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 ...