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  • Plastic Pollution

    Nature Based Solutions and Effective Governance

    Edited by Gail Krantzberg, Savitri Jetoo, Velma I Grover, Sandhya Babel ...
    Series series Water
    Plastics show up in every area of our lives. They are durable, cheap and light, properties that make them attractive but also problematic for the environment. The focus of this book is not just to highlight the problem of plastics, its definition, and how plastic pollution is impacting human health and environment but also to look at some best practices in both nature based solutions and in the ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Microplastic Occurrence, Fate, Impact, and Remediation

    Edited by Chongqing Wang, Sandhya Babel, Eric Lichtfouse ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Microplastics and nanoplastics have been recently found in most environmental media and in living organisms, thus representing a serious health concern of yet poorly known adverse consequences. This book summarizes recent findings on the sources, behavior, transformation, toxicity and remediation of microplastics, with focus on soils, water, wastewater, air, soils, plants and corals. Advanced ... Read more

    $161.09 USD

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  • Harvesting the Biosphere

    What We Have Taken from Nature

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy production.The biosphere—the Earth's thin layer of life—dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Microplastic in the Environment: Pattern and Process

    Edited by Michael S. Bank ...
    Series series Environmental Contamination Remediation and Management
    This open access book examines global plastic pollution, an issue that has become a critical societal challenge with implications for environmental and public health. This volume provides a comprehensive, holistic analysis on the plastic cycle and its subsequent effects on biota, food security, and human exposure. Importantly, global environmental change and its associated, systems-level processes ... Read more

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  • Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils

    Monitoring and Remediation

    Edited by Irena Sherameti, Ajit Varma ...
    Series Book 44 - Soil Biology
    Following a description of the various sources and factors influencing the contents of heavy metal pollution in post-catastrophic and agricultural soils, subsequent chapters examine soil enzymes and eggs as bio-monitors, lead adsorption, the effects of arsenic on microbial diversity, and the effects of Mediterranean grasslands on abandoned mines. A third section focuses on the adaptation ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • A World Without Soil

    The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet

    by Jo Handelsman, Kayla Cohen ...
    A scientist’s manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis accelerated by poor conservation practices and climate changeThis book by celebrated biologist Jo Handelsman lays bare the complex connections among climate change, soil erosion, food and water security, and drug discovery.Humans depend on soil for 95 percent of global food production, yet let it erode at unsustainable rates. In the United ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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  • Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources

    by Donald L. Grebner, Pete Bettinger, Jacek P. Siry ...
    Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources presents a broad overview of the profession of forestry. The book details several key fields within forestry, including forest health, economics, policy, utilization, and forestry careers. Chapters deal specifically with forest products and harvesting, recreation, wildlife habitats, tree anatomy and physiology, and ethics. These topics are ideal for ... Read more

    $71.09 USD

  • Nitrogen Cycle

    Ecology, Biotechnological Applications and Environmental Impacts

    Edited by Jesus Gonzalez-Lopez, Alejandro Gonzalez-Martinez ...
    Anthropogenic activity has clearly altered the N cycle contributing (among other factors) to climate change. This book aims to provide new biotechnological approach representing innovative strategies to solve specific problems related to the imbalance originating in the N cycle. Aspects such as new conceptions in agriculture, wastewater treatment, and greenhouse gas emissions are discussed in this ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The God Species

    Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans

    by Mark Lynas ...
    We humans are the God species, both the creators and destroyers of life on this planet. As we enter a new geological era - the Anthropocene - our collective power now overwhelms and dominates the major forces of nature. But from the water cycle to the circulation of nitrogen and carbon through the entire Earth system, we are coming dangerously close to destroying the planetary life-support systems ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

    Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Occurrence, Environmental Impacts and Treatment Processes

    Edited by R.D. Tyagi, Ashok Pandey, Patrick Drogui, Bhoomika Yadav, Sridhar Pilli ...
    Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Occurrence, Environmental Impacts and Treatment Processes comprehensively illustrates the microplastics and nanoplastics pollution in different waters, wastewaters and terrestrial environment, and the possibilities of their removal/degradation. It provides a through and exhaustive discussion of the ongoing research and future perspectives of micro/nanoplastics, ... Read more

    $206.99 USD

  • Human Impact on the Natural Environment

    Past, Present and Future

    by Andrew S. Goudie ...
    A brand new edition of the definitive textbook on humankind’s impact on the Earth’s environment—now in full colorThis classic text explores the multitude of impacts that humans have had over time upon vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms, and the atmosphere. It considers the ways in which climate changes and modifications in land cover may change the environment in coming decades. ... Read more

    $69.00 USD

  • Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 257

    Edited by Pim de Voogt ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications. ... Read more

    $134.09 USD