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

Beautiful, translucent and indestructible, jade has a mystique that's captivated people since Neolithic times. Stan Leaming, Canada's leading jade ...

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...

Magnetite is the most magnetic of all the naturally occurring minerals on Earth. Naturally magnetised pieces of magnetite, called lodestone, will a...

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

Is it 'far-fetched' to respond when a community has a sudden jump in missing pets? Geologist Jim Berkland doesn't think so. Could it be a sign that...

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...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the ecosystems, economic importance and environmental threats to the Mediterrane...

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 ...