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  • Global Aquatic and Atmospheric Environment

    by Donat-P. Häder, Har D. Kumar ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    During the last few decades anthropogenic activities in the industrially advanced countries have outcompeted nature in changing the global environment. This is best illustrated for example by the polluted lakes in Scandinavia and Canada, associated with acid deposition from fossil fuel combustion. One of the major challenges mankind is confronted with in the field of energy consumption is ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • The Weather Book: Why It Happens And Where It Comes From

    Why It Happens and Where It Comes From

    by Diana Craig ...
    The Weather Book is a delightful miscellany of everything remotely meteorological. It is jam-packed with enlightening facts, practical diagrams, and clear explanations about weather phenomena and why they form. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum

    How Humans Took Control of Climate

    by William F. Ruddiman ...
    Series series Princeton Science Library
    The impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind's active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as commonly believed? Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum has sparked lively scientific debate since it was first published--arguing that humans have actually been changing the climate for some 8,000 years--as a ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • On Gaia

    A Critical Investigation of the Relationship between Life and Earth

    by Toby Tyrrell ...
    A critical examination of James Lovelock's controversial Gaia hypothesisOne of the enduring questions about our planet is how it has remained continuously habitable over vast stretches of geological time despite the fact that its atmosphere and climate are potentially unstable. James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis posits that life itself has intervened in the regulation of the planetary environment in ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Living in a Dangerous Climate

    Climate Change and Human Evolution

    by Renée Hetherington ...
    Living in a Dangerous Climate provides a journey through human and Earth history, showing how a changing climate has affected human evolution and society. Is it possible for humanity to evolve quickly, or is slow, gradual, genetic evolution the only way we change? Why did all other Homo species go extinct while Homo sapiens became dominant? How did agriculture, domestication and the use of fossil ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

  • The Atmosphere

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Paul I. Palmer ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The atmosphere is the thin, diffuse fluid that envelops the Earth's surface. Despite its apparent fragility, the existence of this fluid is vital for human and other life on Earth. In this Very Short Introduction Paul Palmer describes the physical and chemical characteristics of different layers in the atmosphere, and shows how the interactions where the atmosphere is in contact with land, ocean, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Scientific Ballooning

    Technology and Applications of Exploration Balloons Floating in the Stratosphere and the Atmospheres of Other Planets

    by Nobuyuki Yajima, Naoki Izutsu, Takeshi Imamura, Toyoo Abe ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The aim of this book is to introduce scientific ballooning to the many people who are interested in the use of balloons for scientific applications. The book offers a basic understanding of the engineering details and the scientific research giving rise to balloon activities going on today. Above all, the book will serve as a guidebook for young scientists and researchers seeking to become ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Coupled DEM-CFD Analyses of Landslide-Induced Debris Flows

    by Tao Zhao ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book reflects the latest research results in computer modelling of landslide-induced debris flows. The book establishes an understanding of the initiation and propagation mechanisms of landslides by means of numerical simulations, so that mitigation strategies to reduce the long-term losses from landslide hazards can be devised.In this context, the book employs the Discrete Element Method ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Seismic Assessment, Behavior and Retrofit of Heritage Buildings and Monuments

    Edited by Ioannis N. Psycharis, Stavroula J. Pantazopoulou, Manolis Papadrakakis ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book assembles, identifies and highlights the most recent developments in Rehabilitation and retrofitting of historical and heritage structures. This is an issue of paramount importance in countries with great built cultural heritage that also suffer from high seismicity, such as the countries of the eastern Mediterranean basin. Heritage structures range from traditional residential ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • SCIAMACHY - Exploring the Changing Earth’s Atmosphere

    Edited by Manfred Gottwald, Heinrich Bovensmann ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    SCIAMACHY, the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY, is a passive sensor for exploring the Earth’s atmosphere. It is part of the payload of the European Earth Observation mission ENVISAT, launched on 1 March 2002. SCIAMACHY observes absorption spectra of molecules from the UV (214 nm) to the short-wave infrared wavelength range (2386 nm) and derives the atmospheric ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Seismic Ground Response Analysis

    by Nozomu Yoshida ...
    Series Book 36 - Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
    This book presents state-of-the-art information on seismic ground response analysis, and is not only very valuable and useful for practitioners but also for researchers. The topics covered are related to the stages of analysis: 1. Input parameter selection, by reviewing the in-situ and laboratory tests used to determine dynamic soil properties as well as the methods to compile and model the ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • Cost-Benefit Analyses of Climate Change

    The Broader Perspectives

    by Ferenc Toth ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) was founded in 1992 as a "Blue List" research institute, with the Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology and the Ministry for Science, Research and Culture of the federal state of Brandenburg each provid ing half ofthe funding. PIK currently has a staff of 100 (1997), including about 75 scientists and guest ... Read more

    $49.49 USD