Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology

The Mekong River is an attractive river basin because of many natural environmental and development projects. Also, the river basin is located in s...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is an independent and international financial mechanism that promotes co-operation and fosters actions to pro...

The world is experiencing a shortage of helium-3, a rare isotope of helium with applications in homeland security, national security, medicine, ind...

Fly ash is a by-product of the combustion of coal and other waste materials. In recent years, there has been intensive research on fly ash because ...

Phytoremediation is the use of green plants and their associated microbiota, soil amendments, and agronomic techniques to remove, contain, or rende...

Phthalates are esters of phthalic acid and are a group of chemicals of high environmental relevance due to their production rates and ecotoxicologi...

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

Offshore wind has been envisaged as making a critical contribution in Europe in satisfying the electricity demand in a low-carbon generation scenar...

This series covers leading-edge research focusing on the environment, including current research data on the hidden risks and unfulfilled expectati...

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...

Urban and industrial noise pollution is present in virtually every country in the world. Noise pollution studies are therefore needed to find solu...

This book provides an introduction to general ecology, life safety and environment protection. It reviews the current problems resulting from anthr...

The environment is considered the surroundings in which an organism operates, including air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans a...

Soil erosion is perceived as a major and widespread form of soil degradation and it has large environmental and economic impacts at different scale...

A revolution is unfolding in vermiculture studies (rearing of useful earthworms species) for multiple uses in environmental protection and sustaina...

The living environment is one of the most important factors for human evolution and socio-economic development. But during the last decades, the co...

Many cities of the developing countries have, for a long time, been burdened with the sprawling squatter settlements constituted of insanitary spac...

Sustainability assessment is the core instrument for implementing sustainable development targets. The energy sector is playing a crucial role in a...

This book is a compilation of peer reviewed chapters which address the dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystem services (ESSs) used at Lake Ngami in...

Increasingly people in every continent of the world are becoming aware of the grave consequences of the current environmental problems, from climat...

Leo E Miller's experience as a field-naturalist consists of nearly six years of almost continuous exploration in South America, and embraces practi...

The primary purpose of this book is to provide general information, health impact, toxicological information and regulatory status of endosulfan. A...