Polluting Textiles : The Problem with Microfibres

his book examines the critical issue of environmental pollutants produced by the textiles industry. Comprised of contributions from environmental scientists and materials and textiles scientists, this edited volume addresses the environmental impact of microplastics, with a particular focus on microfibres released by textiles into marine and freshwater environments. The chapters in Part I of…

Green Automation for Sustainable Environment

This book explores the concepts and role of green computing and its recent developments for making the environment sustainable. It focuses on green automation in disciplines such as computers, nanoscience, information technology, and biochemistry. This book is characterized through descriptions of sustainability, green computing, their relevance to the environment, society, and its applications…

New Approaches of Geotechnical Engineering: Soil Characterization, Sustainabl…

The studies presented in this volume cover new approaches of geotechnical engineering introduced by researchers, engineers and scientists to address contemporary issues in geotechnical engineering such as the usage of sustainable materials in soil, soil characterization with new methods, and numerical simulations to predict material properties, etc. Studies were selected from the 6th GeoChina I…

Electrochemically Assisted Remediation of Contaminated Soils

This book provides an overview of the current development status of remediation technologies involving electrochemical processes, which are used to clean up soils that are contaminated with different types of contaminants (organics, inorganics, metalloids and radioactive). Written by internationally recognized experts, it comprises 21 chapters describing the characteristics and theoretical foun…

SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SECOND EDITION

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2

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0-534-52530-X

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vii, 440 p. ; 25 cm

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501 Kou s

Soils Under Stress

Dokuchaev carried out most of his research in Ukraine. His student and friend, Volodymyr Vernadsky, went on to create trans-disciplinary environmental sciences and the concept of Earth as a living organism, famously taken up by James Lovelock. That spring of ideas still flows and the researches captured in this volume are relevant to present-day problems, and not only in Ukraine. Soils hav…

Team-Based Learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Group Work That Wo…

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978-1-57922-609-1

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330 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

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300.71 Swe t

Biotechnologies Applied to Animal Reproduction : Current Trends and Practical…

This comprehensive volume focuses on recent trends and new technologies used in the management of reproduction in major farm animals, focusing on both males and females of bovine, equine, and porcine species. With chapters written by scientists who specialize in their respective topics, the volume presents a selection of different technologies that have been developed to assure reproductive suc…

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: Reading in the Philosophy of Science

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vii, 352 hlm.; 23 cm

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501 Sci s

SCIENCE and CREATION; Geological, Theological & Educational Perspectives

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Advances in Green Synthesis

This edited book focusses on green chemistry as the research community endeavours to create eco-friendly materials and technologies. It provides an in-depth overview of the fundamentals, key concepts and experimental techniques for eco-friendly synthesis of organic compounds and metal/metal oxide nanoparticles/nanomaterials. It also emphasizes the mechanisms, designing and industrial technologi…

TEACH NOW! Science: The Joy of Teaching Science

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978-0-415-72689-4

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228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

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372.35 She t

Aeglidae : Life History and Conservation Status of Unique Freshwater Anomuran…

Aeglidae focuses on these unique crustaceans who are endemic to South America. The book is the first to summarize the diverse aspects of the Aeglidae, whose taxonomic features and phylogenetic relationships, evolutionary history and biogeographical background, biological characteristics, and current conservation awareness make them stand out among all other decapods. Addresses the morpholog…

SCIENCE Formative Assesment, Volume 2

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978-1-4522-7025-8

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256 p.; 22 cm

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502 Kee s

Estuarine Biogeochemical Dynamics of the East Coast of India

This book provides a comprehensive overview of recent research on estuaries of the east coast of India, and how changing biogeochemical dynamics as a result of climate change and human activity have impacted estuaries and other open water ecosystems. Though estuaries only cover a very small portion of the earth’s hydrosphere, they are some of the most biogeochemically active regions among the…

Structural Health Monitoring Based on Data Science Techniques

The modern structural health monitoring (SHM) paradigm of transforming in situ, real-time data acquisition into actionable decisions regarding structural performance, health state, maintenance, or life cycle assessment has been accelerated by the rapid growth of “big data” availability and advanced data science. Such data availability coupled with a wide variety of machine learning and data…

Understanding and Changing the World: From Information to Knowledge and Intel…

This book discusses the importance of knowledge as an intangible asset, separate from physical entities, that can enable us to understand and/or change the world. It provides a thorough treatment of knowledge, one that is free of ideological and philosophical preconceptions, and which relies exclusively on concepts and principles from the theory of computing and logic. It starts with an introdu…

TEACHING SCIENCE: DEVELOPING AS A REFLECTIVE SECONDARY TEACHER

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978-1-84787-361-3

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xii, 252 p.; 23 cm.

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371.102 Tea t

The Culture of Cultivation : Recovering the Roots of Landscape Architecture

By seeking to rediscover the profession's agricultural roots, this volume proposes a 21st-century shift in thinking about landscape architecture that is no longer driven by binary oppositions, such as urban and rural; past and present; aesthetics and ecology; beautiful and productive, but rather prioritizes a holistic and cross-disciplinary framing. The illustrated collection of essays writt…

The Soils of Libya

This book presents the soil pedodiversity in Libya. Soils are the source of all life; there can be no life without them. Further, each soil has its own history and its present conditions, which have been shaped by many different factors (e.g. climate, biota, parent material, and relief or topography). The book, divided into eight chapters, provides extensive information on Libyan soils. Chapter…

Student Thinking and Learning in Science

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978-0-415-89731-0

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238 p.; 22 cm

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507.1 Tab s

SCIENCE TEACHING: The Contribution of History and Philosophy of Science, Seco…

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ISBN/ISSN

978-0-415-51933-5

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xxiv, 478 p.; ill.; 23 cm

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-

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370 Mat s

Integrated Science, Sixth Edition

Edition

6th

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-07-131809-9

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xvii, 765 p.; ill. ; 28 cm.

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500 Til i

Waterflooding Sandstone Reservoirs: Methods, Design and Analysis

This book focuses on oilfield performance analysis and development adjustment by integrating geology, applied mathematics, and other relevant theories. Based on the abundant and detailed field test and production data from Daqing and Tarim, two major oilfields in China, the regularities, characteristics, design, and adjustment of waterflooding development of sandstone reservoirs throughout the …

Routledge Handbook of Marine Governance and Global Environmental Change

This comprehensive handbook provides a detailed and unique overview of current thinking about marine governance in the context of global environmental change. Many of the most profound impacts of global environmental change, and climate change in particular, will occur in the oceans​. It is vital that we consider the​ role of marine​ governance in adapting to and mitigating these impac…

Pollution and Fish Health in Tropical Ecosystems

The tropical zone contains the highest diversity of fish species on the planet. Many of these species are being continuously exposed to pollutants that pose serious hazards to fish health thereby posing serious risks for entire fish populations. This book presents information about the different responses of fish to pollutants from the molecular le

Oceanography and Marine Biology; An annual review. Volume 51

Ever-increasing interest in oceanography and marine biology and their relevance to global environmental issues creates a demand for authoritative reviews summarising the results of recent research. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review has catered to this demand since its founding by the late Harold Barnes fifty years ago.

Soil and Recycling Management in the Anthropocene Era

This book discusses soil and recycling management in the Anthropocene era. Nitrogen shortage is one of nature’s most important productivity regulators, but since the advent of technical nitrogen fixation (TNF), biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) input has nearly doubled, particularly in grass and arable lands covering over 13 million km2 of the Earth’s surface. This book explores how monocu…

Occurrence , Toxicity & Analysis of Toxic Compounds in Oceanic Biota

The presence of concentrations of organic substances and cations in sea water is a matter of increasing concern to the water industry, environmentalists and the general public alike. There is a threat of possible health hazards to both human, fish and crustacea. Occurrence, Toxicity and Analysis of Marine Biota discusses bioaccumulation in biota as well as occurrence and analysis of toxicants i…

Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS in Tunisia

This book focuses on monitoring and assessing various environmental processes in Tunisia using state-of-the-art remote sensing and GIS technologies. In addition to addressing the diversity of Tunisian landscapes and providing spatial analysis of natural, cultivated and urbanized environments. It presents and discusses several case studies on integrated RS / GIS approaches for mapping, modeling,…