Earth Sciences

Aquapelagos is a cross disciplinary volume that is geared to a general undergraduate and non-specialist readership while also being rigorous and th...

Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean remains one of the world's last frontiers. Covering nearly 14 million km^2 (an area approximately 1.4...

A study of the legacy of nuclear contamination in the Soviet Union. It gives the location and characteristics of the accumulated radioactive materi...

Water utilities worldwide lose 128 billion cubic meters annually, causing annual monetary losses estimated at USD 40 billion. Most of these losses ...

Anthropogenic activity has clearly altered the N cycle contributing (among other factors) to climate change. This book aims to provide new biotechn...

This book provides an integrated description of the indicators of rangeland sustainability that capture ecological, economic, and social dimensions...

Nitrogen rich wastewaters (10-400 mg N L-1) are usually produced by municipal, industrial and agricultural wastes, such as effluents from anaerobic...

In todays world, deep learning source codes and a plethora of open access geospatial images are readily available and easily accessible. However, m...

This book informs the reader about a fascinating class of materials referred to as skutterudites, the atomic lattice of which has large structural ...

The main objective of this research was to optimize the electron donor supply in sulphate reducing bioreactors treating sulphate rich wastewater. T...

The aim of this Ph.D. was to develop a technology for the remediation of seleniferous soils/sediments and to explore microbial reduction of seleniu...

San Diego Bay is a shallow estuary surrounded by a large population center. Geological forces and changes in sea levels from the last Ice Age combi...

Nowadays, demands on modern civil engineering structures require not only safe technical solutions, but also additional approaches, involving ecolo...

This book offers a unique multidisciplinary integration of the physics of turbulence and remote sensing technology. Remote Sensing of Turbulence pr...

This book provides a comprehensive and process-based account of the genesis of carbonate rocks, from which the authors derive and describe current ...

This book introduces non-specialist readers to the history of how human societies have sought to control, use and exploit our oceans, seas and shor...

This book examines the oceanic presence in life on Earth, and the ways that we engage with the oceanic worlds for play, pleasure, adventure and the...

Advanced Bioseparation of Industrial Wastes: Sustainable Recovery of High-Value Metal Ions examines resource recovery from a variety of industrial ...