Pollution and threats to the environment

It was intended to return with the International Gothenburg Symposia every other time to the birthplace of these events, Gothenburg in Sweden.

Social Progress and the Authoritarian Challenge to Democracy examines the authoritarian challenge to present-day democracy through a framing of social progress theory and the idea of the social contract.

A fully updated, substantially expanded, new edition of acclaimed textbook for life science and Earth science students and scientists and policymakers.

This book describes six months of initial intensive activities within a motivating multidisciplinary project to achieve sustainable social, economic, and environmental revitalization in the historic core of Multan City, Pakistan.

In order to address the twenty-first-century challenges of decarbonisation, energy security and cost-effectiveness it is essential to understand whole energy systems and the interconnection and interaction between different components.

Reaching Net Zero: What It Takes to Solve the Global Climate Crisis addresses the imminent need to fully understand the causes, effects, and evidence of global warming; due to the large amount of climate disinformation and complexity of much of the available valid science, this book addresses the science of global warming in a concise, readable manner while providing an in-depth reference for readers who want more details or to study the sources of information.

In the current age of science and technology, our lives have become dominated by countless scientific and technological innovations without which the earth would be a much poorer place.

The United Kingdom is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least eighty per cent by 2050, a target that will only be achieved by transforming the way that energy is supplied and used.

Ein Streifzug durch die Agrar- und Klimageschichte des "Landes im Gebirge" Erzählungen von kleinen und großen Katastrophen, die das Land im Laufe der Jahrhunderte heimgesucht habenWie sehen Zeitzeugen früherer Jahrhunderte die klimatischen Lebensbedingungen im "Land im Gebirge"?

'Being strength-aware has brought many moments of joy to our family life.

Climate change is a profoundly social and political challenge that threatens the well-being, livelihood, and survival of people in communities worldwide.

This book addresses issues arising from discharge of effluents from sugar industry on to surrounding land or into a water body such as physicochemical properties of soil, changes in the micro flora, quantification of soil enzyme activities as influenced by effluents.

This book explores environmental challenges in the Baltic region from an economic perspective.

Many environmental problems resulting from atmospheric, land and water pollution are now widely understood.

The economic operating system keeps crashing.

This edited volume sheds new light on the impact of rapid Land Use/Cover Changes (LU/CC) on greenhouse gases (GHG's) and aerosol emissions in South and Southeast Asia.

During the last few decades, China has accomplished unprecedented economic growth and has emerged as the second largest economy in the world.

Evidence-based policymaking is often promoted within liberal democracies as the best means for government to balance political values with technical considerations.

This textbook is focused on fundamentals of environment and ecology for undergraduate and graduate students.

In Climate Change Law in China in Global Context, seven climate change law scholars explain how the country's legal system is gradually being mobilized to support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in China and achieve adaptation to climate change.

This book theorizes the roles of optimism in anthropological thinking, research, writing, and practice.

Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a novel technique for water purification.

The Ocean and Us provides an overview of our contemporary understanding of the ocean and all the ways our lives interact with it.

Acid rain was one of the major environmental issues of the 1980s.

This book collates the latest trends and technological advancements in bioremediation, especially for its monitoring and assessment.

The book advances knowledge about climate change adaptation practices through a series of case studies.

In the late 1960s, I worked as a graduate teaching assistant in plant ecology for the late Dr.

"e;Open this book and James Garvey is right there making real sense to you.

As only a few books have been published on the matter of toxic materials in water it occurred to the author that a comprehensive volume dealing with all aspects of this subject was overdue.

Protecting buildings and their occupants from biological and chemical attacks to ensure continuous building operations is seen as an urgent need in the Department of Defense, given recent technological advances and the changing threats.

The purpose of this book is to give an introduction to the most important aspects of suspended matter in the aquatic environment: its origin and composition, the concentration distribution, transport and deposition, and the most important physical-chemical-bio- logical process that affects suspended matter: flocculation.

A comprehensive and accessible introduction, as well as an original contribution, to the main philosophical issues raised by climate science.

This book covers all aspects of bioavailability, as related to environmental contaminants.

This book aims to provide a comprehensive study on various aspects of environmental pollution dynamics using geospatial technology and modeling techniques.

To be baptized, particularly as an adult, indicating a radical change from the self-directed life to the life to be lived under the lordship of Jesus Christ, must be one of the most dramatic experiences available to us.

This book applies a justice framework to analysis of the actual and potential role of international law with respect to people on the move in the context of anthropogenic climate change.

A growing proportion of the world's population is dependent on Seawater Desalination as a source of fresh water for both potable and civil use.

Regionale Unterschiede innerhalb der EU im Umgang mit der Ressource Wasser beruhen zum einen auf unterschiedlichen hydrogeologischen Gegebenheiten, zum anderen aber auch auf Unterschieden in den Gebrauchsgewohnheiten aufgrund spezifischer Voraussetzungen.

All life on Earth has the right to exist, but as we teeter on the verge of a sixth extinction this book discusses why biodiversity matters and why we should care if species go extinct.

Climate change could have a substantial economic impact, particularly on coastal states where seas level rises will be felt most strongly.

This book contains the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Engineering (ICEEEE2023) that was held on August 6-8 2023 in Singapore.

Die Kenntnis der in einem Gewässer (Fluss, Kanal) fließenden Wassermenge und ihrer räumlichen und zeitlichen Varianz ist eine wesentliche Grundlage für die Bemessung von Wasserbauwerken sowie die  nachhaltige Bewirtschaftung der Ressource Wasser.

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.

Over the last several years, there has been much discussion on the interrelation of CO2 emissions with the global warming phenomenon.

This book covers cadmium contamination of soil and plants, its sources, acute and long-term impacts on the environment and human health, and overall challenges posed by the global poisoning issue.

This book demonstrates how Morocco and other semi-arid countries can find solutions to water scarcity by rediscovering traditional methods of water resource management.

The announcement by China that it will implement a national emissions trading scheme confirms the status of this instrument as the pre-eminent policy choice for mitigating climate change.

Hydroponics, the method of growing plants without soil, presents a feasible alternative to conventional farming in areas which are short on water supply and limited in agricultural soil.

This book provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of the chemical analysis of UV filters in coastal waters and their impact on the marine environment.