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  • Chemical Waste

    Handling and Treatment

    by J. Bromley, Karl R. Müller, J.T. Farquhar, P.T. Gidley, S. James, D. Martinetz, A. Robin, N.B. Schomaker, R.D. Stephens, D.B. Walters ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    During the past few years the worlds has reverberated of names like Seveso, Love Canal, Lekkerkerk, Times Beach, just to name the most publicized ones. All these names are connected with hazardous or toxic waste, waste from business and industry, especially the chemical industry. The list is endless because there are, all over the world, many thousands of "points noirs": not yet discovered or ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • The Explainer

    From Deja Vu to Why the Sky Is Blue, and Other Conundrums

    by CSIRO Publishing ...
    Ever wondered how vaccines work, why whales strand themselves or if luck exists? The Explainer: From Déjà Vu to Why the Sky Is Blue, and Other Conundrums is a collection of around 100 of the best articles published in ‘The Explainer’ and ‘Monday’s Medical Myths’ sections of The Conversation. The book answers questions on everyone's mind about a diverse range of topics, abstract concepts, and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Soil Chemical Methods - Australasia

    by George E Rayment, David J Lyons ...
    Series series Australian Soil and Land Survey Handbooks Series
    Soil Chemical Methods – Australasia describes over 200 laboratory and field chemical tests relevant to Australasia and beyond. The information and methodology provided across 20 chapters is comprehensive, systematic, uniquely coded, up-to-date and designed to promote chemical measurement quality. There is guidance on the choice and application of analytical methods from soil sampling through to ... Read more

    $86.39 USD

  • Biochar

    A Guide to Analytical Methods

    Edited by Balwant Singh, Marta Camps-Arbestain, Johannes Lehmann ...
    Interest in biochar among soil and environment researchers has increased dramatically over the past decade. Biochar initially attracted attention for its potential to improve soil fertility and to uncouple the carbon cycle, by storing carbon from the atmosphere in a form that can remain stable for hundreds to thousands of years. Later it was found that biochar had applications in environmental and ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Managing Arsenic in the Environment

    From Soil to Human Health

    by Ravi Naidu, Euan Smith, Gary Owens, Prosun Bhattacharya ...
    Arsenic is one of the most toxic and carcinogenic elements in the environment. This book brings together the current knowledge on arsenic contamination worldwide, reviewing the field, highlighting common themes and pointing to key areas needing future research. Contributions discuss methods for accurate identification and quantification of individual arsenic species in a range of environmental and ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Computer Integrated Experimentation

    by Edward Magrab ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides a basis by which instruments and transducers can be selected, assembled and integrated with a computer to measure and control physical processes in an accurate and predictable manner. It consists of two parts, the first of which lays the theoretical foundation for the second. First the Fourier analysis of signals are summarized. Then, from a systems point of view, the following ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Advanced Biological Treatment Processes

    Volume 9

    Edited by Lawrence K. Wang, Nazih K. Shammas, Yung-Tse Hung ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The past 30 years have seen the emergence of a growing desire worldwide that positive actions be taken to restore and protect the environment from the degrading effects of all forms of pollution—air, water, soil, and noise. Because pollution is a direct or indirect consequence of waste, the seemingly idealistic demand for “zero discharge” can be construed as an unrealistic demand for zero waste. ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-food Sector

    Case Studies, Methodological Issues and Best Practices

    Edited by Pietro A. Renzulli, Bruno Notarnicola, Luigia Petti, Roberta Salomone, Alessandro K. Cerutti, Rocco Roma ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book presents an overview of the International practices and state-of-the-art of LCA studies in the agri-food sector, both in terms of adopted methodologies and application to particular products; the final purpose is to characterise and put order within the methodological issues connected to some important agri-food products (wine, olive oil, cereals and derived products, meat and fruit) and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Pollution Prevention through Process Integration

    Systematic Design Tools

    by Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi ...
    The environmental impact of industrial waste is one of the most serious challenges facing the chemical process industries. From a focus on end-of-pipe treatment in the 1970s, chemical manufacturers have increasinglyimplemented pollution prevention policies in which pollutants are mitigated at the source or separated and recovered and then reused or sold. This book is the first to present ... Read more

    $114.29 USD

  • Potential for Industrial Energy-Efficiency Improvement in the Long Term

    by J. de Beer ...
    Series Book 5 - Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science
    This book does not give a prediction of what the efficiency will be of the energy use of industrial processes in the future. However, it does give an exploration of limits to the efficiency of current processes and an indication of what might be achieved if new technologies can be developed. At the Department of Science, Technology and Society of Utrecht University research had been done to the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • International Regulation of Underwater Sound

    Establishing Rules and Standards to Address Ocean Noise Pollution

    by Elena McCarthy ...
    Concern over the effects of noise on marine life, particularly marine mammals, has emerged as a topic of considerable interest to both professionals and laypersons alike. The controversy has been fueled by a series of international events that suggest a relationship between man-made sound and marine mammal behavior, resulting in mass strandings and death. International Regulation of Underwater ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Biotechnology for Environmental Protection in the Pulp and Paper Industry

    by P. Bajpai, R. Kondo ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Pulp and paper production has increased globally and will continue to increase in the near future. Approximately 155 million tons of wood pulp is produced worldwide and about 260 million is projected for the year 2010. To be able to cope with increasing demand, an increase in productivity and improved environmental performance is needed as the industry is also under constant pressure to reduce and ... Read more

    $49.49 USD