Technology, Engineering, Agriculture

The United States has a long and unfortunate history of exposing employees, the public, and the environment to dangerous work. But in April 2009, t...

The coconut tree has an immense impact not only as a food source, but for various non-food applications as well. These include shelter, medicinal u...

This latest volume includes contributions on the latest advances in energy research. Chapter One discusses stability assessment using direct method...

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) provides payments to agricultural producers to take highly erodible and environmentally sensitive land out o...

Plant physiological research has a fundamental role in advancing our understanding of plants and their interactions with surrounding environments. ...

Industrialisation and urbanisation have led to the rapid deterioration in the water quality of rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Heavy metal pollution ...

This compilation examines agricultural research from across the globe and covers a broad spectrum of related topics. In this book, the authors disc...

The goal of this book is to introduce energy conversion phenomena and materials at multiple levels. With limiting amount of fossil fuels and increa...

Natural gas production from hydrocarbon-rich shale formation, known as shale gas , is one of the most rapidly expanding trends in onshore domestic...

In the two and one-half years since Barack Obama was sworn in as President, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed and promulgated ...

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

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

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration''s (NHTSA) mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce the economic costs due to traf...

Describing comprehensively the development and applications of NMR to oil and gas exploration, this book will bring the literature up to date as it...

Cellulosic biofuels are produced from cellulose (fibrous material) derived from renewable biomass. They are thought by many to hold the key to incr...

Coal fired power plants account for almost 45% of electric power generated in the United States. The coal combustion process at those facilities ge...

About 717,000 farms in the U.S. went out of business, or exited, between 1992 and 1997, but the total number of farms declined by just 13,400 becau...

The use of biomass as an energy feedstock is emerging as a potentially viable alternative to address U.S. energy security concerns, foreign oil dep...

Wetlands have generally been viewed in the past as areas of little value, and have even been considered as a threat to human health. This idea, whi...