Environment category: 6530 books
Ecological Restoration and Environmental Change
Renewing Damaged Ecosystems
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
What is a natural habitat? Who can define what is natural when species and ecosystems constantly change over time, with or without human intervention? When a polluted river or degraded landscape is restored from its damaged state, what is the appropriate outcome? With climate change now threatening...
Making Sense of Weather and Climate
The Science Behind the Forecasts
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
How do meteorologists design forecasts for the next day's, the next week's, or the next month's weather? Are some forecasts more likely to be accurate than others, and why? Making Sense of Weather and Climate takes readers through key topics in atmospheric physics and presents a cogent view of how...
by Rodelio B. Carating, Raymundo G. Galanta, Clarita D. Bacatio
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
The first soil survey in the Philippines was done by Mr. Clarence Dorsey, an American soil scientist in the province of Batangas in 1903. The Soils of the Philippines, however*,* is the first comprehensive summary of more than a century of soil-survey work in this country. It integrates the soil concepts...
Beaches in Space and Time
A Global Look at the Beach Environment and How We Use It
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Beaches in Space and Time features a section on the most beautiful and interesting beaches in the world, and is the ideal book for anyone who wants to learn more about them. Written by a world-renowned expert on beaches, the book covers a wide range of topics, including the geology, hydrodynamics,...
Livestock in a Changing Landscape, Volume 1
Drivers, Consequences, and Responses
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
The rapidly changing nature of animal production systems, especially increasing intensification and globalization, is playing out in complex ways around the world. Over the last century, livestock keeping evolved from a means of harnessing marginal resources to produce items for local consumption to...
The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Korea
Protection, Conservation and Restoration of a Unique Ecosystem
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Untouched since 1953, the Korean DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) has transformed itself into one of the few ecologically pristine zones and a vital habitat for endangered species. Often cited as a potential "peace park", it could one day be a common ground for reconciliation and harmony.
A...
The Real Cost of Fracking
How America's Shale Gas Boom Is Threatening Our Families, Pets, and Food
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
A pharmacologist and a veterinarian pull back the curtain on the human and animal health effects of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”
** **
Across the country, fracking—the extraction of natural gas by hydraulic fracturing—is being touted as the nation’s answer to energy independence...
The Everything Green Classroom Book
From recycling to conservation, all you need to create an eco-friendly learning environment
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2009
This book is the essential guide for teaching children about nature and environmental protection. This guide shows teachers how to incorporate “green” concepts into everyday lessons, activities, and field trips. Also included are ways to send the lesson home, with clear steps for teaching children...
Handbook on Construction Techniques
A Practical Field Review of Environmental Impacts in Power Transmission/Distribution, Run-of-River Hydropower and Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation Projects
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The report highlights a broad spectrum of environmental impacts triggered due to construction, operation, and maintenance and their mitigation for four sectors: (i) power transmission, (ii) distribution, (iii) run-of-river hydropower, and (iv) solar photovoltaic generation projects for dissemination...
Ecology and Managemof a Forested Landscape
Fifty Years on the Savannah River Site
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2005
Can land degraded by centuries of agriculture be restored to something approaching its original productivity and diversity? This book tells the story of fifty years of restoration and managemof the forested landscape of the Savannah River Site, a 310-square-mile tract of land in the coastal plain...
by Catherine Rich
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
While certain ecological problems associated with artificial night lighting are widely known-for instance, the disorientation of sea turtle hatchlings by beachfront lighting-the vast range of influences on all types of animals and plants is only beginning to be recognized. From nest choice and breeding...
Biodiversity in Environmental Assessment
Enhancing Ecosystem Services for Human Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Human induced development activities are introduced with insufficient attention to their consequences for our living environment, even in cases where environmental assessments have been carried out. This apparent lack of attention to biodiversity in environmental assessment is rooted in the difficulties...
Marsh Mud and Mummichogs
An Intimate Natural History of Coastal Georgia
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
“This book,” writes marine biologist Evelyn B. Sherr, “is meant to give others an understanding of the fascinating life of the region, from the smallest creatures in marsh mud and estuarine water, to the mummichogs and multitudes of other animals that find food and shelter in the vast expanses...
Tsunamis and Earthquakes in Coastal Environments
Significance and Restoration
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
This monograph is a compilation of a number of research studies presented in fourteen chapters dealing with the impact and restoration of coastal environments that have been affected by earthquakes and tsunamis. The focus is mainly on rivers, estuaries, coastal lagoons, beaches, and related ecosystems....