Environment and Ecology

Farmers once knew how to make a living fence and fed their flocks on tree-branch hay. Rural people knew how to prune hazel to foster abundance: bot...

Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening Sunday Ti...

The Klamath River Basin on the California-Oregon border is a focal point for local and national discussions on water allocation and species protect...

The health risks posed by indoor pollutants have concerned scientists for many years. Because people spend a high percentage of their time indoors,...

This series covers leading-edge research focusing on the environment, including current research data on the management of agro-ecosystem services ...

The DOE Weatherization Assistance Program enables low-income families to permanently reduce their energy bills by making their households more ener...

This book examines new research in carbon dioxide emissions. CO2 is emitted in a number of ways naturally through the carbon cycle and through huma...

This book examines nuclear oversight, planning and safety efforts at U.S. nuclear power reactors across the United States. The U.S. Nuclear Regulat...

Federal policymakers have long been concerned about the impact of manmade carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on global climate change. To address these...

Global food security remains at ever greater risk. This is true despite greater concerns and robust actions by world political leaders such as the ...

Industrial pollution is the largest fountain of air offences in most of the developed world. Statistics from the U.S. Environmental Agency confirm ...

Natural gas is the second largest primary source of energy consumed in the United States, exceeded only by petroleum. A primary energy source is an...

The environment consists of the surroundings in which an organism operates including air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans and ...

This book examines one of the most important ecosystems of the world, the Amazon Rainforest, with a focus on the diversity of species found in the ...