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Soil Acidity

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2027
  • Joao Antonangelo
  • English
Soil Acidity: Importance, Implications, and Management provides a solid theoretical foundation and in-depth understanding of soil pH and its implications. With the rising global importance of soil pH and its effect on affecting diverse ecosystems and agricultural productivity, this textbook delves deeply into the role of soil acidity on plant nutrition, microbial activity and environmental sustainability. The book outlines key strategies for managing and ameliorating acidic soils in both agricultural and non-agricultural contexts. It is a timely and much-needed exploration of the growing presence of soil acidity globally and its effect on crop growth, yields and the quality of produce. Soil Acidity serves as a valuable educational resource, encouraging aspiring scientists particularly from underrepresented communities to address environmental and agricultural challenges. It is relevant to students, researchers, and faculty in the field of soil science, agronomy, environmental science, and ecology. It is also an essential resource for agricultural professionals, crop nutrition specialists, environmental consultants, and policymakers. Each chapter dives into the theoretical and practical aspects of soil acidity with a focus on the latest research and case studies to offer a well-rounded learning experience. The initial chapters give an overview of the concept, importance and implications of soil acidity. Following that the book pivots into the management of soil acidity, discussing advanced strategies and case studies to bring to bear on the issue. Lastly, future perspectives and research needs including knowledge gaps and research priorities are discussed in detail. The presence of worked examples, case studies, and chapter summaries further facilitates learning and reinforces core ideas for both students and instructors.

Synoptic Meteorology

  • 1st Edition
  • February 1, 2027
  • Loren White
  • English
Synoptic Meteorology: A Global Approach is a comprehensive and in-depth textbook that delves into the problems of diagnosing and forecasting daily weather. It provides an overview of the space and time scales of atmospheric patterns in terms of key variables. It integrates the core knowledge of ‘capstone’ practical application to the continually changing conditions in the atmosphere, serving to address their societal impact. With atmospheric science becoming increasingly global and interdisciplinary, this textbook takes on an international scope and is cognizant of multi-scale interactions, climatic and geographic factors. While the focus remains on weather within the troposphere, there is an intentional effort to break down traditional boundaries between mid-latitude and tropical meteorology. The initial chapters explain the basic three-dimensional structure of the lower atmosphere and consider the purposes, scope, and applications of synoptic meteorology. They look at the fundamental principles of dynamics, thermodynamics, and mathematics and four-dimensional variations that encompass and characterize atmospheric systems. From this, the book pivots to the major baroclinic weather systems seen outside of the tropics as well as tropical and subtropical weather systems before surveying processes near the tropopause and surface influences. The final chapters expand on the dynamical and thermodynamic processes that contribute to the evolution of rotating storm systems, numerical forecasting tools, and the research approaches of using field campaign data and numerical modeling. This textbook is an important resource for upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students in meteorology, atmospheric sciences, and climate sciences. Additionally, it would also be useful for researchers and professionals working in weather forecasting, environmental monitoring, and aviation. This textbook contains weather charts, animations, and code as additional resources for students and instructors.

Greatest Mysteries in Human Evolution

  • 1st Edition
  • December 1, 2026
  • Frederick L. Coolidge
  • English
Greatest Mysteries in Human Evolution: Solutions to Ancient Archaeological and Anthropological Anomalies uses the most updated research and data to examine human evolution and the unsolved answers of our evolutionary history. Written by an acclaimed pioneer in cognitive archaeology, this book begins with an assessment of Neanderthals, using historical and archaeological evidence to explore how and why they became extinct. It then moves to the scientific discovery of the Peking Man fossils and why the proof of a 700,000-year-old skull would try to be erased from evolutionary history.The book also explores the first traces of the creation and evolution of language, communication, human abstract thinking, and tool creation, presenting an approachable and important resource for researchers and students in evolutionary biology, cognitive archaeology, and similar studies of human evolution.

Luminescence Dating in the Natural Sciences

  • 1st Edition
  • November 1, 2026
  • Michel Lamothe
  • English
Luminescence Dating in the Natural Sciences covers the exponential number of applications and significant advances in methodology that have come to light since the early 2000s. In addition, it presents other aspects of the topic, including luminescence physics, its solid-state phenomenology, and theoretical and applied dosimetry. This book bridges the divide between users and practitioners of luminescence dating by reaching a large community of users in geology, geomorphology and archaeology. It will appeal to students, faculty members and private industry researchers, providing a brief discussion of the basic principles of luminescence dating.These principles will be further illustrated through case studies that examine both the potential and the limitations of luminescence dating.