This book explores the most recent developments in Earth Science research. Chapters include research on the Indian Summer Monsoon and its impacts o...

This book explores the most recent developments in earth science research. Chapter One discusses the geologic and ancient history of Dahr Safra, Sy...

This book presents and discusses research in the field of earth science, with a focus on high resolution insight on the submarine mudflows of the g...

Horizons in Earth Science Research. Volume 20 first provides an overview of geodesy throughout the past six decades, providing a short glimpse of e...

Degradation of soil and water resources due to food and fibre production has been a concern for centuries in all societies on this planet. While so...

Ice sheets as vast accumulations of frozen water on land are a direct expression of energy distribution on our planet. They form from the interplay...

The existence of natural ice-caves at depths varying from 50 to 200 feet below the surface of the earth, unconnected with glaciers or snow mountain...

The Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland, the type locality of agpaitic nepheline syenites and of thirty minerals, among which arfvedsonite...

An Overview of 200 years of Reseach and an outlook.

As a major global player in human caused climate change, China is vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. This book identifies and sum...

India is both a major greenhouse gas emitter and one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to projected climate change. The country is alre...

Mexico, the countries of the Caribbean and Central America are at risk from the impacts of climate change in the next 20 years because they will be...

Climate model projections available for North Africa indicate a clear increase in temperature over the next 20 years that is expected to continue t...

The Russian Federation is already experiencing the impacts of climate change in the form of milder winters, melting permafrost, changing precipitat...

This is not an ordinary book on rainfall and runoff. All the general and working formulas in this book are theoretically derived. The formulas are ...

This book provides an important insight that increases the scope of knowledge and invigorates readership in areas of lagoon dynamics and management...

Desertification is one of the most important issues facing our societies because of its serious consequences for human health, landscape and the en...

Lightning balls are very rare natural phenomena that appear as free floating glowing globs, usually during electric activity in the atmosphere of t...

The lithosphere is the outer solid part of the earth, including the crust and uppermost mantle. The lithosphere is about 100 km thick, although its...

Humankind is under the permanent influence of the geological environment. Roles of some geological biotropic factors, such as volcanic explosions, ...

Current freshwater availability is reducing because of climate change, rapid urbanization, and an increase in population. Due to these situations, ...

The Marcellus Shale is a sedimentary rock formation deposited over 350 million years ago in a shallow inland sea located in the eastern United Stat...

Marine transportation is considered as an integral part of the global economy as more than 90 per cent of global trade goods are carried through th...

This book explores the increasing impacts on the world's oceans from coastal and offshore development, overfishing, a changing climate, natural eve...

Maryland has been called -America in miniature,- because the state embodies a wide range of our nation’s landscape features. From sandy beaches on ...

This book presents topical research in the study of the management and conservation of Mediterranean ecosystems. Also discussed in this compilation...

Over 500 color images and engaging text provide insight into these interesting collectibles from "out of this world." Meteorites link back to the e...

This book presents topical research in the study of the properties, synthesis and applications of mica. Topics discussed include the use of mica as...

The book Microbes in Soil and Their Agricultural Prospects is a collection of advantageous, informative, simulative and holistic viewpoints present...

This book discusses recent progress in microbial oceanography with emphasis on microbial processes and mechanisms related to carbon cycling in the ...

The book provides an overview of the mineral industry, policy issues, related acts and legislation and the socio-economic scenario of the mining se...

Metal usage by humans is vigorously increasing day-by-day. Since the turn of the new millennium, human needs have mainly depended on different type...

The Ozarks highland region of the Midwest, located in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, contains beautiful mineral specimens for those with ...