This book examines the occurrence of uranium in its natural setting in the United States, as well as its industrial uses and the methods employed o...

Nature thrives on diversity and flexibility, gaining strength from heterogeneity, whereas the quest for homogeneity seems to motivate much of moder...

The world is experiencing a shortage of helium-3, a rare isotope of helium with applications in homeland security, national security, medicine, ind...

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

In the past few years, there has been a considerable increase in the number of new and emerging pollutants in the limited water resources around th...

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

The world's first non-phosgene process for producing an aromatic polycarbonate (PC) using CO2 as a starting material has been succeeded in develop...

Biochar is a carbon rich solid material resulting from the pyrolysis of biomass under oxygen-free and low temperature conditions. Although most res...

Nova Excerpts: Environmental Sciences is a compilation of Abstracts and Introductions from a wide variety of Environmental Science books Nova has p...

Rainwater harvesting has gained popularity as a measure to address the water supply shortage in rural areas in developing countries. The harvesting...

The Department of Energy (DOE) faces significant technical challenges in successfully constructing and operating the Waste Treatment and Immobiliza...

The theoretical analysis and modeling of nutrients in water catchments and in irrigation water is a significant issue in the design of industrial p...

This book presents current research in the study of the ecology, types and management of oak. Topics discussed include oak wood characterisation wi...

The development of offshore oil, gas and other mineral resources in the United States is impacted by a number of interrelated legal regimes, includ...

Offshore wind has been envisaged as making a critical contribution in Europe in satisfying the electricity demand in a low-carbon generation scenar...

This book provides comprehensive discussions on current oil issues from authors across the globe, including petroleum oil, biodiesel, and biomass d...

Petroleum perhaps is one of the most important substances in the modern society due to its wide use in the most diverse productive sectors. Besides...

This book is a compilation of research on oil spills in ice-covered Arctic waters and recommendations for future work. Research entities in governm...

In recent years, several new concepts have emerged in the field of ozone science, creating a need for an in-depth publication covering the various ...

In this book, the literature on modern estuarine diatoms from Argentina is revised in order to synthesise the available ecological information and ...

Interactions between competitors, predators and their prey have traditionally been seen as the foundation of community structure. Parasites - long ...

Particulate matter are fine particles, and soot, which are tiny subdivisions of solid matter suspended in a gas or liquid. Sources of particulate m...

This book has been written with emphasis on the fundamental engineering principles underlying the peat characteristics, importance of peat, environ...

Perchlorate is the explosive component of solid rocket fuel, fireworks, road flares, and other products. Used heavily by the Department of Defense ...

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) directs the EPA to restrict the use of pesticides as necessary to prevent unreasona...

In response to increasing information arising from the scientific community, the news media reported that pharmaceuticals have been detected in the...

A photobioreactor (PBR) is a bioreactor utilising a light source to cultivate phototrophic microorganisms that produce biomass by using light and C...

Organic pollutants are harmful to the ecological environment and human health. In this book the authors propose photodegradation as an attractive s...

Phthalates are esters of phthalic acid and are a group of chemicals of high environmental relevance due to their production rates and ecotoxicologi...

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

In this book, the authors gather and present current research in the study of the types, threats and management of pine forests. Topics discussed i...

Planning, Progress and Challenges of Built Environments first examines China's urbanization, presenting a brief historical review of urbanization i...

Exotic invasive plant species pose a serious threat to native biodiversity. Invasive plants transmogrify the landscape ecology in a highly complex ...

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

Pollen is a fine to coarse powder containing the microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce the male gametes (sperm cells). Pollen grains have...

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physi...

This book presents topical research in the study of pollution monitoring. Topics discussed include environmental noise pollution modelling and heal...

Pollution status, environmental protection, and renewable energy production in Marine systems are the main targets of this book that represent the ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are relatively stable contaminants, recalcitrant in soils and less easy to degrade than other organic compo...

Groundwater is the mainstay of the rural water economy of Ghana. The resource has been tapped at various levels in the hydrogeological basins to su...

As the lack of fossil fuel is increasing, sludge management is not only to satisfy the disposal criteria but also to obtain energy and resources. F...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the prediction, formation and environmental impact of precipitation. Topics disc...

Freshwater management challenges are increasingly common. Allocation of limited water resources between agricultural, municipal and environmental u...

Plant-based biomass resources, including cereals, crop residues, seed of oil crops, sugar crops, forage crops and various woody crops, can be conve...

Like coal and petroleum, biomass is a form of stored solar energy. The energy of the sun is "captured" through the process of photosynthesis in gro...

Waste management is the collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials produced...

This book focuses on world-wide research on contamination, toxicity and treatment of drinking water. Water of sufficient quality to serve as drinki...

Non-indigenous species (NIS) are organisms that enter an ecosystem beyond their native spatial range. The Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) was the ...