Environmental chemistry

Many European Union Directives seek to minimize the potential for harm to humans and the environment arising from the use of chemicals.

This volume provides a unique collection of contributions addressing both the 'too much' and 'too little' sides of the nitrogen story.

This is the first of two volumes that together provide an integrated picture of the Montenegrin Adriatic coast, presenting the natural components of the system as well as the chemical composition and chemical processes in the extended area.

There is a complex relationship between the environment and the development of tourism, which this book discusses in a thorough and informative manner.

This book focuses on the effects of industrial effluents, specifically those generated from tanneries, on aquatic life i.

This book integrates a wide range of subjects into a coherent purview of the status of coastal marine science.

Environmental pollution raises serious concern worldwide about effects on human health.

This monograph focuses on recent development of nanomaterials and nanocomposites for pollution measurement and their control in water, air, and soil.

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This volume provides a collection of research findings on the distribution and risk associated with emerging contaminants (ECs) in water and wastewater across the globe, and effective remediation techniques and technologies.

Environmental pollution is a worldwide concern now.

This book presents the fundamental chemistry, synthesis, and classification of Metal Organic Framework (MOFs) for/in catalysis applications.

This book demonstrates the benefits of using commercially available surfactants, or surface-active agents, for remediation of metal-contaminated soil and sediment.

Comprising 12 chapters, this book focuses on volatile methylsiloxanes (VMSs), the shorter-chained organosiloxanes, and reviews the main areas and environmental compartments where they have been found and studied.

This book covers the fundamentals, limitations, and challenges of phytoremediation in contaminated water, air, and soil due to rapid demographic and industrial development.

This standard work on contaminated site management covers the whole chain of steps involved in dealing with contaminated sites, from site investigation to remediation.

Residential Exposure Assessment: A Source Book is the result of a multiyear effort known as the Residential Exposure Assessment Project (REAP) which was initiated by the Society for Risk Analysis and the International Society of Exposure Analysis.

Die Messung biologischer Parameter von Böden erlaubt eine rasche Beurteilung der Auswirkung chemischer und physikalischer Einflüsse auf den Boden.

This two-volume work is an effort to provide a common platform to environmental engineers, microbiologists, chemical scientists, plant physiologists and molecular biologists working with a common aim of sustainable solutions to varied environmental contamination issues.

A comprehensive review of environmental remediation is presented with an emphasis on the role of clay minerals in water purification.

This book explores the perspectives and prospects of nanotechnology in environmental remediation and provides a deep insight into the role of nanomaterials for wastewater remediation.

International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communi- ties over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic envi- ronments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and progress reports, and archival documentations.

This book is the outcome of a NAill Advanced Study Institute on the contemporary glo- bal carbon cycle, held in n Ciocco, Italy, September 8-20, 1991.

Sustainable development is a globally recognized mandate and it includes green or environment-friendly manufacturing practices.

Plant-driven volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions play a major role in atmospheric chemistry, including ozone and photochemical smog formation in the troposphere, and they extend the atmospheric lifetime of the key greenhouse gas, methane.

This book reviews alternative and renewable energy resources in order to pave the way for a more sustainable production in the future.

Generally, green analytical chemistry aims to reduce or eliminate the toxic and harmful solvents, reagents, and techniques in the preparation, pre-treatment, and determination steps of an analysis process.

"e;Batch Chemical Process Integration: Analysis, Synthesis and Optimization"e; is an excellent source of information on state-of-the-art mathematical and graphical techniques for analysis, synthesis and optimization of batch chemical plants.

This book presents the applications of ion-exchange materials in the area of environmental analysis and treatment.

This is the first volume on adsorption using green adsorbents and is written by international contributors who are the leading experts in the adsorption field.

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 is the second of two volumes that together provide a comprehensive overview of the current sustainable and low-cost wastewater treatment technologies applied in communities that lack the financial and technical resources needed for an environmental, disease prevention and health nexus.

This CD-ROM provides the facts, abstracts and figures needed to build environmental models together with information on the environmental effects of chemical substances.

This book describes the vast variety of xenobiotics, such as pesticides, antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes, agrochemicals and other pollutants, their interactions with the soil environment, and the currently available strategies and techniques for soil decontamination and bioremediation.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology provides 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.

Global attention in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities to traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environ- ments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports, and archival documentations.

This book represents the efforts of over a hundred individuals who planned and executed the NSTS field experiments, analyzed the billions of data points, and distilled their findings and insights into the summaries found here.

Environmental pollution is a worldwide concern now.

This book highlights sustainable methods with photocatalytic activities to remediate environment and for energy conversion.

The three Science of Synthesis volumes on "e;Biocatalysis in Organic Synthesis"e; present a broad contemporary overview on the state-of-the-art in enzymatic methods for asymmetric synthesis suitable for academics and industrial researchers working in the field of organic synthesis.

Solar Energy Desalination Technology explains how to obtain clean water from sea water using solar energy.

Recently, surface-engineered and modified nanomaterials have been developed as corrosion inhibitors for different metals alloys in coating and solution phases.

Das Buch zieht eine Bilanz aller Forschungsvorhaben des Bundesforschungsministeriums im Förderschwerpunkt "Ökotoxikologie".

This book is dedicated to the occurrence and behaviour of PHEs in the different compartments of the environment, with special reference to soil.

This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environ- mental management.

This book describes in general how the chemosensory systems of fish function at various levels.

This volume characterizes the current state of natural science and socioeconomic modeling of the impacts of climate change and current climate variability on forests, grasslands, and water.

Membrane technology has received great popularity in many industrial sectors and significantly enhanced our abilities to restructure production processes, protect the environment and public health, and provide competitive strategies for separation and purification.