Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

Trees have played countless roles in human history - by turns hopeful symbols of freedom, pioneering space travellers, keepers of ancient history and accessories to murder.

Nicht weit von Berlin entfernt liegt eines der schönsten Binnenreviere in Mitteleuropa: die Mecklenburger Kleinseenplatte.

Der Plastik-Fußabdruck – Plastik im AlltagRachel Salt, Umweltbiologin und Wissenschaftsautorin aus Kanada, hat sich dem Thema Plastikmüll verschrieben.

Der Plastik-Fußabdruck – Plastik im AlltagRachel Salt, Umweltbiologin und Wissenschaftsautorin aus Kanada, hat sich dem Thema Plastikmüll verschrieben.

Guide to post-industrial site restoration and re-establishment of rich communities of plant species for the provision of key ecosystem services In line with the UN sustainable development goals, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land is an expert guide to ecological restoration of post-industrial lands, explaining how to re-introduce biodiversity and ecosystem services by implementing natural processes in the rehabilitation of disturbed sites.

Cuando la mayoría de la gente piensa en las direcciones de las calles, si es que piensa en ellas, es en su capacidad para garantizar que el cartero pueda entregar el correo o que un viajero no se pierda.

An award-winning journalist presents a tour-de-force analysisdrawing from history, economics, sociology, and popular cultureof the profound and transformative years of the early 2020s, both for individuals and for the global economy.

No es muy frecuente encontrar en el ámbito de la Geomorfología y sus prácticas un libro que integre el rigor científico, la minuciosidad descriptiva y el ritmo de una narración; tanto, que pueda ser documento referente para el estudioso del tema y también significativa fuente de información y placer de lectura para quien solo desee conocer el patrimonio natural de Mendoza en Argentina.

All the things I left unsaid.

A panoramic account of the urban politics and deep social divisions that gave rise to UberThe first city to fight back against Uber, Washington, D.

Physics of Fluid Flow and Transport in Unconventional Reservoir Rocks Understanding and predicting fluid flow in hydrocarbon shale and other non-conventional reservoir rocks Oil and natural gas reservoirs found in shale and other tight and ultra-tight porous rocks have become increasingly important sources of energy in both North America and East Asia.

"Arroyos" y "paisaje" no parecen ser temas compatibles en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (AMBA).

With growing evidence of unsustainable use of the world s resources, such as hydrocarbon reserves, and related environmental pollution, as in alarming climate change predictions, sustainable development is arguably the prominent issue of the 21st century.

An argument that humanists have the toolsand the responsibilityto mobilize political power to tackle climate changeAs climate catastrophes intensify, why do literary and cultural studies scholars so often remain committed to the separation of aesthetic study from the nitty-gritty of political change?

Governments have conferred ownership titles to many citizens throughout the world in an effort to turn things into property.

Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six recent "e;highly visible"e; disasters and several slow-burning, "e;hidden,"e; crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change.

Poised between soil and sky, forest canopies represent a critical point of exchange between the atmosphere and the earth, yet until recently, they remained a largely unexplored frontier.

California is globally renowned for its biological diversity, including its wealth of unique, or endemic, species.

In 1949, lawyer, historian, and journalist Carey McWilliams stepped back to assess the state of California at the end of its first one hundred years-its history, population, politics, agriculture, and social concerns.

Who were the first humans to inhabit North America?

Described as "e;a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers"e; by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention in this new book to another distinctive corner of California-its desert, the driest and hottest environment in North America.

Covering a large swath of the American West, the Great Basin, centered in Nevada and including parts of California, Utah, and Oregon, is named for the unusual fact that none of its rivers or streams flow into the sea.

Wild Mammals of Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park provides the scholar, conservationist, and interested lay reader with information on the state's 117 wild mammalian species from grizzly bears to pygmy shrews.

Environmental activism has most often been credited to grassroots protesters, but much early progress in environmental protection originated in the halls of Congress.

In the vein of "e;An Inconvenient Truth,"e; a sobering assessment of our nation's energy policies and a stirring call for change.

Often when Native nations assert their treaty rights and sovereignty, they are confronted with a backlash from their neighbors, who are fearful of losing control of the natural resources.

California zookeeper Theodora Bentley travels to Iceland to pick up an orphaned polar bear cub destined for the Gunn Zoo's newly installed Northern Climes exhibit.

The North Atlantic coast of North Americacommonly known as the Atlantic Coastextends from Newfoundland and Labrador through the Maritime Provinces and the Northeastern United States south to Cape Hatteras.

If the US continues with current policies, the next decades will be marked by war, economic collapse, and environmental catastrophe.

Beirut is a city divided.

Gardening organically outdoors is prevalent in most horticultural circles these days, but what about gardening indoors?

If you read nothing else on managing yourself and your career, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review.

The cohousing "e;bible"e; by the US originators of the concept.

The 20th century saw unprecedented growth in population, energy consumption and food production.

Winner: John Burroughs MedalLong ago we invited bears into our stories, our dreams, our nightmares, our lives.

"e;This book,"e; writes marine biologist Evelyn B.

The perception, assessment and management of risk are increasingly important core principles for determining the development of both policy and strategic responses to civil and environmental catastrophes.

Inspired by the WBCSD Vision 2050 in which "e;all people live well within the limits of the planet"e;, this book asks how do we achieve this bold ambition?

Volcanic seismology represents the main, and often the only, tool to forecast volcanic eruptions and to monitor the eruption process.

The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain Project (AHOB) funded by the Leverhulme Trust began in 2001 and brought together researchers from a range of disciplines with the aim of investigating the record of human presence in Britain from the earliest occupation until the end of the last Ice Age, about 12,000 years ago.

Remediation of Contaminated Environments summarises - amongst other things - what happened to the people and environment around Chernobyl (and other nuclear sites) and what measures need to be taken in future in the event of nuclear accidents etc.

Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective is a compelling collection of research conducted by scientists and engineers around the world.

Ostracod crustaceans, common microfossils in marine and freshwater sedimentary records, supply evidence of past climatic conditions via indicator species, transfer function and mutual climatic range approaches as well as the trace element and stable isotope geochemistry of their shells.

The aim of this comprehenvise book is to present the most important results achieved in the research of the clay minerals palygorskite and sepiolite.

Integration of ichnological information into sedimentological models, and vice versa, is one of the main means by which we can improve our understanding of ancient depositional environments.

Geomorphological Mapping: a professional handbook of techniques and applications is a new book targeted at academics and practitioners who use, or wish to utilise, geomorphological mapping within their work.

The rhizosphere in soil environments refers to the narrow zone of soil influenced by the root and exudates.

This dictionary contains 13,000 terms with more than 4,000 cross-references used in the following fields: automation, technology of management and regulation, computing machine and data processing, computer control, automation of industry, laser technology, theory of information and theory of signals, theory of algorithms and programming, philosophical bases of cybernetics, cybernetics and mathematical methods.

The Evolution of the Genome provides a much needed overview of genomic study through clear, detailed, expert-authored discussions of the key areas in genome biology.

Against a background of extensive multi-disciplinary oceanographic investigations over a number of years, together with the long-term establishment of a Society and Institute, extensive information is available from studies undertaken in the estuarine and coastal waters of the Basque Country.