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 ...

This book provides both a compendium of evidence supporting Charles Darwin's grand theory of evolution and an overview of some of the most fascinat...

Mountain areas constitute exceptionally rich environments characterised by an extremely high biodiversity, high geomorphological dynamics, peculiar...

This book presents and discusses current research in the study of magnetohydrodynamics. Topics discussed include consideration of the problems of g...

Paleomagnetic field analysis occupies a separate place in the variety of studied physical parameters, since it assists us in obtaining specific ‘st...

In this book, the authors present new developments in quartz research. Topics discussed in this compilation include the nature of paramagnetic defe...

Human activities are changing habitats, the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and water, rate and balance of biogeochemical processes and diversi...

This book presents new and significant research results on water resources which are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to huma...

Karstified landscapes are among the most bizarre on our planet -- both above and below ground. This book takes you on a visual journey across subli...

This is a compilation of Abstracts and Introductions from a wide variety of Earth Science books Nova has published over the years. Each excerpt inc...

With increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, the extent of effects on the ocean and marine resources is an increasing ...

Ocean acidification is the process whereby seawater becomes less alkaline (or more acidic). It is a concern to Congress because of the potential ha...

Progress toward better understanding of ocean variability is closely linked to the development of signal processing tools for multi-scale analysis ...

Oceanography of the coastal zone as an interdisciplinary science has received little attention, as most of the studies focus either on the physical...

This book looks at developments in oil shale which is the largest untapped domestic resource with the greatest potential to decrease our dependence...

Fossils, and the life of the past that they represent, are themes of great interest to the general public. This book identifies and describes essen...

This is a personal account of the human side of Everett C Olson's distinguished career as a palaeobiologist. Origins and the combination of events ...

Global warming and its effects have caused a increased surge of research and funding on ocean research. This book is dedicated to new oceanographic...

The monograph presents the results of studies of the organization of terrestrial geo (eco-) systems in the Pacific mobile belt - the tectonically a...