This dissertation provides a scientific and social history of ventilation in the British Atlantic World during the long eighteenth century. Emerging amidst the enlightened craze for improvement, the first ventilating machines, or “ventilators,” aimed to extend the providential b…
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Phenotypic plasticity, the capacity of individuals to respond to changing environments by modifying traits, is critically important in allowing biological innovation in the face of environmental change. My dissertation used the clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) study system…
This dissertation explores the emergence of three different epidemic diseases in three British colonial cities at the end of the nineteenth century. At first glance these cities – Melbourne, Australia; Bombay, India; and Belfast, Northern Ireland – appear disparate, and their ep…
This dissertation explores environmental settler colonialism and the creation of water policy in early Nevada. Much of the history of the Comstock Lode is centered in Virginia City with a focus upon silver mining and the engineering that made it all possible. Yet without water, …
The use of marine citizen science in the management of marine protected areas has grown increasingly popular over the past two decades for a variety of reasons. These include increased monitoring and enforcement capacity, increased engagement with the public, and chances for inc…
Disertační práce se zabývá kvalitou vnitřního prostředí v historických objektech s ohledem na uchování kulturních památek a jejich interiérů. Práce si dává za cíl nastínit rozsáhlou problematiku vnitřního prostředí historických objektů a poukázat na možnosti, kterými je možné k …
Eyewitness Endangered Animals takes a look at creatures around the world that are currently threatened with extinction, along with the ways that we can help them survive.
Illicit drugs are an emerging class of environmental contaminants and mass spectrometry is the technique of choice for their analysis. This landmark reference discusses the analytical techniques used to detect illicit drugs in wastewater and surface water, details how to estimat…
An objective look at America's rapidly shrinking water supplyOnce believed to be a problem limited to America's southwest, water shortages are now an issue coast to coast, from New England to California. In Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America, author Susan J. Marks provides …
Hybrid cars, fast trains, energy-efficient light bulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets ... Forget everything you ever thought you knew about living green.
"This reference guide shows how the wide variety of nanotechnologies under development precludes reliance on a single approach"--Provided by publisher.
Bringing together a wide range of original empirical research from locations and interconnected geographical contexts across the world, Translocal Geographies sets out a new agenda for mobility, which emphasizes the enduring connectedness between places during the experience of …
How can each of us live Cooler, Smarter? While the routine decisions that shape our days-what to have for dinner, where to shop, how to get to work-may seem small, collectively they have a big effect on global warming.
"Urban Infrastructure: finance and management is posited on a strong belief that the physical structure of cities and the efficiency of infrastructure services delivered are driven by efficiencies within individual infrastructure sectors, lessons learnt across these sectors and …
The Jordan River and Dead Sea Basin: cooperation amid conflict
by Lipchin, Clive, Sandler, Deborah, Cushman, Emily, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Water Resources and Infrastructure in Areas of Conflict and Extreme Conditions, 'En Gedi, Israel)
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Application of phytotechnologies for cleanup of industrial, agricultural and wastewater contamination
by Pidlisnyuk, Valentina V., Kulakow, Peter A., NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Application of Phytotechnologies for Cleanup of Industrial, Agricultural and Wastewater Contamination to Enhance Environmental and Food Security, Kam'ianets'-Podil's'kyi, Ukraine)
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