The opening chapter of Savannas: Exploration, Threats and Management Strategies aims to answer the following questions: To what extent are the rela...

This book is an overview of the science and policy implications of climate change. Almost all scientists agree that the Earth's climate is changing...

On April 16, 2007, an early spring storm broke through Cape Cod's barrier beach. Overnight, the citizens of Chatham had to contend with as much sea...

The purpose of this book is to provide the latest, if not complete amount of updated information regarding the use of sediments for the estimation ...

This book provides new research in the study on seed banks. Chapter One begins with an overview of seed bank research in Central European grassland...

Works related to identification of harmful exhaust components from aviation engines have continued since the second half of the last century. These...

It is more than clear that during the last decades the interest in environmental issues is constantly increasing and environmental issues have grad...

Living with drought is one of the biggest issues of our times. Climate change scenarios suggest that in the next fifty years global warming will in...

Wastewater treatment plants usually generate millions of tons of sewage sludge every year. Sewage sludge results from the accumulation of solids fr...

Under Executive Order 12866, agencies are required, to the extent permitted by law, "to assess both the costs and the benefits of the intended regu...

River management faces many challenges world-wide including climate change, flood risks and the demand for more adaptive and 'ecosystem-based' syst...

Soil contamination is the presence of man-made chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. This type of contamination typically ...

Soil contamination is the presence of man-made chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. This type of contamination typically ...

Solanum lycopersicum is the scientific name for cultivated tomatoes. Tomatoes are produced and consumed worldwide. Many scientists are investigatin...

This monograph especially emphasises the importance of the scope, by which forest fires, from year to year endanger the environment, including casu...

Solid waste is any garbage or refuse from industrial, commercial, agricultural or community activities. This book provides leading edge research on...

In recent years, solid-state lighting (SSL) has emerged as a promising new lighting technology that could fundamentally alter and improve lighting ...

American leadership and ingenuity are central to solving the climate crisis. With the devastating health and economic consequences of climate chang...

This volume provides insight into whether or how sport hunting might play a strategic role in the conservation and management of polar bear in Cana...

Sorbents are insoluble materials or mixtures of materials used to recover liquids through the mechanism of absorption, or adsorption, or both. Abso...

Human activities around the world are producing increasingly large quantities of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2), resulting fro...