Earth Sciences category: 10037 books
Environmental Changes
The Futures of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2016
This book addresses environmental changes and how they reconfigure society’s relationship to the future. It argues that Man does not build “his future alone: instead, environmental changes are also proof of the future-making capacity of non-human beings.
The author elaborates on the notion...
by Jan Schwarzbauer, Branimir Jovančićević
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2017
This third volume focusses on anthropogenic organic pollutants harming the environment. Their structural diversity and fate in the environment, their effects and relevance are presented. For such a flexible usage this textbook series 'Fundamentals in Organic Geochemistry' consists of different volumes...
Chinese Water Systems
Volume 3: Poyang Lake Basin
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
This volume of the Chinese Water Systems subseries offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China. Following a detailed introduction of the lake basin, the respective chapters present the findings of studies examining surface...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
This book outlines the current status of water resources management in Central Asia countries, and provides a review of the history, policies and transboundary cooperation regarding water resources in the region. Particular attention is given to the water-energy-food-environmental nexus, and to the...
Penser les frontières européennes au XXIe siècle
Réflexion croisée des sciences sociales
Language: French
Release Date: June 9, 2015
La frontière n’est jamais innocente et elle n’est jamais (ou quasiment jamais) « naturelle ». C’est un artifice qui a d’abord servi à affermir une souveraineté, et donc un État, le plus souvent contre les autres : en ce sens, l’Europe est le plus couturé de tous les continents, suite...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2018
This book presents the outcomes of the workshop sponsored by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China and the UK Newton Fund, British Council Researcher Links. The Workshop was held in Harbin, China, from 14 to 17 July 2017, and brought together some thirty young (postdoctoral) researchers...
Quaternary Period in Saudi Arabia
1: Sedimentological, Hydrogeological, Hydrochemical, Geomorphological, and Climatological Investigations in Central and Eastern Saudi Arabia
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The publication of this first volume on the Quaternary Period in Saudi Arabia marks a significant milestone in the study of this Kingdom's basic geology. It also represents a major achievement in international cooperation in scholarship. The study of the Quaternary Period of Saudi Arabia was first...
The Pacific Arctic Region
Ecosystem Status and Trends in a Rapidly Changing Environment
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
The Pacific Arctic region is experiencing rapid sea ice retreat, seawater warming, ocean acidification and biological response. Physical and biogeochemical modeling indicates the potential for step-function changes to the overall marine ecosystem. This synthesis book was coordinated within the Pacific...
by Hua Zhang
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
From a new perspective, namely focusing on the interaction of selenium and mercury, this thesis provides new insights into traditional research on biogeochemical cycles of mercury in soil-plant interaction and associated human exposure and risks. The subject of this thesis is both valuable and timely,...
Oceanic Fronts in Coastal Processes
Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Marine Sciences Research Center, May 25–27, 1977
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
On May 25, 1977 a small invited group of coastal oceanographers assembled at the Marine Sciences Research Center at Stony Brook for three days of intensive discussions in a cloistered setting. The purpose of this workshop was to "assess the state of the art, to ascertain priorities for future...
Elements of Physical Oceanography
A derivative of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2009
Elements of Physical Oceanography is a derivative of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 2nd Edition and serves as an important reference on current physical oceanography knowledge and expertise in one convenient and accessible source. Its selection of articles—all written by experts in their field—focuses...
Behaviors of Trace Metals in Environment
The Pollution in Regional and Metropolis Areas
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019
This book focuses on the behavior and impact of trace metals in the environment by studying typical cases from China such as the Hetao Area of the Yellow River, Shanghai, and Nanjing. Based on samples and experiments on the behavior of pollutants, it systematically discusses the regulation of trace...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
A symposium of the Royal Society of Canada was held in June 1962 to outline what is being done in Canadian oceanography to map salinity, temperature, and plankton in the waters around Canada and in the North Atlantic across to Europe. This volume, based on the symposium, emphasizes the interdisciplinary...
by Thomas Henry Huxley
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Huxley was one of the first adherents to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and advanced its acceptance by scientists and the public. Man's Place in Nature was explicitly directed against Richard Owen, who had claimed that there were distinct differences between human brains and those...