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  • Ocean Remote Sensing with Synthetic Aperture Radar
    The ocean covers approximately 71% of the Earth’s surface, 90% of the biosphere and contains 97% of Earth’s water. The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) can image the ocean surface in all weather conditions and day or night. SAR remote sensing on ocean and coastal monitoring has become a research hotspot in geoscience and remote sensing. This book—Progress in SAR Oceanography—prov...
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    83,90 €

  • Science and the Big Issues of Our Time
    Martin Gellender
    Within the last few generations, our world has been shaped by technological change enabled by scientific advances. This is particularly evident to the 'baby boomer' generation, who have lived through and witnessed huge changes in society over the course of their lifetimes. Although many have little education in science, or have forgotten what they learned in high school, they u...
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    26,58 €

  • TELLING OUR WAY TO THE SEA
    AARON HIRSH
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    18,67 €

  • Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Investigation
    Alison Whipple / Robin Grossinger / San Francisco Estuary Institute
    This report describes the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Study, which was conducted to provide foundation information to develop sound large-scale restoration efforts in the Delta. The report documents early 1800s pattern and process in the Delta. Historical habitat type extent and distribution are described, the landscape context explored, and driving hydrolog...
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    57,41 €

  • Soils and Societies
    Described in Nature as ’a delight for the soil aficionado’, this multi-authored collection examines the complex interrelations between societies in different parts of the world and the soils they relied on from the perspectives of geomorphology, archaeology, pedology and history. The geographical spread includes Mesoamerica, Africa, Europe, Australia, India and Easter Island. F...
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    50,36 €

  • Nutrient Cycling and Plant Nutrition in Forest Ecosystems
    Nutrient cycling is essential for maintaining nutrient supply to forest plants and for enhancing forest productivity. Nutrient cycling is also strongly linked to greenhouse gas emissions and thus to global climate change. Nutrient cycling and plant nutrition can be severely affected by anthropogenic and natural disturbance regimes. This Special Issue will provide an avenue to p...
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    67,87 €

  • To Catch the Rain
    Lonny Grafman
    This book is for everyone, and is especially written for: Community members: Get inspired and take action. Learn from others building their own systems around the world. We have already received requests and sent pre-releases to Kenya, Tanzania, India, Mexico, Nepal, Dominican Republic, and the US. Makers: Find the DIY details ready to be adapted to your local and global pro...
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    37,01 €

  • Intelligent Engineering Applications and Applied Sciences for Sustainability
    Brojo Kishore Mishra
    Engineering plays a major role in solving real-world problems, from small inconveniences to societal or global concerns around food scarcity, water shortages, environmental damage, problems in housing or infrastructure and more. In today’s rapidly evolving world, the development of the latest generation of engineering and technology is crucial for maintaining productivity, inno...
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    269,21 €

  • Understanding Environmental Pollution
    Marquita K. Hill
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    103,10 €

  • Economic Migration and Climate Change
    Prof. Stephen William Bradeley BSc / Raven Gorewell
     In "Economic Migration and Climate Change: The Coming Invasion," Prof. Stephen William Bradeley BSc (Hons) delves into the intricate connection between climate change and the inevitable surge in human migration. Through rigorous analysis, backed by scientific research, this eye-opening book explores how the growing environmental crisis is compelling millions to leave their hom...
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    11,03 €

  • WW3 Isn’t What You Thought It Would Be
    Nicholas III Salerno
    World War 3 Isn’t What You Thought It Would BeBy Nicholas Salerno III In a world swirling with chaos, where shadowy powers orchestrate events from the darkest corners and control is the ultimate currency, comes a revelation that could shake the very pillars of the reality we’ve come to accept. Nicholas Salerno III takes you on a journey into the underbelly of modern warfare, a ...
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    7,04 €

  • In a Hundred Years
    Hanns Günther / Thomas D. Hedden / Thomas Dexter Hedden
    One hundred years ago, scientists and engineers were actively working on alternative energy, not because they wanted to stop burning fossil fuels but because they believed that the world would soon run out of them. It was known that coal reserves were limited, and the giant oil fields in Saudi Arabia had not yet been discovered. This classic 1931 book reviews the sources of alt...
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    7,84 €

  • Muddy Ground
    John William Nelson
    In early North America, carrying watercraft—usually canoes—and supplies across paths connecting one body of water to another was essential in the establishment of both Indigenous and European mobility in the continent’s interior. The Chicago portage, a network of overland canoe routes that connected the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds, grew into a crossroads of interacti...
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    38,02 €

  • Rendered Obsolete
    Jamie L. Jones
    Through the mid-nineteenth century, the US whaling industry helped drive industrialization and urbanization, providing whale oil to lubricate and illuminate the country. The Pennsylvania petroleum boom of the 1860s brought cheap and plentiful petroleum into the market, decimating whale oil’s popularity. Here, from our modern age of fossil fuels, Jamie L. Jones uses literary and...
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    38,11 €

  • High School Environmental Science
    Sterling Education
    Thousands of students use Sterling to achieve academic success!Comprehensive content book to master high school chemistry topics. This book provides thorough coverage of high school environmental science topics, teaching the foundational ideas and concepts necessary to master the core content. The material is clearly presented and systematically organized for learning importan...
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    53,57 €

  • Solving the Climate Crisis - A Community Guide to Solving the Biggest Problem On the Planet
    Palmer Owyoung
    Some things you will learn in Solving the Climate Crisis: • Dozens of Ideas On Things You Can Do to Fight Climate Change (it goes beyond just your carbon footprint)• How to Save Our Oceans• How to Save Our Forests• How to Repair Our Soil• Does ESG Investing Work?• Who is Most Responsible For Climate Change• How to Pay for Climate Change• Why Carbon Offsets are Scams• Ways to Fi...
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    40,98 €

  • Biogeotherapy
    Benoit Lambert
    Biogeotherapy – nature-based climate solutions, life as a geological healing force, presents a movement of farmers, scientists, politicians, and diplomatic actors. It is based on four natural restorative practices: holistic grazing management, no-till agriculture with cover crops, biochar, and massive reforestation. Agro-forestry, blue carbon, living machines, the restoration o...
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    29,94 €

  • Perspectives on Ecological Degradation and Technological Progress
    Veli Yilanci
    In economics, researchers have stated that there is a limit to growth because natural resources are finite. However, with technological developments and the discovery of new natural resource reserves, the limits on growth and development have begun to disappear. New technologies promoting energy efficiency provide growth opportunity in new directions, and the development of tec...
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    222,80 €

  • Guidelines for Net Zero Carbon Villages of India
    Alok Panday
    Evidence shows that our planet has been getting hotter. The warmest 20 years on record have been in the last 22 years according to the World Meteorological Organization and the warmest four were all very recent: 2015 to 2020. Global average temperatures are now 1.2°C (2.16°F) higher than in the pre-industrial era. A degree doesn’t sound like a lot, but the reality is that this ...
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    8,77 €

  • Металлический каркас
    Кхейра Камелия Нехар
    Эта книга предназначена для студентов третьего курса гражданского строительства и второго курса машиностроения. В этой базовой книге в ясной и простой манере представлены классические фундаментальные концепции стальных конструкций, а также несколько упражнений по их применению. Она разделена на две основные части: лекции и упражнения. Лекционная часть состоит из шести глав. В п...
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    24,09 €

  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology for Mobile Applications
    Raluca Andreea Felseghi
    Today, hydrogen is recognized as a non-polluting energy carrier because it does not contribute to global warming if it is produced from renewable sources. Hydrogen, focusing on the fact that hydrogen can be obtained from a wide range of primary energies, is the only secondary vector that lends itself to a wider application on the market. With the development of fuel cells, hydr...
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    235,76 €

  • Developing Skills and Competencies for Digital and Green Transitions
    In today’s rapidly changing digital world, the need for education to keep pace with technology has never been more important. However, the traditional education system is struggling to adapt to these changes, and many students are not acquiring the digital skills and competencies needed to thrive in the current job market. At the same time, there is a growing need for sustainab...
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    249,01 €

  • Fundamental and Biomedical Aspects of Redox Processes
    Redox processes represent a major advancement in water treatment technology and have other applications across environmental and technological contexts. Redox processes must be studied further to ensure they are utilized appropriately. Fundamental and Biomedical Aspects of Redox Processes accumulates new knowledge regarding the essence of the oxidation-reduction processes, the ...
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    295,19 €

  • Artificial Intelligence Applications in Water Treatment and Water Resource Management
    Victor Shikuku
    The emergence of a plethora of water contaminants as a result of industrialization has introduced complexity to water treatment processes. Such complexity may not be easily resolved using deterministic approaches. Artificial intelligence (AI) has found relevance and applications in almost all sectors and academic disciplines, including water treatment and management. AI provide...
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    222,54 €

  • IOT based Environmental Pollution Monitoring System
    Mahesh Dembrani
    An extremely growth in an industrial and infrastructural frameworks creating environmental affairs like atmospheric changes, malfunctioning and pollution.In order to obtain the remote environmental parameters, the sensor module and the mobile software is designed for a new environment monitoring system based on Internet of Things (IOT) in this paper.The proposed system provides...
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    62,19 €

  • Cemeteries of New Orleans
    Peter B Dedek
    In The Cemeteries of New Orleans, Peter B. Dedek reveals the origins and evolution of the Crescent City’s world-famous necropolises, exploring both their distinctive architecture and their cultural impact. Drawing on a fascinating body of research, Dedek takes readers from muddy fields of crude burial markers to extravagantly designed cities of the dead, illuminating a vital a...
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    31,16 €

  • Использование геосинтетических материалов при проектировании хвостохранилища
    Благой Голомеов / Любиса Костадинов
    Аварии, произошедшие в прошлом на флотационных хвостохранилищах, безусловно, являются тревожным сигналом для применения современных методов и технологий с использованием современных материалов с целью защиты окружающей среды от флотационных хвостохранилищ и непрерывного удаления плавающих хвостов. Тем не менее, на некоторых хвостохранилищах флотации все еще существуют определен...
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    30,56 €

  • Environmental and Technological Aspects of Redox Processes
    Environmental and Technological Aspects of Redox Processes is a comprehensive guide to understanding the natural process of electrochemical oxidation/reduction and adsorption action in water treatment technology. The book examines the complexities of redox signaling at a cellular level and how it influences a wide range of biological processes, such as immune function, tissue r...
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    294,99 €

  • Multidisciplinary Approaches in AI, Creativity, Innovation, and Green Collaboration
    Ziska Fields
    Creativity must be turned into innovation that adds value and leads to strategic action. Innovation is often associated with Silicon Valley, expensive research and development departments, and expensive commercialization that primarily benefits a small portion of the world’s population. A small portion of the world’s population working together to solve wicked green problems is...
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    268,73 €

  • Pragmatic Legal and Policy Implications of Environmental Lawmaking
    Hussein Movahedian / Nima Norouzi
    The publication of environmental degradation statistics worldwide and the announcement of scientific assessments of the process of its destruction have attracted everyone’s attention to the environment. On the world stage, international environmental laws and regulations must be formulated to protect the environment and humanity from further harm. This book provides selective c...
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    215,99 €