The mineral-rich mountains of Tibet, hitherto largely untouched by China's growing economy, are now to be the site of massive investment in copper, gold, silver, chromium and lithium mining for the world's factory, with devastating environmental and social outcomes. Spoiling Tib…
Comprising 12 chapters, this book focuses on volatile methylsiloxanes (VMSs), the shorter-chained organosiloxanes, and reviews the main areas and environmental compartments where they have been found and studied. It opens with a detailed description of the structural and functio…
This proceedings book presents the main findings of the 13th International Seminar on Polymer Science and Technology ( ISPST 2018), which was held at Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, on November 10-22, 2018. This forum was the culmination of more than three decades of…
""Sacrifice Zones is the compelling companion work to Diamond, Steve Lerner's landmark study of a small Louisiana town coping with the ravages of pollution from the factories surrounding it. In this book, Lerner travels to a dozen low-income, mostly minority communities around t…
""Sacrifice Zones is the compelling companion work to Diamond, Steve Lerner's landmark study of a small Louisiana town coping with the ravages of pollution from the factories surrounding it. In this book, Lerner travels to a dozen low-income, mostly minority communities around t…
The Global Environment offers a rare opportunity to survey the work and opinions of leading sociologists, economists and natural scientists as they face the challenge of uniting to determine "what should be done". The initiative for this project was taken by IBM Japan as part of…
This volume is based on recent controversial findings regarding the relative roles of the ocean and land biota in the current global balance of atmospheric carbon dioxide. It reviews the multitude of known constraints on the present-day global carbon cycle as identified by resea…
Sustainable development and pollution control are the key factors in the development of strategies for the solution of environmental problems. This book offers an integrated treatment of all aspects of environmental protection and remediation. The presentation encompasses physic…
The safety and quality of food is of great public concern. This volume focusses upon foods of animal origin. It discusses the monitoring and controlling of quality and safety at selected stages along the chain of events in food production from growth, harvest and post-harvest to…
by Kartel, Mykola T., Loureiro, José M., Advanced Research Workshop on Combined and Hybrid Adsorbents: Fundamentals and Applications, Kyiv͏̈, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Combined and Hybrid Adsorbents: Fundamentals and Applications, Kiev)
fromNATO Security through Science Series
Wenn die bisherigen Umweltschutzmaßnahmen nicht voll durchgeschlagen haben oder "Altsünden" zu bewältigen sind, steht der Umweltschutzbeauftragte aus der Industrie, einem beratenden Ingenieurbüro oder einer kommunalen Aufsichtsbehörde vor dem Problem, die Sanierung durchführen z…
This timely collection of original essays traces the migration of synthetic chemicals from the laboratory to the factory and then into the environment, bodies and communities.
"Any mention of the "greenhouse effect" tends to ignite controversy. While the rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases-especially carbon dioxide- are certainly among the most pressing issues today, theoretical and perceived consequences have been subject to conject…
