Environmental category: 9736 books
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology publishes authoritative reviews on the occurrence, effects, and fate of pesticide residues and other environmental contaminants. It will keep you informed of the latest significant issues by providing in-depth information in the areas of analytical...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
This book focuses on the toxicity of various organic and inorganic pollutants, their eco-toxicological effects and eco-friendly approaches for remediation of environmental pollutants. Extensive focus has been relied on the recent advances in ecofriendly approaches such as bioremediation and phytoremediation...
Ecological Wisdom
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2019
This book offers an introduction to the theory and practice of ecological wisdom (EW). EW is the integration of robust contemporary science with proven cultural and historical practices to identify long-term, sustainable solutions to problems of environmental management and urban design. The book...
Renewable Energy Systems from Biomass
Efficiency, Innovation and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2018
New innovations are needed for the invention of more efficient, affordable, sustainable and renewable energy systems, as well as for the mitigation of climate change and global environmental issues. In response to a fast-growing interest in the realm of renewable energy, Renewable Energy Systems:...
Nanophotocatalysis and Environmental Applications
Detoxification and Disinfection
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2019
This book will be a guiding path to understand the photocatalytic process and mechanism for the deterioration of heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants and pathogens from wastewater. Environmental remediation is of crucial importance in the context of human sustainability in the present and future...
Greening the Alliance
The Diplomacy of NATO's Science and Environmental Initiatives
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Following the launch of Sputnik, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization became a prominent sponsor of scientific research in its member countries, a role it retained until the end of the Cold War. As NATO marks sixty years since the establishment of its Science Committee, the main organizational force...
The Way the Wind Blows
Climate Change, History, and Human Action
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2000
Scientists and policymakers are beginning to understand in ever-increasing detail that environmental problems cannot be understood solely through the biophysical sciences. Environmental issues are fundamentally human issues and must be set in the context of social, political, cultural, and economic...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2019
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.
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Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2019
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.
The Environment-Conflict Nexus
Climate Change and the Emergent National Security Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2018
The aim of this book is to demonstrate how environmental factors have caused an evolution in the landscape of national security since the end of the Cold War. Through relevant case studies, the scope of the problem on the national security landscape due to environmental stressors is illuminated, examined,...
The Drava River
Environmental Problems and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
This monograph summarizes the environmental issues concerning the channel and the floodplain of the Drava River. It describes the diverse forms of human impact (river regulation, damming and reservoirs, dredging etc.) and the environmental changes of hydrological regime, sediment transport, biodiversity...
The Gulf War Aftermath
An Environmental Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In 1962 Rachel Carson warned of the consequences of man's pollution in her book Silent Spring, a book that some feel marks the real beginning of our environmental awareness. Silent Spring told of the consequences of our increasing pesticide use to birds. Almost 30 years after her warning, the western...
Emerging Issues in Ecology and Environmental Science
Case Studies from India
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2018
This book consists of full research papers submitted by scientists/faculty/research scholars who attended the conference on "Earth and Environment: Pollution and Prevention" held at Amity University, Noida from January 28-30, 2014 and had their abstracts published in the conference proceedings....
by George W. Ware
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology publishes authoritative reviews on the occurrence, effects, and fate of pesticide residues and other environmental contaminants. It will keep you aware and in- formed of the latest significant issues by providing in-depth information from the areas...