Earth Sciences

This Open Access book Ocean Governance (Beyond) Borders is concerned with the persistence of bordering in ocean space, and the possibilities that m...

Süßwasser- und Meeresökologie bietet eine umfassende Einführung in die aquatische Ökologie, indem es die Fachgebiete Limnologie und biologische Oze...

This revised and updated edition expands on its explanations of methods used to analyze waves in solid materials, such as the waves created by eart...

Weather, Macroweather, and the Climate is an insider's attempt to explain as simply as possible how to understand the atmospheric variability that ...

During the past century, the Everglades, one of the world's treasured ecosystems, has been dramatically altered by drainage and water management in...

The Edwards Aquifer in south-central Texas is the primary source of water for one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, San Antonio, ...

Summary of a Workshop on Mississippi River Water Quality Science and Interstate Collaboration summarizes presentations and discussions of Mississip...

As of 2021, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have reached historically unprecedented levels, higher than at any time in the past 800,000 years. W...

This book is designed for first- and second-year university students (and their instructors) in earth science, environmental science, and physical ...

The Arctic has been undergoing significant changes in recent years. Average temperatures are rising twice as fast as they are elsewhere in the worl...

Climate theory dictates that core elements of the climate system, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, and reservoirs of atmospheric and so...

On September 8-9, 2011, experts in solar physics, climate models, paleoclimatology, and atmospheric science assembled at the National Center for At...

The ocean is a fundamental component of the earth's biosphere. It covers roughly 70 percent of Earth's surface and plays a pivotal role in the cycl...

The world's ocean has already experienced a 30% rise in acidity since the industrial revolution, with acidity expected to rise 100 to 150% over pre...

Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asia's Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the region's wate...