Environmental science, engineering and technology

Pollution damages materials, but it has changed dramatically in the past century, with a reduction in the concentration of corrosive primary pollutants in urban atmospheres.

Nuclear sites become contaminated with radionuclides due to accidents and activities carried out without due consideration for the environment.

A passionate and meticulously researched argument against the Harper government's war on scienceIn this arresting and passionately argued indictment, award-winning journalist Chris Turner contends that Stephen Harper's attack on basic science, science communication, environmental regulations, and the environmental NGO community is the most vicious assault ever waged by a Canadian government on the fundamental principles of the Enlightenment.

Electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) networks carry electricity from generation sites to demand sites.

Advances in Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment: Materials, Processes and Applications provides a detailed overview of advanced water treatment methods involving membranes, which are increasingly seen as effective replacements for a range of conventional water treatment methods.

Key Questions in Environmental Toxicology is designed as a self-study tool for undergraduate students.

This book covers the latest advances in sustainable waste management and focuses on its implementation to mitigate water and air pollution, recycle and reuse raw material, and refine valuable metals.

Our rivers and lakes are continuously self-purifying thanks to algal and bacterial biofilms that grow over the surface of stones and other debris.

Key Questions in Environmental Toxicology is designed as a self-study tool for undergraduate students.

Climate change, plastic in the oceans and air pollution are just three of the major environmental problems facing planet Earth.

The National Academy of Sciences estimate that 1.

Transformation through digital innovation is becoming an imperative for every city.

Aeronautical Decision-Making and Aviation Safety in the Alaskan Operational Setting introduces the reader to the real-life experiences of aviators who fly in remote settings such as Alaska in the United States.

Geoethics for the Future: Facing Global Challenges offers the latest points of view on highly topical issues in geosciences, including climate change, sustainable development, and energy transition, enabling readers to acquire multifaceted knowledge of topics of global relevance and highlighting the importance of the issues affecting geosciences in the 21st Century.

This book discusses the various types of treatment and transport of emerging contaminants, to provide a concise and useful overview for the graduate or professional students.

This book assesses the use of various non-seismic and non-conventional oil and gas exploration methods in Cuba.

This book reviews the wide range of products and applications of solid state fermentation as well as the development of this cultivation technology over the last years.

This book offers valuable insights into the principles, mechanisms of action and applications of traditional and novel enzymes involved in the degradation of wastes.

The articles presented in this book deal with the attempts made by the scientists and practitioners to address contemporary issues in geoenvironmental engineering such as characterization of dredged sediments, geomaterials & waste, valorization of waste, sustainability in waste management, and some other geoenvironmental issues that are becoming quite relevant in today's world.

This book highlights the current limitations of biogas production and yield and new avenues to improving them.

This book presents a broad range of technologies for sustainable agrochemistry, e.

This book aims to help students, researchers and policy makers understand the latest research and development trends in the application of WebGIS for Disaster Management and Emergency Response.

This volume summarizes and updates information about antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)/antibiotic resistant genes (ARG) production, including their entry routes in soil, air, water and sediment, their use in hospital and associated waste, global and temporal trends in use and spread of antibiotics, AMR and ARG.

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 addresses the grave concerns stemming out due to conventional treatment techniques.

This book analyzes how transport influences the ecology of various regions.

This book explores climate services, including projections, descriptive information, analyses, assessments, and an overview of current trends.

This book presents a detailed discussion of the fundamentals and practical applications of membrane technology enhancement in a range of industrial processes, energy recovery, and resource recycling.

This book is specifically designed to serve the community of postgraduates and researchers in the fields of epidemiology, health GIS, medical geography, and health management.

This book focuses on the fungi found in one of the most pristine regions on Earth: Antarctica.

This book addresses the developing area of biomass for technological applications.

This book focuses on both production and extraction aspects of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) for their commercialization purpose.

This book discusses the impact of climate change on rural forest areas.

This book is focused on the engineering of green materials, which comprise natural composites, bio-inspired armors, waste-added clay ceramics, lignocellulosic fibers, and biodegradable polymers.

This exhaustive Handbook covers the synthesis and applications of nanomaterials that can be used in energy and environmental science applications.

This book focuses on the crucial sustainability challenge of reducing food waste at the level of consumer-society.

This book highlights the various types of polymer and nanocomposites that can be derived from biorenewable resources.

This book provides an insight into how a country contributes to the GHG emissions reductions required to keep global warming within the limits set by the Paris Agreement arrived at COP21 in 2015.

This monograph is devoted to full-scale geoecological risk assessment in gas industry impacted polar areas and the relevant risk management options using innovative nature-like biogeochemical technologies.

The world's population is expected to reach the eight billion mark very soon.

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

This book showcases the state of the art in the field of sensors and microsystems, revealing the impressive potential of novel methodologies and technologies.

This book provides an overview of the current and emerging industrial applications of ionic liquids, covering the core processes, the practical implementation and technical challenges involved, and exploring potential future directions for research and development.

This book introduces methods of re-processing images to extract numerical information that can be used to quantify the observables in environmental modelling.

This edited volume deals with the attempts made by the scientists and practitioners to address contemporary issues in geoenvironmental engineering such as characterization of dredged sediments, geomaterials and waste, valorization of waste, sustainability in waste management and some other geoenvironmental issues that are becoming quite relevant in today's world especially in view of the high urbanization rates, advancement in technologies, and changes in consumption behavior of people.

This book provides in-depth insights into the regulatory frameworks of five countries and the EU concerning the regulation of genome edited plants.

Mediterranean irrigation is diverse due to, among other factors, the relative importance of water in the economy of each country, varied levels of aridity, heterogeneous levels economic, social and technological levels of development, and differences in political and social organization.

This book provides deep insights about the fundamentals, applications and perspectives of the use of supercritical CO2 as solvent and antisolvent for biorefinering.

This book highlights the latest findings on fundamental aspects of composting, the interaction of various microorganisms, and the underlying mechanisms.

This book focuses on the prospects of fresh market waste management in developing countries.