Alvarez P.J.J. Illman W.A. Bioremediation and Natural Attenuation

InTech. 2011. 344 p. Sediment Transport in Aquatic Environments is a book which covers a wide range of topics. The effective management of many aquatic environments, requires a detailed understanding of sediment dynamics. This has both environmental and economic implications, especially where there is any anthropogenic involvement. Numerical models are often the tool used for predicting the transport and fate of sediment movement in these situat...

Harvard University, 2009. 88 p. ISBN:13 9781436189101, 9781436189095 Renowned professor Michael B. McElroy leads a comprehensive examination of energy, including its history, use in the world today, and environmental consequences. Whether discussing the oil shocks of the 1970s, the current reliance on imported oil, or the growing buildup of carbon dioxide in the planet’s atmosphere, it is clear that energy represents one of the world’s most dau...

Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2011. 435 p. ISBN:1607416352 Today, environmental protection is among the central matters for natural conservation, public health and sustainable business. With advanced technologies and changing lifestyles, the consumption of resources and release of wastes and pollutants are increasing fast. This requires policy makers to design environmental policies that properly guide the development of new products and busines...

Prentice Hall, Pearson Education Inc. [distributor], 2011. 9th edition. ISBN-10: 0131392573. ISBN-13: 9870131392571. (696 pages). Contents : Visions of the Future - The Economic Approach: Property Rights, Externalities, and Environmental Problems - Evaluating Trade-Offs: Benefit–Cost Analysis and Other Decision-Making Metrics - Valuing the Environment: Methods - Dynamic Efficiency and Sustainable Development - Depletable Resource Allocation: The...

Wiley-Blackwell, 3 edition, 2008, 510 pages. Essentials of Ecology presents introductory ecology in an accessible, state-of-the-art format designed to cultivate the novice student's understanding of, and fascination with, the natural world. In a concise, engaging style, this text outlines the essential principles of ecology from the theoretical fundamentals to their practical applications. Full color artwork, simple pedagogical features, and a w...

EPA/625/R-97/ 009. Center for Environmental Research Information. National Risk Management Research Laboratory. Office of Research and Development. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Cincinnati, Ohio. October 1997 -- 122 pages Wood preserving has been an industry in North America for more than 100 years. During this time, wood preserving facilities have utilized a variety of compounds, including pentachlorophenol (PCP), creosote, and certain...

MIT Press, Cambridge, 2010. 240 p. ISBN:0262515210 The most colossal environmental disturbance in human history is under way. Ever-rising levels of the potent greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) are altering the cycles of matter and life and interfering with the Earth's natural cooling process. Melting Arctic ice and mountain glaciers are just the first relatively mild symptoms of what will result from this disruption of the planetary energy ba...