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  • Just Enough Nitrogen

    Perspectives on how to get there for regions with too much and too little nitrogen

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume provides a unique collection of contributions addressing both the ‘too much’ and ‘too little’ sides of the nitrogen story. Building on analyses started at the 6th International Nitrogen Conference, Kampala, the book explores the idea of ‘just enough nitrogen’: sufficient for sustainable food production, but not so much as to lead to unsustainable pollution and climate problems. The ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and Biodiversity

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume brings together extended reviews and papers of new scientific research on atmospheric nitrogen deposition impacts globally. While there is a wealth of evidence on the magnitude, components and effects of nitrogen disposition on floral biodiversity in Europe and North America, there is an obvious lack of information on impacts on above- and below-ground fauna, and all impacts in other ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Costs of Ammonia Abatement and the Climate Co-Benefits

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book examines the costs involved in reducing ammonia emissions from agricultural practices as well as the potential benefits for climate change mitigation. It features contributions by experts in agricultural production processes, producers of agricultural equipment and service providers as well as scientists who assess the issue from an European perspective.Coverage examines all agricultural ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The European Nitrogen Assessment

    Sources, Effects and Policy Perspectives

    Presenting the first continental-scale assessment of reactive nitrogen in the environment, this book sets the related environmental problems in context by providing a multidisciplinary introduction to the nitrogen cycle processes. Issues of upscaling from farm plot and city to national and continental scales are addressed in detail with emphasis on opportunities for better management at local to ... Read more

    $142.69 USD

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  • Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum

    How Humans Took Control of Climate

    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

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  • The Water Wizard – The Extraordinary Properties of Natural Water

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    More energy is encapsulated in every drop of good spring water than an average-sized power station is presently able to produce. Viktor Schauberger (1885–1958) Water – all life depends on it. Yet how often do we stop to consider its true significance, its essential nature? The Water Wizard, the first volume of the Eco-Technology series which presents the original, passionate and convincing ... Read more

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  • The Cryosphere

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  • Parks and Carrying Capacity

    Commons Without Tragedy

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