Environment and Ecology

Learn about species, environments, ecosystems and biodiversity in The Ecology Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tric...

An insightful look at the American environmental crisis and emerging solutions from the heartland to the coasts in the era of global climate change...

This volume in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Second Edition, brings together chapters examining water, energy, mineral...

When the last deep coal mine in Britain closed in 2016 it marked the end of the most transformative era in the history of mankind. In writing this ...

A timely intervention on climate change from the author of the hugely influential The Weather Makers.The tools required to avoid a climate disaster...

Why does knowing more mean believingand doingless? A prescription for change The more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the res...

Many governments acknowledge that environmental degradation and climate change pose international and trans-boundary risks to human populations, ec...

This book summarises what is currently known about effects of climate change on energy production and use in the United States. It focuses on three...

This second volume of Climate, Energy, and Environment: Issues, Analyses, and Developments presents current topical research in the study of clim...

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

The agriculture sector is a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which many scientists agree are contributing to observed climate change. Agri...

Climate affects the design, construction, safety, operations, and maintenance of transportation infrastructure and systems. The prospect of a chang...

A major international assessment released in 2007 concluded that the Earth''''s climate had warmed unequivocally over the past century, and that el...

Climate change is perhaps among the most serious challenges that humankind has ever faced and perhaps the greatest market failure the world has eve...

The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home. And what a planet it is.Formed around 4.6...

The first chapter in this fourth volume of Climate, Energy, and Environment: Issues, Analyses, and Developments presents current topical research...

Global climate change is one of the nation''''s most significant long-term policy challenges. Human activities are producing increasingly large qua...

Carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) - known as CCS - is attracting interest as a measure for mitigating global climate change, because po...

The impact of weather and climate extremes can be severe and wide-ranging although, in some cases, the impact can also be beneficial. Weather and c...

The coming global climate changes associated with the increase of atmospheric greenhouse effect, may disturb the natural carbon cycle in the biosph...

This first volume of Climate, Energy, and Environment: Issues, Analyses, and Developments presents current topical research in the study of the c...

Changes in climate patterns and their impact on the physical environment can create profound effects on populations in parts of the world and prese...

This book presents a survey of the current state of knowledge of the potential impacts of climate change and variability on aeroallergens like poll...

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), aviation currently accounts for about 2 percent of human-generated global carbon...

In this book the authors present current research in the study of the production, management practices and impact of climate change on crop yields ...

This book reports on abrupt climate change which is defined as a large scale change in the climate system that takes place over a few decades or le...

In this book, the authors discuss new developments in global warming research. Topics discussed in this compilation include the impact of climate c...

Global climate change is one of the nation''''s most significant long-term policy challenges. Human activities are producing increasingly large qua...

This book covers many aspects of global climate change and flooding within the Caribbean region and examines the impacts of these on the agricultur...

The federal government has funded work to address global climate change for more than four decades. An initial focus on science has expanded to enc...

Climate change is having a variety of impacts on natural resources in the United States, ranging from more severe drought to increased flooding, an...

'Honest yet inspiring, Go Toxic Free empowers us to take positive action today.' Lucy Siegle_______________________________________________________...

*'Probably the best novel I'll read this year. It's about work and love and characters who ring true. By the time I was 50 pages in I couldn't put...

We live in unprecedented times - the Anthropocene - defined by far-reaching human impacts on the natural systems that underpin civilisation. Planet...

Water pollution is essentially an interdisciplinary field involving scientists and professionals with a wide range of expertise. It also transcends...

In the 21st century, the fate of the environment has become a critical issue in both developed and developing countries throughout the world. The e...

It is the early 1950s. Kristen Iversen is enjoying a carefree childhood surrounded by desert and mountains. But just a few miles down the road, the...

The fire was visible from seventy miles away and the heat generated was so intense that a helicopter could only circle the rig at a perimeter of on...

Preface by Miriam Kennet Green Economics is now firmly a global movement for change in the third millennium. It is an entirely new and exciting di...

Concrete is widely used in the Olympic Park and Olympic and Paralympic Village. Its specification and use provided an opportunity to reduce embodie...

Pollution status, environmental protection, and renewable energy production in Marine systems are the main targets of this book that represent the ...