Environmental science, engineering and technology

Pollution and its effects on the environment have emerged as critical areas of research within the past 30 years.

The past 30 years have seen the emergence of a growing desire worldwide that positive actions be taken to restore and protect the environment from the degrading effects of all forms of pollution-air, water, soil, and noise.

This updated Dictionary provides a comprehensive reference for hundreds of environmental engineering terms used throughout the field.

The third edition of Environmental Science and Technology: Concepts and Applications is the first update since 2006.

A timely, new resource on the history of the U.

This three-volume encyclopedia explores the evolution of green ideology and eco-friendly practices in contemporary American culture, ranging from the creation of regional and national guidelines for green living to the publication of an increasing number of environmental blogs written from the layperson's perspective.

In this essential new volume, Volume 13: Membrane and Desalination Technologies, a panel of expert researchers provide a wealth of information on membrane and desalination technologies.

Over the last 30 years, pollution and its effects on the environment have emerged as leading topics of interest.

In Advanced Physiochemical Treatment Technologies, leading pollution control educators and practicing professionals describe how various combinations of different cutting-edge process systems can be arranged to solve air, noise, and thermal pollution problems.

The harrowing account of San Antonios great flood of 1921

The harrowing account of San Antonios great flood of 1921

In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides.

On the Edge grew out of a lifetime spent living and traveling across the American Southwest, from San Antonio to Los Angeles.

Can religious people save the environment?

The Great Global Warming Blunder unveils new evidence from major scientific findings that explode the conventional wisdom on climate change and reshape the global warming debate as we know it.

Explains in simple terms how the climate system really works, why mans role in global warming is more myth than science, and how the global warming hype has corrupted Washington and the scientific community.

Written for safety and loss-control, environmental, and quality managers, this is the first comprehensive, integrated guide to developing a complete environmental risk analysis for regulated substances and processes.

Written for anyone who works with chemicals or has a general interest in ecology, this book examines the interrelationship of life forms in our environment and provides straightforward explanations about the complicated interactions among nature and humans.

Toxicology for Non-Toxicologists provides non-scientific readers with basic toxicological concepts and explains how those concepts and their applications affect everyday life.

This thoughtful book provides a much-needed look at the vulnerabilities and security of our nation's water sources.

This newly updated reference uses scientific laws, principles, models, and concepts to provide a basic foundation for understanding and evaluating the impact that chemicals and technology have on the environment.

The newly revised and thoroughly updated Environmental Compliance Made Easy handbook from Government Institutes' popular "e;Made Easy"e; series reorganizes thousands of pages worth of federal environmental regulatory programs into one easy-to-use compliance resource, organized by program.

This introductory manual addresses environmental site restoration practices that both ensure compliance with federal statutes and prevent further contamination or expense.

Geology for Nongeologists introduces basic concepts in geology: how rocks, minerals, and fossils are classified, how wind, ice, and water have shaped the earth, how mountains are formed, and how volcanoes, geysers, earthquakes, glaciers, and groundwater work to modify the physical structure of Earth.

Discover the geographic approach to conservation land management and landscape conservation.

GIS for Science, Volume 3: Maps for Saving the Planet, highlights real-world examples of scientists creating maps about saving life on Earth and preserving biodiversity.

In recent years, a catastrophic global bleaching event devastated many of the world's precious coral reefs.

Making statistical modeling and inference more accessible to ecologists and related scientists, Introduction to Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling for Ecological Data gives readers a flexible and effective framework to learn about complex ecological processes from various sources of data.

Unifying the most important methodology in this field, Multi-Resolution Methods for Modeling and Control of Dynamical Systems explores existing approximation methods as well as develops new ones for the approximate solution of large-scale dynamical system problems.

Part green-lifestyle guide, part popular science, How Bad Are Bananas?

In this expanded version of an inspiring speech delivered in December 2009, David Suzuki reflects on how we got where we are today and presents his vision for a better future.

Tar Sands critically examines the frenzied development in the Canadian tar sands and the far-reaching implications for all of North America.

In this edition of their bestseller, the sequel to the best-selling Good News for a Change, authors David Suzuki and Holly Dressel provide the latest inspiring stories about individuals, groups, and businesses that are making real change in the world.

Respected, authoritative, award-winning author Chris Goodall tackles global warming reversal in this engaging and balanced book.

Impeccably researched and masterfully written, this book explains how and why humanity is driving itself off the cliff.

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The only metric that tracks how much nature we have - and how much nature we useEcological Footprint accounting, first introduced in the 1990s and continuously developed, continues to be the only metric that compares overall human demand on nature with what our planet can renew its biocapacity and distils this into one number: how many Earths we use.

Design a rainwater harvesting system for any home in any climate.

From wastestream to mainstream, a practical guide to composting toilet systems.

The harmful side of even relatively benign technology is plain to see, but is hardly ever discussed.

What book would you want if you were stranded on a desert island?

Our automobile culture is devastating for the environment, but private passenger vehicles are unlikely to disappear from our roads anytime soon.

How the dirt below our feet can save us from extinction.

Heating water with the sun is a practice almost as old as humankind itself.

The essential how-to book on making and using ethanol as an alternative renewable fuel.

It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the urgency of global climate change.