Geowissenschaften

Growing Greener Cities

Consulting the Genius of the Place

Locavore leaders such as Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, and Barbara Kingsolver all speak of the need for sweeping changes in how we get our food. A longtime leader of this movement is Wes Jackson, ...

Nature as Measure

Wes Jackson can teach us many things about the land, soil, and conservation, but what most resonates is this: The ecosphere is self-regulating, and as often as we attempt to understand it, we are ...

Evidence-Based Climate Science

Global warming and human-induced climate change are perhaps the most important scientific issues of our time. These issues continue to be debated in the scientific community and in the media witho...

Der lange Zyklus

Kroonenberg, Salomon

Die publizistische Flutwelle in Sachen Klimawandel schürt die Angst, die Erde leide an Krebs im letzten Stadium. Eine andere und neue Sicht der Dinge – jenseits aller Hysterie – bietet Salomo...

Historia de los cambios climáticos

José Luis Comellas García-Lera

Eden

Tim Smit

'With passion and commitment thousands of "small" people built Eden as a symbol of hope in action...We may all have feet of clay, but that shouldn't stop us trying to make a differ...

Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in Africa

<p>Africa can achieve self sufficiency in food production through adoption of innovations in the agriculture sector. Numerous soil fertility and crop production technologies have been genera...

Biomanagement of Metal-Contaminated Soils

<p><p>Heavy-metal contamination is one of the world's major environmental problems, posing significant risks to agro-ecosystems. Conventional technologies employed for heavy-metal ...

The Pollution Biology of Aquatic Oligochaetes

Pilar Rodriguez / Trefor B. Reynoldson

In aquatic ecosystems, the oligochaetes are often a major component of the community. Their relevance in sediment quality assessment is largely related to their benthic and detritivorous life habi...

Challenging Legitimacy at the Precipice of Energy Calamity

Debra J. Davidson / Mike Gismondi

Human history has often been described as a progressive relinquishment from environmental constraints. Now, it seems, we have come full circle. The ecological irrationalities associated with indus...

Das Eiszeitalter

Jürgen Ehlers

Das Eiszeitalter ist eine Zeit extremer Klimaschwankungen, die bis heute nicht beendet sind. Zeitweilig bedeckten gewaltige Inlandeismassen große Teile der Nordkontinente. Zu anderen Zeiten war d...

Atlantic Coast

Harry Thurston

<div>The North Atlantic coast of North America-commonly known as the Atlantic Coast-extends from Newfoundland and Labrador through the Maritime Provinces and the Northeastern United States s...

Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology

The book presents an up-to-date, detailed overview of the Quaternary glaciations all over the world, not only with regard to stratigraphy but also with regard to major glacial landforms and the ex...

Language of the Earth

Man's complex relationship to planet Earth is explored in this second edition of the landmark anthology edited by Frank Rhodes and Bruce Malamud. This volume provides a portrait of the planet ...

Water Resources in Mexico

<P>Water resources in Mexico are threatened by scarcity, pollution and climate change. In two decades water consumption doubled, producing water stress in dry seasons and semi-arid and arid ...

Tracers in Hydrology

Piotr Maloszewski / Christian Leibundgut / Christoph Külls

<b>Tracers in Hydrology and Water Research</b> is a comprehensive overview of the application of natural and artificial tracers in hydrology and environmental research. Taking a unique...

Geographic Visualization

<p><i>Geographic Visualization: Concepts, Tools and Applications</i> is a 'state-of-the-art' review of the latest developments in the subject. It examines how new concept...

Stakeholders and Scientists

Nation and the World must move forward with development of a range of energy sources and savings, all with attendant environmental problems.  Solving these problems, and those remaining from past...

Environmental Change in Lesotho

Pendo Maro

Environmental Change in Lesotho identifies and analyzes the drivers of land-use change and the consequences of these changes on the livelihoods of rural land-users/managers. To accomplish this, a ...