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

Federal and state regulatory agencies manage and oversee the development of federal and Indian oil and gas resources by issuing rules and guidance,...

This compilation opens by examining earlier investigations of the oil drops dynamics in the marine environment, including the influence of their bu...

When oil spills occur in U.S. waters, federal law places primary liability on the vessel owner or operator -- that is, the responsible party -- up ...

The impacts of an oil spill depend on the size of the spill, the rate of the spill, the type of oil spilled, and the location of the spill. Dependi...

This book provides bibliographic resources on the response, restoration and research initiatives of oil spills, most notably, the Deepwater Horizon...

Forest ecosystems cover around 31% of the total land area of the Earth. They represent important biodiversity and genetic resources; provide materi...

The accumulation of solid organic waste is thought to be reaching critical levels in almost all regions of the world. Organic waste needs to be man...

This book is a guidebook for the health and safety of workers and will help to prevent workplace accidents. It covers five sections of work environ...

Outdoor recreation can take many forms depending on the types of activities, settings, social engagements, equipment, and times chosen by the recre...

The US Forest Service was established in 1905 and for the following 60-70 years was staffed primarily by men engaged in the production and harvest ...

Ground-level ozone is an air pollutant with harmful effects on the respiratory systems of animals. Ozone in the upper atmosphere filters potentiall...

The Quaternary covers the last 2.5 million years in Earth's history. This unique period is well known for a record of oscillating climatic paramete...

Originally published in 1990, Paradise Won has been updated and details the epic 12-year struggle to stop logging in the unique global ecosystem.Gw...

Peat, or turf, is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires a...

This book presents a tapestry of perspectives on food and the interplay of health, cultural ecology, and environment, which are the fabric and foun...

Electrochemical water treatment is a simple method to generate disinfecting agents. Several companies offer special cell technologies for water dis...

This book presents and discusses current research in the study of the environment. Topics discussed include biomonitoring of aquatic ecosystems; ag...

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

The book describes the oil spill and its fate in the marine environment and clarifies how to treat and reduce oil input in coastal and offshore wat...

Phytoremediation is one of the cost effective procedures for the cleaning or removal of pollutants from soil or water matrices. Over the last few d...

Phytoremediation, which involves the use of plants and rhizospheric organisms for the removal of pollutants, is an emerging technology for the clea...

This book explores policies that Congress is considering to reduce U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases. Prominent among these policies are those pro...