Geowissenschaften

Climatology for Airline Pilots

Roy Quantick

Climatology - particularly the study of difficult and demanding weather conditions - is of major importance to pilots now that aeroplanes fly over previously unavailable routes such as the North P...

Dictionary of Environmental Science and Technology

Andrew Porteous

<b><i>Dictionary of</i> ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE <i>and</i> TECHNOLOGY</b> <p><i>Dictionary of</i> ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE <i>and</i> T...

Energy and Climate Change

David Coley

<b>For more information on this title, including student exercises, please visit</b>, http://www.people.ex.ac.uk/DAColey/ <p><i>Energy and Climate Change: Creating a Sustai...

Geographic Visualization

Geographic Visualization: Concepts, Tools and Applications is a ‘state-of-the-art’ review of the latest developments in the subject. It examines how new concepts, methods and tools can be cre...

Applied Ecology and Environmental Management

Edward I. Newman

<p><b>This book explains ways that ecological science can be applied to solving some of the most crucial problems facing our world today.</b></p> <p>A major theme is ...

Fundamentals of Hydrology

Tim Davie

Fundamentals of Hydrology is an accessible introduction to the study of hydrology at university level. It presents the hydrological processes, techniques used to assess water resources and an up-t...

Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon Cycle

John Hedges

Wastewater Treatment, Plant Dynamics and Management in Constructed and Natural Wetlands

At present, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment are a widely used technology for treatment of various types of wastewaters. The International Water Association (then International Associ...

Regionalization of Watersheds

A.R. Rao / V. V. Srinivas

Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration

<i>Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration</i> presents a comprehensive account of UK policies, processes and practices in brownfield regeneration and takes an integrated and theoretically...

Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains

William B. Bull

With a balance of theory and practical applications, <i>Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains</i> is essential reading for research geologists and upper-level undergraduate and graduate ...

Principles of Stratigraphy

Michael E. Brookfield

<i>Principles of Stratigraphy</i> reafferms the vital importance of stratigraphy to the earth sciences, and introduces the undergraduate to its key elements in a lively and interesting...

Glacier Science and Environmental Change

<i>Glacier Science and Environmental Change</i> is an authoritative and comprehensive reference work on contemporary issues in glaciology. It explores the interface between glacier sci...

Geomorphology and River Management

Kirstie A. Fryirs / Gary J. Brierley

This book outlines a generic set of procedures, termed the River Styles Framework, which provides a set of tools for interpreting river character, behavior, condition, and recovery potential. Appl...

Interactions Between Fish and Birds

Ian G. Cowx

The interactions between wild bird populations (many protected by law) and fish, particularly those under commercial culture or part of a fishery is subject of much controversy. Ecological, enviro...

Pesticides

Despite a history of several decades of pesticide regulation, continuous innovation, and considerable practical experience with using pesticides in agriculture, the environmental impact of pestici...

Handbook of Atmospheric Science

The alarming consequences of global climate change have highlighted the need to take urgent steps to combat the causes of air pollution. Hence, understanding the Earth's atmosphere is a vital ...

Inventing the Earth

Barbara Kennedy

This book chronicles how successive generations of natural philosophers, geologists and geomorphologists have come to invent the view of the Earth over the past 250 years. <br /> <ul> ...

The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China

David J. Siveter / Jan Bergstrom / Xiang-Hong Feng / Richard J. Aldridge / Derek J. Siveter / Hou Xianguag

The Chengjiang biota is one of the most remarkable fossil discoveries ever made. <i>The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang</i> is the first book in English to provide fossil enthusiasts wi...

The Lakes Handbook, Volume 2

Continuing concern about water supply and quality, ecosystem sustainability and restoration demands that the modern approach to the management of lakes and reservoirs should be based on a sound un...