Despite our growing awareness of the vital role they play in the global environment, wetlands remain among the most endangered ecosystems on Earth and are still being destroyed and degraded at an alarming rate. This much-needed publication, which includes contributions from lead…
"In March 2009, in launching Women's History Month, U.S.President Barack Obama honored five "Women Taking the Lead to SaveOur Planet." His first tribute was to Ellen Swallow Richards(1842{́OCLCbr#80}?1911), who is known as the first woman accepted at ascientific institution and t…
This book is the proceedings of the International Conference on Water Contamination Emergencies: Monitoring, Understanding, Acting held in October 2010. The fourth in a series of conference proceedings this book develops themes from three previous, highly successful Water Contam…
Sponsored by the Nanotechnology Task Committee of the Environmental Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. This report provides the current status of synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, as well as the environmental effects of nanotechnol…
"Drawn from presentations made during the Croucher Advanced Study Institute workshop held in 2010, this volume covers all the fundamentals necessary for contaminated site assessment and remediation. It discusses historical and emerging contaminants, human health, risk assessment…
Explores reforestation and forest regrowth across the world. This book presents a global overview of various trends, explores their underlying causes and proposes various forest trajectories. It is suitable for students working on issues relevant to the geographic, socioeconomic…
Since the beginning of human civilization, plants have been our true companions. Plants contribute not only to our existence but also serve us through discovery, design and the treatment of various diseases where there is no satisfactory cure in modern medicine. This has focused…
Since the beginning of human civilization, plants have been our true companions. Plants contribute not only to our existence but also serve us through discovery, design and the treatment of various diseases where there is no satisfactory cure in modern medicine. This has focused…
This title discusses various effects of heavy metal exposure to legumes as well as the bioremediation potential of rhizosphere microbes. Availability of heavy metals, their uptake and the effects of metals on germination and various physiological functions of plants including le…
Sustainable agriculture as a central science to solve global society issues. This book discusses such topics as Transgenic cotton for sustainable pest management, Conservation Agriculture, a different approach for crop production through sustainable soil and water management, an…
"Despite a century of study by ecologists, recovery following disturbances (succession) is not fully understood. This book provides the first global synthesis that compares plant succession in all major terrestrial biomes and after all major terrestrial disturbances. It asks cri…
