Low Speed Turbulent Flows.

This book provides insight into the development of effective climate policy instrumentation in two divergent and mutually exclusive directions.

This book introduces an emerging area of research exploring the influence of extreme weather events on school systems.

Ecotoxicology is the study of the effects of toxicants on ecological systems.

This edited collection brings together a selection of expert authors and draws on a wide range of case studies, geographies, and perspectives to explore the links between forced migration and energy access.

This book addresses the evaluation of environmental impacts and services identified in headwaters of different eco-zones around the world.

In this book, Kim Vender examines China's leadership in climate change governance.

The products of mining are everywhere - if it wasn't grown, it was mined or drilled.

Following the successful first edition of this book on drinking water quality and health, this new edition puts more focus on the importance of minerals in drinking water.

The Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies at Connecticut College is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary program that builds on one of the nation's leading undergraduate environmental studies programs.

Experts in soil and environmental sciences as well as in the theory of wave propagation and numerical modeling methods provide a comprehensive account of different aspects of pollutant migration in soils, aquifers, and other geological formations.

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop "e;Role of Interfaces in Environmental Protection"e; has been held on May 27-30, 2002 in Miskolc, Hungary, under leadership of co-directors Prof Sandor Barany from the University ofMiskolc, Hungary, and Prof Nataliya Klymenko, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Originally published in this form in 1971, the content of this book was originally part of a larger composite volume 'Water, Earth and Man' (1969) which provided a synthesis of hydrology, geomorphology and socio-economic geography.

A new discipline of hydrogeophysics has evolved, aimed at improved simultaneous use of geophysical and hydrogeological measurements for hydrogeological investigations.

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This book contains the papers and discussions from the symposium, "e;PARTICU- LATE CARBON: Atmospheric Life Cycle,"e; held at the General Motors Research Laboratories on October 13-14, 1980.

Originally published in 1982.

In the context of mounting challenges stemming from a rapid transformation of the urban-regional landscapes in many Asian countries, this book highlights a multifaceted array of issues that increasingly engage the academic and planning communities in search of viable solutions to complex problems facing us.

The recognition that climate change is now a climate emergency has been endorsed by a wide range of scientists and the United Nations.

In March 2015, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to explore the role that chemical exposures may play in the development of obesity.

This volume is second part of the five-part set on bioenergy research.

Environmental Resilience and Transformation in Times of COVID-19: Climate Change Effects on Environmental Functionality is a timely reference to better understand environmental changes amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdowns.

The series Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage technology transfer in control engineering.

Until now, the growing body of work on environmental anthropology has largely ignored the unavoidable impact of global capitalism on the environment and the extent to which capital itself is a key driver of climate change.

'The authors take us into less-known corridors of climate Realpolitik and energy power play.

This full color book is a comprehensive visual reference for the interpretation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images with examples of how technological specifications may affect interpretation solutions.

For the last two decades, the United States has been destroying its entire stockpile of chemical agents.

First Published in 1965, The Climate of London considers the nature of London's climate, including the manner and degree to which this varies in sympathy with changes in the city's morphology, and studying in particular the contrasts between the built-up area and the surrounding rural districts.

Gaia Wakes presents a compelling new framework for understanding the past, present, and future of our planet.

Over the past several decades, public concern over exposure to ionizing radiation has increased.

Global Change in Marine Systems analyses and appraises societal and governing responses to change affecting marine social and ecological systems around the world.