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The Environmental Sciences titles present critical research and insights into the complex interactions within natural ecosystems, climate systems, and human impacts on the environment. Covering areas such as biodiversity, sustainability, climate change, and resource management, these titles support scientific discovery and practical solutions for addressing today’s most pressing environmental challenges. This collection is essential for researchers, policymakers, and students dedicated to advancing environmental understanding and stewardship

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Comprehensive Energy Systems

  • 2nd Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Ibrahim Dincer
  • English
  • Hardback
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Comprehensive Energy Systems, Five Volume Set, provides a unique source of unified information covering the entire spectrum of energy from production to utilization in depth with basic to advanced levels of contents and addressing the critical issues that humanity face. This comprehensive book describes traditional and novel energy systems with thorough contents on system design, analysis and assessment, from single generation to multi-generation, also covering theory and applications. In addition, it also presents high-level coverage on energy policies and strategies, economic dimensions, environmental impact assessment and sustainable development.High-level sections include Energy Fundamentals, Energy Materials, Energy Production, Energy Conversion, and Energy Management. For this second edition, existing chapters have been improved and updated with new information, knowledge, technologies and applications. New chapters and case studies　have been added on topics such as Artificial Intelligence, energy trading, transport, transmission, consumption, and recent dynamics in the energy sector after COVID-19.

Advanced Oxidation Process-Based Integrated and Hybrid Technologies for Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Amit K. Thakur + 5 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Advanced Oxidation Process-based Integrated and Hybrid Technologies for Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products addresses PPCP removal from wastewater by the recent application of AOP-based hybrid techniques. Technological advancement of AOPs and AOP-based hybrid methods are discussed and will highlight the perspectives on fundamental and technological advancements in AOP and AOP-based hybrid methods for PPCPs removal from wastewater. A detailed cost analysis of different AOP-based hybrid techniques is examined to help readers formulate guidelines to transform the wastewater treatment process from lab scale to pilot/industrial scale.

Decontamination of Subsurface Water Resources System using Contemporary Technologies

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • English
  • Paperback
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Decontamination of Subsurface Water Resources System using Contemporary Technologies provides a comprehensive approach to addressing the decontamination of subsurface water resources. It covers field experimentations, modelling strategies, remote-sensing methods, and the application of artificial intelligence.This broad coverage ensures that readers gain a well-rounded understanding of the topic. Purchasing this book offers a unique opportunity to access up-to-date, comprehensive, and scientifically grounded insights into subsurface water decontamination. This book will inform the student, researcher, policymaker, or industry practitioner and contribute to positive change in the field of water resource management.

Handbook of Hydrosystem Restoration

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Saeid Eslamian + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Hydrosystem Restoration Handbook: Groundwater Natural Recharge (GNR), Second Edition covers the essentials of GNR with a range of global case studies that encompass the most up-to-date management approaches in streams. The book provides comprehensive methods for sustainable water supply through debris removal, along with conservation practices to assist researchers and graduate students specializing in this field.

Climate Change and Rainfall Extremes in Africa

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Victor Ongoma
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Climate Change and Rainfall Extremes in Africa: Occurrence, Impacts and Adaptation provides the latest developments on extreme rainfall in Africa, along with an analysis of current impacts, future implications, and community adaptations. The book's chapters are organized into three parts: 1) Understanding Rainfall Extremes, 2) Regional Rainfall and Hydrological Extremes, and 3) Prediction, Impacts, and Adaptation to Rainfall Extremes. Specific sections examine rainfall variability in Africa (and across the world), how climate change has contributed to the increasing severity of events, focus on different regions and various meteorological extremes, including tropical cyclones, drought, flooding, rising water levels, and changes in rainfall concentration.Final sections look ahead to the future of forecasting rainfall, economic implications, damage assessment, adaptation, community resilience, and risk reduction measures. This timely resource will deepen readers' understanding of how climate change and extreme rainfall in Africa (and elsewhere) are impacting communities and what can be done to mitigate the effects.

Handbook of Nature-Based Drought Solutions

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Saeid Eslamian + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Handbook of Nature-Based Drought Solutions covers the latest research on successful, sustainable solutions for the efficient water resources management to overcome the drought and water scarcity problems. The book centers around the realms of drought modeling green infrastructure planning, and the utilization of remote sensing to evaluate, dissect, and oversee drought occurrences. It delves into subjects such as risk mitigation, strategic planning, policy considerations, and the ecological restoration of degraded lands after drought. The use of case studies and novel methodologies including soft computing technique application will help the reader gain a deeper knowledge in understanding, predicting, and mitigating hydrometeorological hazards.

Forests for Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • English
  • Paperback
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Forests for Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth addresses all major issues surrounding forest resources, also including global examples, case studies, literature reviews, latest developments, and future research prospects. To enhance understanding, the content is enriched with maps, figures, tables, and colorful illustrations, making it accessible to a broad readership. Students specializing in forest ecology and researchers will discover a wealth of knowledge on critical topics such as major ecological disturbances, the role of forests in poverty reduction and livelihood security, as well as participatory forest management techniques, landscape restoration, forest policies, and nature-based solutions.Importantly, this comprehensive volume highlights the pivotal role of forests in fostering employment, income generation, and food security to support inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

Biogenic Nanoparticles

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Vishnu D. Rajput + 4 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Biogenic Nanoparticles: Interplay with Climate Change and Implications for Human Health provides an exhaustive exploration on the genesis, characteristics, and dynamic transformations of biogenic nanoparticles, unravelling the intricate mechanisms underpinning their far-reaching influence on the ever-evolving panorama of climate dynamics and complex ecosystems. The book will explore the myriad applications of biogenic nanoparticles across domains such as environmental sustainability, agriculture and renewable energy, highlighting their transformative potential to combat pressing global challenges.The multifaceted implications of biogenic nanoparticles for human health are included, meticulously dissecting their potential as groundbreaking agents in the realms of medicine and diagnostics and simultaneously addressing the critical issues surrounding their exposure and potential toxicity.

Primate Adaptation and Evolution

  • 4th Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • John G. Fleagle + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
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Primate Adaptation and Evolution, Fourth Edition provides key features of extant families and references to more detailed texts. The book sets the scene and creates space for a thorough updating of exciting developments in primate paleontology and a reconstruction through early hominid species of our own human origins. This updated version covers recent developments in primate paleontology, the latest taxonomy, and includes new visuals, including helpful illustrations and evolutionary trees. It is an ideal text for undergraduate and post-graduate students studying the evolution and functional ecology of primates and early fossil hominids.The book retains its grounding in the extant primate groups as the best way to understand the fossil trail and evolution of these modern forms. However, this coverage is now more streamlined, referring to the many new and excellent books on living primate ecology and adaptation - a field that has burgeoned since this book's first publication.

Algal Biorefinery

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Sanjeet Mehariya + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Algal Biorefinery: A Sustainable Solution for Environmental Applications focuses on algae's possibilities, assets, and functions as a renewable and sustainable resource that can act as an excellent alternative to withstand adverse environmental conditions to generate useful products. Thus, apart from helping reduce environmental pollution and the carbon footprint, algae can help mitigate factors causing rapid climate change via concurrent bioremediation, resource recovery, and environmental sustainability.This comprehensive book will examine dedicated state-of-the-art information on the topic of how algae can act as a cushion against climate change. It will also explain how algal-based biorefineries can act as a potential solution to climate change, lack of natural resources, and environmental pollution

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