Science : Earth Sciences

Chien et al. compile chapters from five panels at a workshop held in 2002 in Baltimore, Maryland funded by the US Department of Energy, which, with the US Environmental Protection Agency and DuPont, has sponsored studies of containment technology since 1995. Panel leaders submitted the five chapters on the science and technology of waste containmen more...

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Offers an engaging introduction to environmental study, covering the entire breadth of the environmental sciences and providing concise, non-technical explanations of physical processes and systems and the effects of human activities. more...

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MacEachern argues that the best way to fight the industries that pollute the planet is to mobilize the most powerful consumer force in the world--women. If women intentionally shift their spending money to commodities that have the greatest environmental benefit, they can create a cleaner, greener world. more...

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Biodiversity loss and possible remedies are subject to much debate. Biodiversity, Sustainability and Human Communities advocates preservation through a mix of strict protection, inclusive involvement of people, and the combination of livelihoods and social well-being in biodiversity management. Case studies are examined with insights from political scientists, economists and ecologists. more...

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Submerged soils and the wetlands they support are of huge practical importance: in global element cycles, as centres of biodiversity, in global food production. They are also uniquely interesting scientifically because of their peculiar biogeochemistry and the adaptations of plants and microbes to it.This book describes the physical, chemical and biological processes operating in submerged soils and governing their properties. It describes the transport processes controlling the fluxes of gases and solutes through the soil; the interchange of solutes between solid, liquid and gas phases; reduction and oxidation processes; biological processes in the soil and overlying water; and processes in the roots and rhizospheres of wetland plants. The dynamics of nutrients, toxins, pollutants and trace gases are then discussed in terms of these processes and in relation to wetland productivity and global element cycles.Written by a renowned expert in the field, this work will be invaluable to earth, environmental and agricultural scientists concerned with natural or man-made wetlands, and to advanced undergraduate and graduate studen ts of these topics. more...

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