This textbook explores the production of biofuels as alternatives to fossil fuels, focusing on the technological issues that need to be addressed for any new fuel source. Each type of biofuel...
Contents: PART ONE : ATMOSRHERE: Our planet earth; Ecosystems and biodiversity; Atmosphere; Greenhouse effect and global warming; PART TWO: WATER: The hydrologic cycle; Oceans and fisheries; ...
This book includes: principles for understanding our environment; people in the environment; understanding and managing living systems; physical resources and environment systems; issuse and policy.
The book includes contents: Risk assessment; Human health risk; Effluent toxicity; Bioaccumulation of chemicals; Biodegradation and bioremediation; Biological effects monitoring; Laboratory tests and...
This edition was designed to serve as a reference book for students entering the fields of ecotoxicology and other environmental sciences. Many portions of this handbook will serve as a reference...
Sustainable development is now accepted as a necessary goal for achieving societal, economic and environmental objectives. Within this chemistry has a vital role to play. The chemical industry is...
This book includes: Natural Hazards and Disasters; Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards; Earthquake and Their Causes; Earthquake Prediction and Mitigation; Tsunami; Volcanoes: Tectonic Environments...
The first seven chapters develop many, but not all, of the concepts needed to deal with enviromental problems. These chapers form the core of the book and, along with selected topics from chapers...