Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology

Water scarcity and stringent environmental regulations have mandated treatment of polluted, saline and marginal waters for use and reuse within var...

Civil and environmental engineers make frequent use of mathematical models to handle free-surface hydraulics problems as simulation of river and ch...

To preserve this world for future generations, we must strive for sustainable development that meets the needs of the present without compromising ...

This book has been written with emphasis on the fundamental engineering principles underlying the peat characteristics, importance of peat, environ...

The Ghana''''s rocky shore is unique along the Gulf of Guinea from Cote d''''Ivoire to western Cameroon (West Africa). This suggests the existence ...

This book compiles research summaries from a number of different focuses in the important field of environment and agriculture.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed regulations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing power plants. EPA believe...

Carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) -- known as CCS -- has attracted congressional interest as a measure for mitigating global climate ch...

Due to its high energy density, liquid hydrogen is one of the best alternative fuels. As such, Liquefaction: Analysis and Assessment introduces hyd...

Soils have various functions in all ecosystems, particularly for environmental quality and human health. The parent materials of serpentine soils a...

Natural hazards have become the foremost geo-environmental issue in many regions worldwide, since rarely a year goes by without any catastrophic ev...

Aqueous Two-Phase Systems (ATPS) have been used since their discovery for the isolation of a large number of different biological materials, such a...

Advances in Environmental Research. Volume 63 opens with a study on carbonate crushed stone of the Saltykovskoye field in the Republic of Tatarstan...

Stormwater Sources, Monitoring and Management is a unique book that identifies sources of stormwater, evaluates stormwater control and monitoring t...

Current Concerns in Environmental Engineering is a treatment of 15 topics of great contemporary relevance by bestselling author S. A. Abbasi. Each ...

The theoretical analysis and modeling of nutrients in water catchments and in irrigation water is a significant issue in the design of industrial p...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with other regulatory bodies in the United States and Canada, is considering whether to desig...

Acid mine drainage refers to the outflow of acidic water from (usually abandoned) metal mines or coal mines. However, other areas where the earth h...

In the energy industry, biomass refers to biological material which can be used as fuel or for industrial production. Biomass includes plant matter...

Ecologically, a woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understo...

Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) in response to a growing desire for the...

The HER2 receptor is a 185-kDa transmembrane glycoprotein with tyrosine kinase activity, and belongs in the human epidermal growth factor receptor ...

Herbicides have become an important tool as a plant protection agent for boosting food production. However, herbicide use also carries risks that i...

This book explores the links between mycorrhizas in the aquatic and riparian ecosystems, presenting research that points to the important role of a...

Perchlorate is the explosive component of solid rocket fuel, fireworks, road flares, and other products. Used heavily by the Department of Defense ...

This book examines the economic implications for sustainable forest management of globalisation and related structural changes in the forest sector...