Pollution and threats to the environment

This undergraduate text aimed primarily at high schoolers and lower level undergraduates focuses on explaining how the various forms of renewable energy work and the current ongoing research.

Although strategies to prevent global warming - such as by conserving energy, relying on solar and wind power, and reducing motor vehicle use - are well-known, societies have proved unable to implement these measures with the necessary speed.

The book provides a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of development-directed investigations in the main rivers of wider Central Asia and Afghanistan.

Traditional remedial technologies can be cost-prohibitive and sometimes contribute to environmental contamination themselves.

The Aral Sea Basin, which is located in the central Asian part of the former Soviet Union, is undergoing dramatically rapid and intense environmental change.

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, "e;negative emissions technologies"e; (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change.

The conceptualization and execution of Repowering Cities are terrific, and provides readers with a deep understanding of why, how, and to what effect cities have mobilized to mitigate the effects of climate change.

This book analyses the status and prospects of the global governance of Access Benefit Sharing (ABS) in the aftermath of 2010's Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

This book highlights the untapped potential of underground spaces as a pivotal resource for climate resilience and sustainable urban development.

The monograph is based on the research and training activities in the Western Pacific Ocean Region within the umbrella of UNESCO/IOC-Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific Region.

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

"e;Bio-Stabilization Case Studies: Treatment and Performance Evaluation"e; describes and evaluates 30 projects from across the United States where bio-stabilization was employed to address a detrimental naturally occurring process or byproduct of the built environment.

Degrowth is a rejection of the illusion of growth and a call to repoliticize the public debate colonized by the idiom of economism.

Originally published in 1989, this report deals with issues surrounding ash residues produced by municipal waste combustors.

Many of us take it for granted that we ought to cooperate to tackle climate change.

Originally published in 1994, the first edition of Field Sampling Methods for Remedial Investigations soon became a premier resource in this field.

Aerosols, which are gas-phase dispersions of particulate matter, draw upon and con- tribute to multidisciplinary work in technology and the natural sciences.

The impact of air pollution on human health is currently of international concern.

Surveys the ecological impacts of World War I, showing how the war had a global impact on the environment.

This two-volume work discusses environmental health, the branch of public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment affecting human health, and addresses key issues at the global and local scales.

In an era of dramatic environmental change, social change is desperately needed to curb burgeoning consumption.

This book presents a unique collection of up-to-date applications of graphene for water science.

This book identifies accumulated environmental, social and economic effects of oil and gas leasing, exploration, and production on Alaska's North Slope.

Originally published in 1980.

The aim of this book is to catalyse global interest in the pursuit of transformational changes in natural resource and environmental management.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.

For the first time a state-of-the-art of present metal pollution along the coastline of Latin America is provided.

Climate change is a reality that affects all aspects of agriculture, and is also impacted by agriculture.

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the most important water-related issues that centre on Italy, analysed from several disciplinary perspectives - such as hydrology, economics, law, sociology, environmental sciences and policy studies - in order to promote full understanding of the challenges the country is facing and the ways it could best tackle them.

In Alternative Ecological Risk Assessment the author, Lawrence V.

The iconic and beautiful Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world.

Groundwater is invisible, but its impact is visible everywhere.

With growing awareness of environmental deterioration, atmospheric pollution and resource depletion, the last several decades have brought increased attention and scrutiny to global consumption levels.

This edited volume is based on the best papers accepted for presentation during the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018.

This book endeavors to critically assess and analyze the latent energy potential inherent within waste materials, thereby reframing the conventional perception of garbage from being solely a detrimental source of environmental pollution to being recognized as a viable and sustainable energy source.

A proposal for a new chemicals strategy: that we work to develop safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals rather than focusing exclusively on controlling them.

While sustainability has become a buzzword in discussions about the environment and development, work on theories of sustainable development has received much less attention.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy, and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.

This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Urban Development (ICSUD 2022), held at the Vietnamese-German University (VGU) in Vietnam.

In The Democracy of Suffering philosopher Todd Dufresne provides a strikingly original exploration of the past, present, and future of this epoch, the Anthropocene, demonstrating how the twin crises of reason and capital have dramatically remade the essential conditions for life itself.

A leading economist develops a supply-side approach to fighting climate change that encourages resource owners to leave more of their fossil carbon underground.

This book deals with water management, one of the most challenging issues of contemporary society.

In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources.

Sustainability relates with Economics, Society, and Environment.

Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science.

This book discusses the possibilities, reach, challenges, and limitations of agroforestry in new contexts where the security of food, nutrition, and the environment are equally vital.

Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It considers plastic''s harms and offers a spectrum of public and private solutions.

This book presents recent developments in advanced biological treatment technologies that are attracting increasing attention or that have a high potential for large-scale application in the near future.