After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, and the anthrax attacks in the fall of 2001, federal and state personnel provided response, re...

Coastal lagoons are particularly complex environments in which the transition between marine and continental waters is gradual, due to the continui...

Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans, and groundwater caused by human activities, which can be harmfu...

The edited book volume "Land Use: Planning, Regulations, and Environment" is a diverse compilation of ten chapters covering different facets of the...

This book includes research from selected international authors and institutions that consider land use management to be an important aspect in the...

A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial. Historically, landfills have been the most common methods of organised waste di...

This book presents research studies on landfills which are sites for the disposal of waste materials by burial. Historically, landfills have been t...

A landslide is a major geological hazard, which poses a serious threat to the global human population and various infrastructures like highways, ra...

Solar energy can be divided into direct and indirect categories. Most energy sources on Earth are forms of indirect solar energy. Coal, oil and nat...

This volume presents new leading-edge research on environmental biodegradation which is the destruction of organic compounds by micro-organisms. Mi...

The Mediterranean Sea is considered the most threatened sea on Earth. This book presents a scientific look at the past, present and future changes ...

Due to its high energy density, liquid hydrogen is one of the best alternative fuels. As such, Liquefaction: Analysis and Assessment introduces hyd...

UN declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests (IYF). Many organizations and stakeholders have been involved all around the world and many i...

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

The Coral Triangle in south-east Asia contains over three quarters of the total number of known coral species and more than half of the world's cor...

In this book, the authors summarise basic and experimental knowledge on sources and toxicity of cadmium and overview mechanisms of toxicity and det...

The chemical element mercury is the only metal that is a liquid at standard temperature and pressure. It is an extremely rare element in the Earth'...

Metals are important environmental pollutants and their toxicity is a problem of increasing significance for ecological, nutritional, and environme...

Methylmercury (MeHg) is considered a major environmental pollutant that bioaccumulates in fish tissues in direct relation to their age and predator...

Microbial ecology is the interrelationship between micro-organisms and their environment. Due to the high level of horizontal gene transfer among m...

Aerobic granulation technology for wastewater treatment has been widely exploited in recent years. Currently, research on aerobic granulation is be...

Acid mine drainage refers to the outflow of acidic water from (usually abandoned) metal mines or coal mines. However, other areas where the earth h...

Civil and environmental engineers make frequent use of mathematical models to handle free-surface hydraulics problems as simulation of river and ch...

Molecular biological techniques enable rapid detection of pathogenic micro-organisms in water by providing levels of sensitivity and specificity di...