Genetically engineered (GE) varieties with pest management traits became commercially available for major crops in 1996. Over 15 years later, adopt...

In the last few years there has been a surge in interest in the geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2), a process often referred to as carb...

This book describes analytical methods needed by all experts active in coastal area. It provides a theoretical understanding and practical experien...

This book provides an overview of The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R(GOES-R) progr...

This book is dedicated to the study of climate change with aspects of defining segments in the indicated area. The fact is that it is highly import...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is an independent and international financial mechanism that promotes co-operation and fosters actions to pro...

The fields of environmental crime and speciesism are of increasing interest to social scientists. In the present book, new articles based on empiri...

Grasslands cover around 30% of the Earth's terrestrial surface and provide important ecosystem services. On the other hand, grasslands are among th...

One of the most exciting new trends in water quality management today is the movement by many cities, counties, states, and private-sector develope...

Green chemistry, also called sustainable chemistry, is a chemical philosophy encouraging the design of products and processes that reduce or elimin...

This book presents research scenarios which are designed to stabilise the influence of a suite of greenhouse gases. This research was conducted usi...

Contamination of groundwater sources is a global phenomenon and it is becoming evident that unregulated human activity will lead to further deterio...

Groundwater contamination is nearly always the result of human activity. In areas where population density is high and human use of the land is int...

Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of lithologic formations. A unit of rock or an unc...

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident produced the largest oil spill that has occurred in U.S. waters, releasing over 200 million gallons into the Gu...

Decades, or even centuries, of changing and competing land uses have left many of the world's streams degraded, in poor health, and out of balance ...

Today, environmental protection is among the central matters for natural conservation, public health and sustainable business. With advanced techno...

It is the environment and what humans do to it or with it which will form the basis for the future of mankind. This new handbook examines a wide ra...

Phytoremediation is the use of green plants and their associated microbiota, soil amendments, and agronomic techniques to remove, contain, or rende...

Wastewater treatment represents a continuous challenge for engineers, environmental scientists and regulators. Today, an increasing number of new c...

Algae are the most abundant photosynthetic organisms in marine and freshwater ecosystems and are essential, energy-producing components of aquatic ...

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) and hypoxia (low-oxygen conditions) in the marine waters and freshwaters of the United States negatively impact resourc...

Hazardous materials are any substance which have the potential to cause harm to humans, animals or the environment through direct or indirect inter...

Hazardous waste is a waste with properties that make it dangerous or potentially harmful to human health or the environment. Hazardous waste genera...