Environment and Ecology

Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.'s fai...

Proving Grounds brings together a wide range of scholars across disciplines and geographical borders to deepen our understanding of the environment...

The story behind the reckless promotion of economic growth despite its disastrous consequences for life on the planet. The notion of ever-expand...

This is the newest edition of The Worldwatch Institute's respected State of the World series that highlights the ignored threats to sustainability....

In 2007, the Supreme Court handed down Massachusetts v. EPA, its first pronouncement on climate change and arguably the most important environmenta...

On 25 June 2013, President Obama announced a national Climate Action Plan (CAP) to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases,...

Communication and assessment of scientific information is as important as the science itself, especially when policy-makers, politicians, and media...

This book examines uranium mining and management in the United States with a focus on federal considerations. From 2005 to 2007, uranium prices inc...

Wetlands, with a variety of physical characteristics, are found throughout the country. They are known in different regions as swamps, marshes, fen...

This book provides readers with the latest developments in environmental research. Chapter One presents the strongest wind erosions of the Sinjsko ...

This book provides an overview of biodegradation. The first chapter provides a detailed description on the ability of Rhodococcus UKMP-5M to act as...

This book provides readers with the latest developments in environmental research. Chapter One is an exertion providing up-to date information on m...

This book provides current research on sources, properties and impacts of contaminated soils. Chapter One reviews the research progress in nanotoxi...

The large scale consumption of fossil fuels for the production of energy has raised CO2 levels up to 400 ppm over the last decades. These high atmo...

In 1999, Texas passed a landmark clean energy law, beginning a groundswell of new policies that promised to make the US a world leader in renewable...

Activists, scientists and policymakers around the world have long argued that we need to find sustainable and secure solutions to the world's energ...

Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevat...

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living condit...

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living condit...

Hurricane Agnes struck the United States in June of 1972, just months before a pivotal election and at the dawn of the deindustrialization period a...

Presto! No More Pests! proclaimed a 1955 article introducing two new pesticides, miracle-workers for the housewife and back-yard farmer. Easy to us...

'The genius of Graciela Chichilnisky is recognized by economists and with this book she has focused that talent to the dire problem facing mankind....

'The genius of Graciela Chichilnisky is recognized by economists and with this book she has focused that talent to the dire problem facing mankind....

The WSPC Reference on Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in the Era of Global Change provides a comprehensive and prominent reference of va...

As part of a global effort to assess the storage potential for captured carbon dioxide (CO2), this book estimates and characterizes the storage pot...

Congress has, over the past three decades, authorised and funded federal programs to improve understanding of climate changes and their implication...

The book is a cornerstone in the studies aimed at introducing a new form of democracy not just at a global level, through international environment...

This comprehensive guide describes the 582 species of wild orchids that occur in NSW and the ACT. This region covers the richest area for wild orch...

'An original, wide-ranging and carefully researched book ... contains important lessons for humanity.' Mark Cocker, The SpectatorA fascinating insi...