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by C. Gries, F. Lipfert, M. Lippmann
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science. Interest in this subject, however, is growing very rapidly and, although no agreement has been reached as yet about the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary subject, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental...
Explorations in Ecocriticism
Advocacy, Bioregionalism, and Visual Design
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
A chief innovation of Explorations in Ecocriticism is to push ecological criticism beyond its focus on literary studies to engage with other arts and culture. One chapter closely examines the pictures commissioned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to valorize its big dam projects. Previously, no one...
People and the Environment
Approaches for Linking Household and Community Surveys to Remote Sensing and GIS
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
People and the Environment: Approaches for Linking Household and Community Surveys to Remote Sensing and GIS appeals to a wide range of natural, social, and spatial scientists with interests in conducting population and environment research and thereby characterizing (a) land use and land cover dynamics...
Residue Reviews
Residues of Pesticides and Other Contaminants in the Total Environment
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Worldwide concern. in scientific, indusbial, and governmental com munities over traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports,...
Residue Reviews
Residues of Pesticides and Other Contaminants in the Total Environment
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Worldwide concern in scientific, indusbial, and governmental com munities over traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuHs and in both abiotic and biotic environments has justified the present biumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports,...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Global attention in scientific, industrial, and governmental commumtles to traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environ ments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications III this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports,...
Fractivism
Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
From flammable tap water and sick livestock to the recent onset of hundreds of earthquakes in Oklahoma, the impact of fracking in the United States is far-reaching and deeply felt. In Fractivism Sara Ann Wylie traces the history of fracking and the ways scientists and everyday people are coming together...
by Leslie Patten
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
The Wild Excellence provides a personal look at an extraordinary landscape. Living on the edge of Yellowstone National Park, Leslie Patten weaves myth and science with history. She vividly relates her experiences as she digs out her clogged spring system, hikes and explores, copes with weather and...
by Eddy Y Zeng
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
This book focuses on those organic chemicals that are regulated by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). as well as organic chemical with the attributes of being persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic to ecosystem and human beings, criteria used by the Stockholm Convention...
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Environmental Behaviour and Pathways of Human Exposure
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) continue to be the subject of concern amongst the public, as well as the scientific and policy-making communities. These concerns are exemplified by the international efforts co-ordinated by the United Nations' Environment Programme and the +Economic Commission...
Explosions in Underground Coal Mines
Risk Assessment and Control
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
This book addresses the hazard of gas explosions in sealed underground coal mines, and how the risk of explosion can be assessed, modeled, and mitigated. With this text, coal mine operators and managers will be able to identify the risks that lead to underground mine gas explosions, and implement...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
This book reviews the unique ecosystem of the Lake Skadar/Shkodra and its basin, and discusses the latest advances made in this region to face the impact of climate change. Divided into 23 chapters, the book gathers leading expertise from various scientific and engineering communities and provides...
Air Quality Control
Formation and Sources, Dispersion, Characteristics and Impact of Air Pollutants — Measuring Methods, Techniques for Reduction of Emissions and Regulations for Air Quality Control
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Air quality and air pollution control are tasks of international concern as, for one, air pollutants do not refrain from crossing borders and, for another, industrial plants and motor vehicles which emit air pollutants are in widespread use today. In a number of the world's expanding cities smog situations...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Global attention in scientific, industrial, and governmental commumtIes to traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic. and biotic environ ments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports,...