Pollution and threats to the environment

This memoir chronicles the unique ordeals of identical twin sisters Diana and Julia Lockwood.

The definitive guide to petroleum hydrocarbon fuel spill and leak causes, prevention, response, and cost recoveryOil Spills and Gas Leaks highlights the complex nature of petroleum hydrocarbon fuel extraction methods, the unintended consequences when disasters occur, spill behavior, and environmental impact mitigation.

This book is a detailed exploration of the working practices of a community of scientists exposed in public, and of the making of scientific knowledge about climate change in Scotland.

Marine environment is the largest habitat covering approximately 70% of the total earth surface.

The global energy crisis is a two-dimensional phenomenon: on the one hand, the gap between a continuously depleting supply capacity of fossil fuel and rapidly increasing demand for energy is fast widening, and, on the other, the burning of fossil fuels intensifies the problem of global warming day by day.

The Earth's climate system depends entirely on the Sun for its energy.

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This book focuses solely on the issues of agricultural productivity analysis with advanced modeling approaches bringing solutions to food-insecure regions of the world, especially in south and southeast Asia and in Africa.

We are proposing this comprehensive volume aimed at bridging and bonding of the theory and practical experiences for the elimination of a broad range of pollutants from various types of water and soil utilizing innovative nanotechnologies, biotechnologies and their possible combinations.

The objective of Sustainable Communities Design Handbook is to ensure a better quality of life for everyone, both now and for generations to come.

This book addresses environmental changes and how they reconfigure society's relationship to the future.

Teaching Climate Change: Science, Stories, Justice shows educators how climate change can be taught from any disciplinary perspective and in a transdisciplinary way, drawing on examples from the author's own classroom.

This is a concise book with comprehensive information on coal and biomass ash generated from their combustion in thermal power plants.

This book focuses on climate change and sustainable development, showcasing examples of research, projects and other initiatives aimed at educating various target groups.

This volume provides a theoretical basis for the argument that available research that analyzes the impacts of climate on hydrology, water resources, and water systems, without factoring in the effect of climate variability, are inadequate and often misleading.

This SpringerBrief focuses on Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in the three basins in the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

This book is a systematic compilation of the most recent body of knowledge in the rapidly developing research area of greenhouse gas interaction with clay systems.

This edited book is devoted to environmental risk management in gas industry impacted polar ecosystems of Russia, one of the hottest topics of modern environmental science.

This book presents the most recent innovations, trends, concerns and practical challenges, and solutions in the field of water resources for arid areas.

This book chiefly focuses on environmental flow, water pollution and water quality.

This book discusses the history of nuclear decommissioning as a science and industry.

This book presents a collection of chapters covering research on the Litani River Basin.

This book presents a picture of the advances in the research of theoretical and practical frameworks of wastewater problems and solutions.

Das Buch gibt eine Anleitung für das komplette Sanierungsspektrum, beginnend bei Grundstücksanschlüssen über die Zustandserfassung, Bewertung, Planung und die Ausführung der Renovierungsarbeiten bis zur Abnahme der Baumaßnahme sowie Gewährleistungsabnahme.

This book expands the body of scientific knowledge on research and solutions for alternative water systems.

This book features expert contributions on key sustainability aspects of urban water management in Chinese agglomerations.

This book is a product of the initial phase of a broader study evaluating the voluntary and regulatory compliance protocols that are used to account for the contributions of forests in U.

Urban areas face daunting environmental, economic and social challenges that have increased in scope in recent years, especially given climate change and globalization.

Fundamentals of Air Cleaning Technology and Its Application in Cleanrooms sets up the theoretical framework for cleanrooms.

Light pollution (light smog, light pollution or light emissions) is a fundamental problem in metropolises with effects on flora, fauna and people.

This book offers insights into the recent research focusing on green solutions to address environmental pollution and its impacts.

This book provides a comprehensive, systematic overview of original theoretical, experimental, and numerical studies in the building services engineering domain.

This book features the reduction and removal of selenium in wastewater via bioremediation.

Emerging contaminants are chemical and biological agents for which there is growing concern about their potential health and environmental effects.

This unique book shares the knowledge and experience of experts and scientists who apply high-quality findings and input from their research to issues concerning the management of water resources and their quality in Baltic countries including Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany and Russia.

This volume examines legal matters regarding the prevention and fighting of historical pollution caused by industrial emissions.

This book covers the sustainability issues of a green environment towards economics and society in terms of alteration in industrial pollution levels, effect of reduced carbon emissions, changes in water bodies characteristics with respect to heavy metal contamination, monitoring of associated impact with respect to ecology and biodiversity, impact of reduced noise levels and air quality influences on human health, handling and management of biomedical waste.

This book contains a rich resource of essential information on the water resources capacities in Poland.

This book reviews recent research and applications, developments, research trends, methods and issues related to the applications of industrial hemp for fundamental research and technology.

This book provides an overview to researchers, graduate, and undergraduate students, as well as academicians who are interested in arsenic.

This book discusses the remediation process using graphene oxide as removal agent from a chemical point of view.

This book provides an overview of the fundamental concept of air pollution, emission sources of air pollutants and their transportation.

This book presents research findings and conclusions that has been developed as algorithms or intelligent new methods solving problems in the fields of air pollution, climate and health, natural hazards and risks, water resources, human activities and management and informatics, remote sensing, high-performance computing and GIS for environmental monitoring and management.

Emerging contaminants are chemical and biological agents for which there is growing concern about their potential health and environmental effects.

This volume builds on an international workshop held in 2019, inspired by James Lovelock's "e;The Revenge of Gaia - Why the Earth Is Fighting Back, and How We Can Still Save Humanity"e;.

Current developments in air pollution modelling are explored as a series of contributions from researchers at the forefront of their field.

This book presents the results of studies that determine the most effective ways for human development, ensuring a decent life, and preserving natural resources within the framework of the defined issues.