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Books in Environmental sciences

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

  • Stabilization and Solidification of Hazardous Wastes

    • 1st Edition
    • M.M. Arozarena
    • English
    Provides designers and engineers with general guidance necessary to judge the feasibility of stabilization/solidi... (S/S) technology for the control of pollutant migration from land disposed hazardous wastes.

  • Detection of Subsurface Hazardous Waste Containers by Nondestructive Techniques

    • 1st Edition
    • Arthur E. Lord + 1 more
    • English
    A full and rich guide to nondestructive means of testing subsurface containers with hazardous waste.

  • Retrofitting Publicly-Owned Treatment Works for Compliance

    • 1st Edition
    • Bob A. Hegg + 2 more
    • English
    Retrofitting Publicly-Owned Treatment Works for Compliance is intended as a source document for individuals responsible for improving the performance of an existing, non-complying wastewater treatment facility. Described are: 1) methods to evaluate an existing facility's capability to achieve improved performance, 2) a process for systematically improving its performance, and 3) details on how to modify the facility to achieve the required levels of performance. The manual emphasizes meeting National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements for secondary treatment facilities (30 mg/L BODs and TSS).

  • Volumetric Leak Detection Methods for Underground Fuel Storage Tanks

    • 1st Edition
    • Joseph W. Maresca
    • English
    This report summarizes the technical findings of an EPA study which evaluated the viability of volumetric tanks tests as a means of detecting leaks in underground storage tanks.

  • Point of Use/Entry Treatment of Drinking Water

    • 1st Edition
    • USEPA
    • English
    Provides information on the application of point-of-use (POU), and point-of-entry (POE) systems for treating drinking water. Covers administrative and technical aspects of utilizing POU/POE systems to solve small community as well as individual drinking water problems.

  • International Technologies for Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup

    • 1st Edition
    • Thomas Nunno
    • English
    An overview of hazardous waste programs in foreign countries, including international technology fact sheets.

  • Contamination of Groundwater

    Prevention, Assessment, Restoration
    • 1st Edition
    • Michael W. Barcelona
    • English
    This resource document brings together available technical information on ground-water management. The book covers measures for prevention of contamination, assessment of extent of contamination, and restoration of ground-water quality.

  • Halogenated Solvent Cleaners: Emission Control Technologies and Cost Analysis

    • 1st Edition
    • Radian Radian Corp.
    • English
    This book discusses the halogenated cleaning systems currently in use and how to control emissions through specific technologies, and the costs involved in using these techniques.

  • Solvent Waste Reduction

    • 1st Edition
    • USEPA
    • English
    This book, generated from several EPA documents, initially covers the legal disposal of solvents, but suggests several alternatives and possible ways to reduce the amount of solvents left over during manufacturing processes.

  • Metal Bearing Waste Streams

    Minimizing, Recycling and Treatment
    • 1st Edition
    • M. Meltzer
    • English
    Analyzes alternatives to land disposal of hazardous metal waste streams, focusing on methods to prevent waste generation. Source reduction, recycling and treatment strategies are covered.

  • Wildland Water Quality Sampling and Analysis

    • 1st Edition
    • John D. Stednick
    • English
    This comprehensive reference combines sampling and analysis of wildland water in one text. It includes sampling techniques for precipitation, surface water, and ground water. Analytical techniques for common water quality constituents are described.

  • Phosphorus Removal from Wastewater

    • 1st Edition
    • Robert P.G. Bowker + 1 more
    • English
    A guide to selecting the proper phosphorus removal strategy in wastewater treatment.

  • Advances in Ecological Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 20
    • English
    Volume 20 of this series deals with a variety of plant and animal ecology topics.**Despite much recent work on herbivory, little attention has been given to insect herbivores active below ground. Brown and Gange describe the ecological adaptations of insects to this abundant but poor quality food resource, and the responses of plants to this potentially very damaging grazing pressure.**Plants living at high altitude must be able to cope with extreme climatic conditions, low carbon dioxide levels, and high radiation doses. Friend and Woodward describe these adaptations and discuss the degree to which they are genetically determined or merely the product of physiological plasticity.**Thomas presents a modular concept of ecology in which modules contain a resource and its associated consumers, and goes on to examine the general principles which may reflect the various mutualisms between organisms in some example fresh water modular systems.**Finally, West examines the microphytic soil crusts of arid and semi-arid soils. Although information on them is currently limited, they are likely to be important in some ecosystems.

  • Aquatic Bioenvironmental Studies: The Hanford Experience: 1944-1984

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 39
    • C.D. Becker
    • English
    From 1944-1971, the Hanford Reach of the Colombia River in Washington State received quantities of radioisotopes, heat and chemicals from up to 8 plutonium reactors. Subsequently, from 1971-1984 the same part of the river provided cooling water for 3 power-production facilities.Environme... concerns promoted a series of continuing studies to examine various potential adverse effects. No significant impairment of the rivers ecosystem was detected.This book reviews these studies and places them in a historical framework.It provides a unique overview of studies made over a 40-year period which are now scattered through various published and unpublished documents.It should be of interest to all those concerned with aquatic ecology and environmental concerns.

  • Radon in the Environment

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 40
    • M. Wilkening
    • English
    Radon was discovered in 1900 but it was not until the 1950's that an awareness of its potential as a hazard to humans developed. This resulted primarily from a recognition of the high levels of exposure for uranium miners. Measurement of high concentrations of radon in homes led environmental health agencies to focus on radon as a health hazard and has resulted in concern from scientists, the medical profession and the general public. It is in this context that the author undertook the writing of this book.A need for a broader understanding of radon in the general environment in addition to that of indoors has become apparent. Since much of the author's research has to do with outdoor radon and its decay products, it seems appropriate to have a book available stressing studies on outdoor radon as well was that found indoors.This book is intended to fill a gap in our knowledge of radon concentration in the outdoor atmosphere as well as to provide results of previously published indoor measurements. In addition, work on radon decay product ion concentrations in these environments contributes a unique set of results on effects of radon and its decay products on the electrical characteristics of the atmosphere. These studies are important both from their significant contribution to human dose as well as their role in the atmospheric electrical environment.

  • Principles of Environmental Physics

    • 2nd Edition
    • John Monteith + 1 more
    • English
    Principles of Environmental Physics discusses the physical processes which determine how living organisms respond to their environment. The authors review the relevant basic physics and discuss radiation and heat exchange, and mass and momentum transfer; applying these principles to the heat balance of plants and animals and to the micrometereology of crops.The new edition has been thoroughly revised, including further material on topics such as the effect of aerosol on solar radiation at the ground; transmission of radiation in crop stands; radiative properties; and remote sensing.Thoroughly revised and up-dated edition of a highly successful textbook.The latest information concerning the large scale effects of the breakdown of the ozone layer on plants and animals if fully dicussed.Modern techniques, particularly remote sensing via satellites, are fully discussed.

  • Fine Pore Aeratio

    • 1st Edition
    • Bozzano G Luisa
    • English
    Fine Pore Aeration for Wastewatr.Trmt.

  • Hazardous Waste Management Facilities Directory

    Treatment, Storage, Disposal and Recycling
    • 1st Edition
    • Bozzano G Luisa
    • English
    A compilation of material from EPA data bases. Lists 1,045 commercial hazardous waste management facilities along with information on the types of services they offer, types of wastes managed, and facility name, address, and contact person.

  • Haz Waste Treatment Technologies Biologicl

    • 1st Edition
    • Bozzano G Luisa
    • English
    Haz Waste Treatment Technologies Biologicl

  • Controlling Volatile Organic Comp.

    • 1st Edition
    • Bozzano G Luisa
    • English
    Controlling Volatile Organic Comp.

  • How to Select Hazardous Waste Treatment Technologies for Soils and Sludges

    • 1st Edition
    • Bozzano G Luisa
    • English
    How to Select Haz. Waste Treatment

  • Accidental Releases of Air Toxics

    Prevention, Control and Mitigation
    • 1st Edition
    • Daniel S. Davis
    • English
    Accidental Releases Of Air Toxics

  • Advanced Cleaning Product Formulations, Vol. 1

    • 1st Edition
    • Ernest W. Flick
    • English
    This book presents more than 800 advanced cleaning product formulations for household, industrial, and automotive applications. All formulations are completely different from those in other volumes.If you would like to purchase the entir

  • In Situ Immobilization of Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Soils

    • 1st Edition
    • G. Czupyrna
    • English
    Many waste solutions and sludges contaminated with heavy metals are generated during aircraft maintenance operations at various Air Force Air Logistics Centers. The disposal of these waste streams by previously acceptable means has led to problems with the contamination of both soil and groundwater. Available technologies for treating contaminated soils are expensive. In situ immobilization of heavy metals is a cost-effective treatment alternative to alleviate the environmental and health hazards associated with contaminated soils. The objective of the program was the laboratory evaluation of various treatment chemicals for the in situ immobilization of hexavalent chromium, cadmium, nickel, copper and zinc in soils from Air Force facilities in the United States.

  • Complying with Trihalomethane Reduction Requirements in Water Treatment Facilities

    • 1st Edition
    • Philip Singer
    • English
    Eight case studies from around the United States involving the reduction of trihalomethane in water treatment facilities. Includes information on finished water quality, treatment plant performance, and costs for each example.

  • Troubleshooting and Human Factors in Automated Manufacturing Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Susan R. Bereiter + 1 more
    • English
    Troubleshooting - the process of locating and diagnosing a fault in a system - is often difficult for the maintenance specialist in a computer controlled manufacturing system. They face a large system of many parts, where each part is complex in itself and where parts are interconnected in complex ways. This book addresses the ways maintenance specialists acquire and use information during troubleshooting and the types of difficulties they encounter in order to guide the improvement of computer-based troubleshooting support systems.

  • Hazardous Waste Reducation in the Metal Finishing Industry

    • 1st Edition
    • PRC Environmental Mgmt. PRC Environmental Mgmt. Staff
    • English
    This book identifies waste reduction technologies available to the metal finishing industry, and provides a waste reduction protocol that can be used by individual metal finishing plants to assess their own waste reduction opportunities.

  • Volatilization Technologies for Removing Organics from Water

    • 1st Edition
    • J. L. Fleming
    • English
    This guide helps the reader determine whether a particular volatilization technology can successfully remove organics from water. It describes the performance evaluation of common volatilization technologies and provides an approach for selecting the appropriate technology for a given situation.

  • Acidic Emissions Control Technology and Costs

    • 1st Edition
    • T.E. Emmell
    • English
    This book helps evaluate the merits of controlling directly emitted acidid materials as part of a policy evaluation of overall acid deposition control strategies. It is based on the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980.

  • Control of Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Incincerators

    • 1st Edition
    • F. Thomas DePaul + 1 more
    • English
    A review of the regulations and technologies involved in controlling air and water emissions from solid waste incinerators.

  • How to Conquer Air Pollution

    A Japanese Experience
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 38
    • H. Nishimura
    • English
    Many parts of the world suffer from urban air pollution and, despite the vast amount of knowledge about its causes, most countries are slow to implement counter-measures. An outstanding exception is Tokyo which, once blanketed in a mantle of smog, now enjoys ``clean'' air in spite of highly concentrated activity and congested traffic.Based on the successful Japanese experience, this book describes all aspects of the measures necessary to combat air pollution. It begins with a well-documented history of the fight against air pollution and describes the processes and mechanisms of reaching a social consensus on pollution control. The essential steps in the process are the establishment of ambient air quality standards, the introduction of the total allowable mass of emission, and the legal control of each emission based on diffusion equations. The scientific background to this approach is fully explained, from epidemiology to computer simulations of air quality. An up-to-date account of emission control technology is also given, and the controversial issue of health damage compensation is examined, based on actual experience.An important feature of the book is that it is written by authors who were actually in the forefront of the battle against air pollution in Japan. Two of them worked successively as Director General of the Bureau of Air Quality of the central government, and a third helped local governments to force the central government to implement the most stringent auto-emission controls in the world.The book is intended not only for scientists, engineers and administrative planners dealing with pollution control, but also for anyone concerned about the serious global problem of urban air pollution.

  • Advances in Ecological Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 19
    • English
    Volume 19 in this prestigious series is the second under the new editorial team and benefits once again from their own special interests. The scope of this volume is wide, spanning aspects of plant/insect interactions and arthropod population dynamics to palaeobotany, the evolution of photosynthesis, and marine community ecology. Of particular topical interest is an article on the impact of rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide on tree physiology.

  • Asbestos in the Natural Environment

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 37
    • H. Schreier
    • English
    Asbestos minerals have novel properties which make them highly desirable for industrial use. While the health hazards of asbestos have long been recognized and are well documented in the medical literature, ecological and environmental research involving asbestos fibers has only been undertaken in the past 25 years and the significant deleterious effects of asbestos materials on soil and plant ecology has been much less well publicised.This book examines non-occupational exposure and environmental effects of asbestos relating to animal and plant growth in the natural environment. Major nutrient imbalances and excess concentrations of trace metals have been identified as main causes for the poor plant response. Given the complexity of the asbestos analysis and the extent of the problem, this book attempts to bring together the multitude of subjects pertaining to asbestos in the natural environment with the aim of contributing to a better understanding of the chemical characteristics of asbestos-rich materials and their effect on plant growth.

  • Encyclopedia of Environmental Control Technology: Volume 3

    Wastewater Treatment Technology
    • 1st Edition
    • Paul Cheremisinoff
    • English
    This reference examines the impact of acids, metals, oils, and other water-borne wastes on forests, crops, watersheds, lakes, rivers, and wildlife. It focuses on the key areas of treatment and disposal of wastewater and sludge, and the groundwater effects associated with the migration of wastes.

  • Surface Operations in Petroleum Production, II

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 19B
    • J.O. Robertson + 2 more
    • English
    This second volume of Surface Operations in Petroleum Production complements and amplifies Volume I which appeared in 1987 and covered several aspects of oilfield technology. This second volume presents a detailed theoretical and practical exposition of surface oilfield practices, including gas flow rate measurement, cementing, fracturing, acidizing, and gravel packing. In today's era of specialization, these operations are generally left to service companies, denying field engineers and company managers direct detailed knowledge of the specific surface and subsurface operations. This book presents a comprehensive analysis which may be used by field engineers to analyze technical problems, specify the required surface and subsurface operations, and closely supervise the service company's work and post-treatment operation of the well.Another subject which has great economic consequences in all oilfields is corrosion of equipment. The book presents a comprehensive analysis of the theory of corrosion in the oilfield and methods that have proved effective for the retardation, or elimination, of corrosion. Quality control of injection waters in then covered. Three more topics are addressed: the first is offshore technology which is presented with reference to onshore oilfield operations, making a lucid presentation for field engineers who have no practical knowledge of the subject. The second is pollution control - an area of oilfield management which has assumed widespread importance in recent years. The last topic covered is the subject of underground storage of gas and oil. Underground fuel storage and retrieval is an active area of oilfield production management that utilizes the technology presented in this entire treatise. Finally, the technology of testing petroleum products and sample experiments for junior and senior petroleum engineering students are presented.This two-volume comprehensive treatise on modern oilfield technology thus provides not only a complete reference for field managers, engineers, and technical consultants, but will also serve academic needs in advanced studies of petroleum production engineering.

  • Valuation Methods and Policy Making in Environmental Economics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 36
    • H. Folmer + 1 more
    • English
    This volume considers, in depth, some valuation methods and aspects of cost benefit analysis, and policy making in environmental economics. Part I contains a number of contingent valuation studies for non-market assets. Part II consists of contributions on the valuation of health and life, and deals with the benefits of reduced morbidity from air pollution control. In Part III, cost benefit analysis for environmental policy-making is discussed in a disequilibrium setting, and in a macroeconomic context. Finally, Part IV deals with aspects of policy-making, particularly benefit estimation for complex policies, and the international aspects of transboundary air pollution in Europe.The book should not only appeal to students and researchers in university departments of economics and ``environmental sciences'' but also to those working in public organisations and associated advisory institutes which are concerned with environmental problems.

  • Changing the Global Environment

    Perspectives on Human Involvement
    • 1st Edition
    • Daniel B. Botkin + 3 more
    • English
    In the last human generation we have learned that life existed on our earth for more than three billion years, yet man has done more to change the earth and its ability to support life in the last few centuries than preceding life forms have over hundreds of millions of years. And nearly all of these changes were brought about as unforeseen or unconsidered side-effects of our technologies.The editors of this book feel that rather than accepting environmental degradation as the wages of progress, today we are seeing "a more widely accepted idea that concern for the environment is simply good economics and planning."In a series of essays written by environmental, economic, and social scientists from around the world, Changing the Global Environment looks at the ecological problems facing us as we move into the next century and examines possible solutions suggested by such new techniques as remote sensing and the implementation of worldwide computer-based data systems.

  • Antarctic Sector of the Pacific

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 51
    • G.P. Glasby
    • English
    The Antarctic Sector of the Pacific covers the area between Australia and South America south of about 45°S. The region comprises about 6% of the Earth's surface and is amongst the most remote, hostile and least studied of the world's oceans. The scientific importance of the region is derived from its role in the reconstruction of Gondwanaland, its influence on Pacific climate and palaeoclimate and its biological productivity. No systematic surveys of the region have been undertaken since the work of the U.S.N.S. Eltanin (1962-1972). The comprehensive reassessment of whale stocks by the International Whaling Commission in 1990 and problems with ratification of the Antarctic Minerals Regime attest to the importance of Antarctic matters at present.The book will stimulate scientific activity in the region and serve as a handbook for future research. It should also appeal to oceanographers and Polar scientists.

  • Atmospheric Ozone Research and its Policy Implications

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 35
    • S.D. Lee + 3 more
    • English
    These proceedings describe the current state-of-the-art of ozone research. A wide range of topics is discussed including: emissions, transport and transformation of precursors of ozone and of ozone itself, the distribution of ozone, the deposition of ozone at the earth's surface, and its effects on man and the environment. Attention is also given to the role of stratospheric ozone and the role of the ultraviolet radiation which is transmitted through the ozone layer. Finally it describes in detail present and future policy measures to reduce the ozone in the lower atmosphere and to protect the ozone layer in the stratosphere.Many of the papers describe recent developments and new research results. Research carried out in both in Europe and in the United States is described, as are the policy measures which are being taken by both European and U.S. governments.

  • Principles of Environmental Science and Technology

    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 33
    • I. Johnsen + 1 more
    • English
    Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 1981, it has been widely used as a textbook at university level for graduate courses in environmental management, environmental science and environmental technology (for non-engineers). As this second edition is significantly improved, it should find an even wider application than the first.In the second edition, the section on ecotoxicology and effects on pollutants has been expanded considerably, as has Chapter 4 on ecological principles and concepts. Further improvement has been made by the addition of a section on ecological engineering - the application of ecologically sound technology in ecosystems - and an appendix on environmental examination of chemicals. The problems of agricultural waste have been included in Part B, and in Chapter 6 on waste water treatment, several pages have been added about non-point sources and the application of ``soft'' technology. Throughout the book, more examples, questions and problems have been included, and several figures and tables have been added to better illustrate the text.

  • Environmental Health Reference Book

    • 1st Edition
    • M. H. Jackson + 2 more
    • English

  • Pesticide Chemistry

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 32
    • G. Matolcsy + 2 more
    • English
    This book provides an overview of the major chemical aspects of pesticides giving detailed descriptions of the various groups of pesticides in current use - insecticides, acaricides, nematocides, rodenticides, fungicides and herbicides. The organic syntheses are discussed in detail, as are the biochemical aspects of the effectiveness and mechanisms of action of these chemical agents. The ecological aspects of the use of pesticides - nowadays an important consideration - are also discussed.The main trends of development in the field are also dealt with, e.g. the development of insecticides which present less of a threat to human beings and animals than the ones presently used, whose point of attack is the nervous system. Research is now concentrated on developing chemical compounds which affect the biochemistry or the special behavioural features of insects, instead of acting upon their nervous system. Newly discovered chemicals with selective action which are still in the developmental and experimentational stages are also described.Because of its comprehensive character, the book will be a useful source of information to those engaged in practical work in this field, as well as to researchers in the agricultural sciences.

  • Handbook of Contamination Control in Microelectronics

    Principles, Applications and Technology
    • 1st Edition
    • Donald L. Tolliver
    • English
    This book introduces contamination control in a comprehensive manner. It covers the basics for the beginner, and delves in depth into the more critical issues of process engineering and circuit manufacturing for the more advanced reader. The reader will begin to see how the puzzle of contamination control comes together and to focus on the fundamentals required for excellence in modern semiconductor manufacturing. What makes the area of contamination control unique is its ubiquitous nature, across all facets of semiconductor manufacturing. Clean room technology, well recognized as a fundamental requirement in modern day circuit manufacturing, barely scratches the surface in total contamination control. This handbook defines and describes most of the major categories in current contamination control technology.

  • How to Respond to Hazardous Chemical Spills

    • 1st Edition
    • W. Unterberg
    • English
    Guide to assessing and responding to hazardous chemical spills.

  • Operation and Maintenance of Surface Finish

    • 1st Edition
    • Celeste G Roy
    • English

  • Extremely Hazardous Substances

    Superfund Chemical Profiles
    • 1st Edition
    • USEPA
    • English

  • Sorbents for Liquid Hazardous Substance Cleanup and Control

    • 1st Edition
    • Robert W. Melvoid
    • English
    A unique guide in the selection and use of sorbents in cleaning up hazardous liquids.

  • Composting Municipal Sludge

    A Technology Evaluation
    • 1st Edition
    • Arthur A. Benedict
    • English
    A guide to the technologies involved in composting sludge from municipal waste facilities, including case studies from small municipalities and metropolitan areas.

  • Radon and the Environment

    • 1st Edition
    • William J. Makoofske + 1 more
    • English
    Proceedings of a conference that was sponsored by the Institute of Environmental Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey on May 8, 9, and 10, 1986.

  • Pesticide Waste Disposal Technology

    • 1st Edition
    • James S. Bridges + 1 more
    • English
    This book attempts to define practical solutions to pesticide users' disposal problems. A major agreement must be reached on what can be done, legally and technically, to deal with the difficulties of proper pesticide-related waste disposal, and who should share in the cost of a clean environment.

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