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    Structural Geometry of Mobile Belts of the Indian Subcontinent (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Geophysics. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Timing of South Delhi orogeny: Interpretation from structural fabric and granite geochronology (Beawar-Rupnagar-Babra area, Rajasthan, NW India) -- Deformation in the Aravalli Supergroup, Aravalli-Delhi mobile belt, NW India and tectonic significance. -- Evolution of the “Central Indian Tectonic Zone”: a critique based on the study of the Sausar belt -- Tectonic Development of the Bengal Basin in Relation to Fold-Thrust Belt to the East and to the North -- Structural imprints of Andaman accretionary prism and its tectonic relation with ophiolite belt of Indo-Burma ranges -- Two and Three-Dimensional Structural Modelling of Central Kohat Plateau, Northwestern Himalaya, Pakistan -- The northern margin of the Eastern Ghats Belt : evidence for strike-slip tectonics along a craton-mobile belt boundary -- A preliminary study on Earthquake source properties based on Geochemistry, Shear resistance and Melt pressure of Pseudotachylites, Gangavalli fault, South India -- Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) studies on quartzites of Champaner Group, upper Aravallis: An implication to decode regional tectonics of Southern Aravalli Mountain Belt (SAMB), Gujarat, Western India -- Tectonic implications of small-scale structures in the main central thrust zone of Garhwal Higher Himalaya -- Thrust sheets, tectonic windows, and intermontane basins in the Nepal Himalaya.
    Abstract: This book summarizes the latest research on the structural geology of the mobile belts of the Indian subcontinent including the Himalayas, NE Himalayas, Bangladesh thrust belt, Andaman subduction zone, the Aravalli‐Delhi, the Central India Tectonic Zone, the Singhbhum, the Eastern Ghats and the Southern granulite terrane. It offers essential information on deformational structures in the mobile belt, such as folding patterns, the character of the shear zone, shear strain analysis, and faults, as well as fault zone rocks. The findings presented here are based on field observations, mapping, sampling and analysis work (e.g. petrographic studies), as well as limited geochemical and geochronological analysis to support the findings. A discussion on the structural evolution of these mobile belts and their connections with other belts rounds out the coverage.
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    Pages: XII, 254 p. 97 illus., 77 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030405939
    Series Statement: Society of Earth Scientists Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40593-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40593-9
    DDC: 550
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    Natural Electromagnetic Fields in Pure and Applied Geophysics (2020)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geophysics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. General Introduction -- Chapter 2. Electrical Conduction Through Rocks -- Chapter 3. Signal Processing -- Chapter 4. Electrotellurics -- Chapter 5. Magnetotellurics -- Chapter 6. Auxiliary Tools in Magnetotellurics -- Chapter 7. Geomagnetic Depth Sounding (GDS) -- Chapter 8. Marine Electromagnetics -- Chapter 9. Mathematical Modelling -- Chapter 10. Inversion of Geophysical Data.
    Abstract: This research monograph discusses all the branches of geophysics based on natural electromagnetic fields and their associated subjects. Meant for postgraduate and research level courses, it includes research guidance and collection of magnetotelluric data in some parts of Eastern India and their qualitative and quantitative interpretation. Specific topics highlighted include (i) Electrotellurics, (ii) Magnetotellurics, (iii) Geomagnetic Depth Sounding and Magnetometer Array Studies, (iv) Audio Frequency Magnetotellurics and Magnetic Methods, (v) Marine Magnetotelluric and Marine Controlled Source Electromagnetic Methods, (vi) Electrical Conductivity of Rocks and Minerals and (vii) Mathematical Modelling and Some Topics on Inversion needed for Interpretation of Geoelectrical Data.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXVI, 605 p. 325 illus., 35 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030380977
    Series Statement: Springer Geophysics,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38097-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38097-7
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    Thawing Permafrost : Permafrost Carbon in a Warming Arctic (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Atmospheric science. ; Landscape ecology. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Atmospheric Science. ; Landscape Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The energy balance of permafrost soils and ecosystems -- Chapter 3. The role of ground ice -- Chapter 4. Permafrost carbon quantities and fluxes -- Chapter 5. Permafrost in transition -- Chapter 6. Vegetation change -- Chapter 7. Methane -- Chapter 8. Models: Forecasting the present and future of permafrost -- References -- Glossary.
    Abstract: This book provides a cross-disciplinary overview of permafrost and the carbon cycle by providing an introduction into the geographical distribution of permafrost, with a focus on the distribution of permafrost and its soil carbon reservoirs. The chapters explain the basic physical properties and processes of permafrost soils: ice, mineral and organic components, and how these interact with climate, vegetation and geomorphological processes. In particular, the book covers the role of the large quantities of ice in many permafrost soils which are crucial to understanding carbon cycle processes. An explanation is given on how permafrost becomes loaded with ice and carbon. Gas hydrates are also introduced. Structures and processes formed by the intense freeze-thaw action in the active layer are considered (e.g. ice wedging, cryoturbation), and the processes that occur as the permafrost thaws, (pond and lake formation, erosion). The book introduces soil carbon accumulation and decomposition mechanisms and how these are modified in a permafrost environment. A separate chapter deals with deep permafrost carbon, gas reservoirs and recently discovered methane emission phenomena from regions such as Northwest Siberia and the Siberian yedoma permafrost.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 508 p. 202 illus., 169 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030313791
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31379-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31379-1
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    Advances in Modeling and Interpretation in Near Surface Geophysics (2020)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geophysics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Advances in Modeling, Inversion, Interpretations and New Methods -- Chapter 1. Joint Inversion of Airborne VLF-EM and magnetic data -- Chapter 2. How to deal with uncertainty in Inversion -- Chapter 3. Modeling Streaming potential in Porous Media, Description and Benefits of the effective excess charge approach -- Chapter 4. Integrated interpretation of airborne geophysical data -- Chapter 5. Advances in the electrical resistivity method for environmental and engineering problems -- Chapter 6. Global optimization algorithms for exploration geophysics: a review -- Chapter 7. On the electromagnetic scattering of objects of regular geometry: implications of near surface investigations -- Chapter 8. Application of gravity and self-potential new formula to mineral exploration -- Chapter 9. Role of Euler Deconvolution in near surface gravity and magnetic applications -- Chapter 10. Efficacy of Geophysical Methods to Delineate Thin Aquifers at Greater Depths -- Chapter 11. One and two dimensional problems in direct current resistivity domain -- Part II: Field Studies -- Chapter 12 Geothermal potential and Circulation depth of thermal springs in the Hudai geothermal field of Sandıklı basin (Afyon, Central Turkey) using geothermometry and heat flow data -- Chapter 13. Mineral discrimination by multi-frequency induced polarization: two case histories -- Chapter 14. Geoelectrical characterization of chumathang hot spring area -- Chapter 15. Application of three geophysical methods in sinkholes investigations: A case study of Mărghitaş Karst Plateau, Banat Mountains, Romania -- Chapter 16. Integrated Geoelectrical and Hydrochemical investigation of Shallow Aquifers in Konkan Coastal Area, Maharashtra, India: Advanced Artificial Neural Networks based Simulation Approach -- Chapter 17. Heliborne TDEM (Time Domain Electromagnetic) Methods for Ground Water and Mineral Exploration -- Chapter 18. Ground Penetrating Radar (Under Water) for Condition Assessment of Stilling Basins -- Chapter 19. Geo-electrical imaging for geotechnical investigation: A case study -- Chapter 20. Applications of geophysical techniques in resolving the saline and fresh water interaction in the coastal region of India: A review for the past few decades. .
    Abstract: This book deals primarily with the aspects of advances in near surface geophysical data modeling, different interpretation techniques, new ideas and an integrated study to delineate the subsurface structures. It also involves the practical application of different geophysical methods to delineate the subsurface structures associated with mineral, groundwater exploration, subsurface contamination, hot springs, coal fire etc. This book is specifically aimed with the state-of-art information regarding research advances and new developments in these areas of study, coupled to extensive modeling and field investigations obtained from around the world. It is extremely enlightening for the research workers, scientists, faculty members and students, in Applied Geophysics, Near Surface Geophysics, Potential Field, Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods, Mathematical Modeling Techniques in Earth Sciences, as well as Environmental Geophysics.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 414 p. 204 illus., 142 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030289096
    Series Statement: Springer Geophysics,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28909-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28909-6
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    Estuaries and Coastal Zones in Times of Global Change : Proceedings of ICEC-2018 (2020)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Engineering geology. ; Oceanography. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Water. ; Geoengineering. ; Ocean Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. A 14-year Multi-sites and High-frequency Monitoring of Salinity in the Tidal Garonne River (S-W France) Reveals Marked Inter-annual Variability In Marine Intrusion -- 2. Study on Salinity Intrusion and Mixing Types in a Conceptual Estuary using 3-D Hydrodynamic Simulation: Effects of Length, Width, Depth, and Bathymetry -- 3. Response of Salinity Intrusion to the Fictitious Blockade of the North Branch in the Yangtze Estuary, China -- 4. Influence of the Salinity Intrusion on Island Water Source Safety: A Case Study of the Chongming Island, China -- 5. Law of salt tide intrusion of the Qiantang Estuary and its numerical simulation -- 6. Seasonal salinity variations in a coastal wetland induced by complex interactions between sea, river and evapoconcentration processes -- 7. Water Quality Mitigation Scenarios for Burullus Coastal Lake, Egypt -- 8. Research on the Setting Condition of Tailrace Surge Chambers for Seawater Pumped-storage Power Stations with Long Tailrace Tunnels.
    Abstract: This book is a collection of extended papers based on presentations given during the ICEC 2018 conference, held in Caen, France, in August 2018. It explores both the limitations and advantages of current models, and highlights the latest developments concerning new numerical schemes, high-performance computing, multi-physics and multi-scale methods, and better interaction with field or scale model data. Accordingly, it addresses the interests of practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, and engineers active in this field. .
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    Pages: XX, 843 p. 494 illus., 402 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811520815
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2081-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2081-5
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    Simulating Climate Change and Livelihood Security : A Western Himalayan Experience, India (2021)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Human geography. ; Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Human Geography. ; Regional Geography. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Climate Change and Livelihood Security: An Integration of Trans-Disciplinary Study -- Drivers of Climate Change Research Pathways -- Study Area: A Geographical Profile and Livelihood Pattern -- Kangra: Climate and Climate Change Scenario Modeling -- Dynamics of Livelihood Capitals Security -- Investigation of Livelihoods Asset Pentagon: The SLF Core -- Climate Dynamics and Livelihood Vulnerability Assessment -- Systems approach in Sustainable Livelihood Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies -- Indian Climate Policy, Programs and Initiatives. .
    Abstract: This book identifies and provides reasoning for computed methods of local climate dynamics and the livelihood vulnerability indices assessment in the mountainous region of Himachal Pradesh, India. The outcomes of this study agree with the focused objectives on simulating climate change and its impact on livelihood security. It deals with several crucial methodologies to analyze livelihood security with and without climate change. The explorative deductive approach was used to observe climatic changes since the 1970s and simulated the climate until 2080. Additionally, the composite livelihood vulnerability index (LVI) without climate change and the climate change livelihood vulnerability index (CCLVI) with climate change impact were prepared. The book is beneficial for policymakers who are involved in framing and implementing policies chiefly in the Himalaya. It is also valuable for all stakeholders in society: students, researchers and academicians. It proposes discussions and debate on a new, integrated, inclusive and open approach to climate change and validates the significance of geographic knowledge in addressing climate change issues at various levels, suggesting policy measures to cope with them.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXXII, 312 p. 89 illus., 72 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811646485
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4648-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4648-5
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    Adaptations of Coastal Cities to Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Climate Change and Endemic Hazards (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Environment. ; Natural disasters. ; Urban economics. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Urban Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Arresting/Controlling Salt Water Contamination Of Coastal Aquifers -- Chapter3. Structures That Protect Sea Coast Populations, Assets, And GDPs: Sea Dikes, Breakwaters, Sea Walls -- Chapter4. Coastal City Flooding -- Chapter5. Physical Care: Lessening Impacts From Other Natural Hazards -- Chapter6. Disease Protection In Sea Coast (And Inland) Cities: Problems in Dense Populations with Shantytowns/Slums -- Chapter7. An Example of Coastal Cities Hazard Exposure and Economics -- Chapter8. Decisions, Costs, Funding To Protect Coastal Cities: Populations And Assets (Personal And Municipal/National).
    Abstract: This book discusses the identification of, solutions to, and management of threats to high population coastal cities and their seaports from global warming, climate change and endemic hazards. These include prevention of sea water intrusion of freshwater coastal aquifers, emplacement of barriers that mitigate the threats from sea level rise, and inundation of urban centers plus those from storm surges that cause flooding and salination of inshore terrain. The book assesses mitigation of the effects of extreme weather events such as drought, and major flooding from heavy rainfall on coastal urban centers, or on associated drainage basins. It also considers how coastal cities can counter vulnerabilities from other physical hazards (e.g., earthquakes - building codes) and health hazards (e.g., pollution, public health response - preparedness) that may be related to a city’s geological/geographical location and service as a port of entry for goods and travelers (regional and international). The book also cites the high costs of safeguarding citizen and municipal assets, but notes possible sources of potential funding especially from less developed and developing nations. The book is written to give strong background information to students majoring in environmental sciences or those in other majors with interests in the effects of global warming/climate change, and will be of interest to social scientists, think tank personnel, government planners, and lay persons in environmentally oriented organizations. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 86 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030226695
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22669-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22669-5
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    Introduction to Python in Earth Science Data Analysis : From Descriptive Statistics to Machine Learning (2021)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Computer simulation. ; Statistics . ; Earth System Sciences. ; Computer Modelling. ; Applied Statistics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I Python for Geologists, a kick-off -- Setting Up Your Python Environment, Easily -- Python Essentials for a Geologist -- Start Solving Geological Problems Using Python -- Part II Describing Geological Data -- Graphical Visualization of a Geological Dataset -- Descriptive Statistics -- Part III Integrals and Differential Equations in Geology -- Numerical Integration -- Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) -- Partial Differential Equations (PDE) -- Part IV Probability Density Functions and Error Analysis -- Probability Density Functions and their Use in Geology -- Error Analysis -- Part V Robust Statistics and Machine Learning -- Introduction to Robust Statistics -- 12. Machine Learning.
    Abstract: This textbook introduces the use of Python programming for exploring and modelling data in the field of Earth Sciences. It drives the reader from his very first steps with Python, like setting up the environment and starting writing the first lines of codes, to proficient use in visualizing, analyzing, and modelling data in the field of Earth Science. Each chapter contains explicative examples of code, and each script is commented in detail. The book is minded for very beginners in Python programming, and it can be used in teaching courses at master or PhD levels. Also, Early careers and experienced researchers who would like to start learning Python programming for the solution of geological problems will benefit the reading of the book.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 229 p. 112 illus., 104 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030780555
    Series Statement: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78055-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78055-5
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    Social and Economic Impact of Earth Sciences (2023)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Atmospheric science. ; Ecology . ; Oceanography. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Human geography. ; Earth Sciences. ; Atmospheric Science. ; Biooceanography. ; Water. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Short to Medium Range Weather Forewarning System in India -- Chapter 2. Operational Seasonal Forecasting of the Southwest Monsoon Rainfall -- Chapter 3. Severe Weather Events over Indian Region: Insights from Ensemble Prediction System -- Chapter 4. Monsoon Variability and Change -- Chapter 5. Use of Remote Sensing in Weather and Climate Studies and Forecasts -- Chapter 6. Forecasting of Severe Weather Events -- Chapter 7. Weather and Climate Modelling -- Chapter 8. Operational Extended Range Forecast of Weather and Climate Over India and the Sectoral Applications -- Chapter 9. Frequency and Magnitude of Heat and Cold Waves over India -- Chapter 10. Economic Impacts of Air pollution and Fog in India and Prediction Efforts -- Chapter 11. Advances in Ocean State Forecasting and Marine Fishery Advisory Services for the Indian Ocean Region -- Chapter 12. Satellite-Based Marine Ecological Services for the Indian Ocean Region -- Chapter 13. Augmentation of Water—Can Oceans Help? -- Chapter 14. Emerging Blue Economy Paradigm and Developments in India -- Chapter 15. Coastal Research—Beach Restoration and Protection -- Chapter 16. Developing Ocean Technology -- Chapter 17. Deep Sea Mineral Resources and the Indian Perspectives -- Chapter 18. Tsunami Early Warning Services -- Chapter 19. Landslide Hazard and Monitoring -- Chapter 20. Seismic Microzonation of Indian Cities and Strategy for Safer Design of Structures -- Chapter 21. Earthquake Monitoring in India by National Center for Seismology, India.
    Abstract: This book collects research papers on the economic and social impact of earth sciences. It covers topics related to weather forecasting, climate modelling, monsoon variability, air pollution, heat and cold wave, deep sea mineral and living resources, ocean state monitoring, tsunami and earthquake monitoring, desalination, coastal research, etc. The book focuses on the activities of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, India, in promoting the societal and economic impacts of earth science research in a simple language and in the form of stories and case studies, so that people with basic science degree can understand them. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 432 p. 12 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811969294
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6929-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-6929-4
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    Volcanic Debris Avalanches : From Collapse to Hazard (2021)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Natural disasters. ; Geomorphology. ; Geophysics. ; Natural Hazards. ; Geomorphology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Volcanic Debris Avalanches: An Introduction -- A Historical Perspective on Lateral Collapses and Volcanic Debris Avalanches -- Terminology and Strategy to Describe Large Volcanic Landslides and Debris Avalanches -- Distribution and Geometric Parameters of Volcanic Debris Avalanche Deposits -- Factors Contributing to Volcano Lateral Collapse -- Climatic Influence on Volcanic Landslides -- Volcanic Debris Avalanche Transport and Emplacement Mechanisms -- Sedimentology of Volcanic Debris Avalanche Deposits -- Volcanic debris-avalanche deposits in the context of volcaniclastic ring-plain successions –A case study from Mt. Taranaki.
    Abstract: This book presents an overview of volcanic debris avalanche deposits, which are produced by partial volcanic edifice collapse, a catastrophic natural phenomenon. It has been 40 years since the volcanic debris avalanche associated with the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, and our understanding of these events has grown considerably in the interim. Drawing on these advances, the book addresses all aspects of volcanic debris avalanches. Though previously overlooked in field-based geological and volcanological studies, these deposits are now known to be associated with most volcanoes and volcanic areas around the world. The book presents state-of-the-art ideas on the triggering and emplacement mechanisms of these events, supported by field and analogue studies, as well as new simulations tools and models used to determine their physical characteristic and hazards.
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    Pages: XII, 358 p. 122 illus., 105 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030574116
    Series Statement: Advances in Volcanology, An Official Book Series of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57411-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-57411-6
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    Time Series Analysis in Climatology and Related Sciences (2021)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Statistics . ; Climatology. ; Geophysics. ; Statistics in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. ; Climate Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Basics of Scalar Random Processes -- Chapter 3 - Time and Frequency Domain Models of Scalar Time Series -- Chapter 4 - Practical Analysis of Time Series.-Chapter 5 - Stochastic models and spectra of climatic and related time series -- Chapter 6 - Statistical Forecasting of Geophysical Processes -- Chapter 7 - Bivariate Time Series Analysis -- Chapter 8 - Teleconnection Research and Bivariate Extrapolation -- Chapter 9 - Reconstruction of Time Series -- Chapter 10 - Frequency domain structure and feedbacks in QBO time series -- Chapter 11- Verification of General Circulation Models -- Chapter 12 - Applications to proxy data -- Chapter 13 - Application to Sunspot Numbers and Total Solar Irradiance -- Chapter 14 - Multivariate time and frequency domain analysis -- Chapter 15 - Summary and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This book gives the reader the basic knowledge of the theory of random processes necessary for applying to study climatic time series. It contains many examples in different areas of time series analysis such as autoregressive modelling and spectral analysis, linear extrapolation, simulation, causality, relations between scalar components of multivariate time series, and reconstructions of climate data. As an important feature, the book contains many practical examples and recommendations about how to deal and how not to deal with applied problems of time series analysis in climatology or any other science where the time series are short.
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    Pages: XIV, 245 p. 117 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030580551
    Series Statement: Progress in Geophysics,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58055-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-58055-1
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    Ways Out of the Climate Catastrophe : Ingredients for a Sustainable Energy and Climate Policy (2021)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Sustainability. ; Technology Sociological aspects. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Applied ethics. ; Climate Sciences. ; Renewable Energy. ; Sustainability. ; Science, Technology and Society. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Energy Ethics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Part 1 – Energy -- From Aristotle to Nuclear Fusion - The Long Road to Realising What Energy Is. The Foundation of Civilisation -- The Comeback of Sustainable Energy - Why Fossil Energy Sources are Only a Footnote in Human History -- Electricity War and Smart Grids - The Key Role of Electricity Storage and Transport -- Part 2 – Climate -- A Brief History of the Climate - What Makes Current Global Warming so Special -- The Beat of the Butterfly's Wings - How Climate Research and Climate Models Work -- From Knowledge to Action - The Risk Ethics of Climate Policy -- Climate Deniers, Climate Hysterics and Nimbys - In the Self-Service Shop of Arguments -- Part 3 – Power -- The Path of Renewable Electricity - From Niche Products to the High-tech Innovations of the Future -- The Wild Cards in the Game - How Game Changers Could Change Everything -- Yes, we can! - The Marketability of Renewable Energies -- Re-parking in the Mind - The Second Half of the Road to an Ecological Society -- Part 4 – Society -- The Economy of the Future - From the Struggle for Resources to the Economy of Sharing -- The Unfortunate Primacy of Economics - Why Politics Must Set Limits to the Markets -- In the Interest of All Humankind - The Long Road from National Energy Concepts to Global Politics -- A Construction Site for Us All - The Victory of Climate Ethics.
    Abstract: Floods, species extinction, migration, droughts, super tornadoes - climate change is no longer a threat looming on the horizon but has long since become part of our everyday lives. Limiting the emerging and worsening climate changes is one of the most important challenges of our time. All human induced climate impacts can be traced back to a single factor: Energy. This book provides a comprehensive and readable introduction to the interplay between energy and climate, which also includes the fields of technology, economics, and politics. At the same time, the issue is highly complex and can only be understood in all its details by expert scientists, meaning that the facts are often poorly presented in the political discussion about climate. To put it simply: If we want to stop and even reverse the current climate trends, we need to find answers to the following three questions: · How exactly does our existing way of consuming energy affect the climate? · What options are there for generating energy without negative climate effects, and what do these mean for our lives? · What technological advances will directly help us to achieve this in future? In a non-alarmist yet entertaining manner, the book highlights the key determinants of global energy supply. Readers will come to appreciate the crucial facts about "energy and climate", will be up to date with the latest scientific and technological knowledge, and will understand the global political and economic framework that we need to consider when designing an appropriate future energy and climate policy. At the same time, the author conveys a clear and optimistic message: We already have the technical capabilities (which will be further enhanced in the future) to reverse the devastating climate trends without significantly limiting prosperity. The obstacles lie primarily in economic and political "constraints" and particular conflicts of interest. “A very important book that explains one of the most essential questions of our time - how we can master climate change by an energy transition - with scientific precision and clear words.” Georg Kell, founder and former Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact.
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    Pages: XV, 256 p. 3 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030851323
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85132-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-85132-3
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    Climate Change and Environmental Impacts: Past, Present and Future Perspective (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Bioclimatology. ; Paleoecology. ; Paleontology . ; Climate Sciences. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Paleoecology. ; Paleontology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Floral Diversity and Climate Change in the Siwalik Succession -- Early Paleogene Megaflora of the Palaeoequatorial Climate: A Case Study from the Gurha Lignite Mine of Rajasthan, Western India -- Development of Cenogram Technique over the Past Six Decades with Some Insights into the Varied Habitats Occupied by Diverse Mammalian Communities Across Spain, China, and India Transiting the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum -- Palynofloral Diversity During Mid-Miocene Warming in Kerala Basin, South-Western India: Palaeoclimatic Implications -- Non-Pollen Palynomorphs from the Late-Holocene Sediments of Majuli Island, Assam (Indo-Burma Region): Implications to Palaeoenvironmental Studies -- Climate Variability and Its Causal Mechanisms Over the Northeastern Indian Himalaya -- Quaternary Climate of Narmada Valley: A Case Study on Understanding Provenance, Weathering and Depositional Environment Using Alluvium Geochemistry from Tawa River Basin, Hoshangabad District, Madhya Pradesh -- Heterogeneity in Glacier Area Loss in Response to Climate Change in Selected Basins of Western Himalaya -- Proglacial Landscape Transformations in Arctic, Ny-Alesund Area, Svalbard: Paraglacial Processes and Climate Warming During Late Quaternary -- Impact of Changing Climate Over Polar Ice Sheet – A Case Study from Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica -- Prevalent Climate Variables During Ablation Season Around Gangotri Glacier -- Compacted Snow Dune Complexes in Antarctica and their Applicability as New Climate Change and Basement Tectonic Parameters -- Investigating the Effect of Environmental Variables on the Isotopic Composition of Transpiration: Implications to Study the Monsoon Processes -- Investigating the Effect of Air-sea Carbon Dynamics and Water Quality Parameters on the Coral Reef Ecosystem of Lakshadweep Sea -- Trend Analysis and Change Point Detection of Annual and Seasonal Precipitation Timeseries Over Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh -- Assessment of Snow Cover Changes Over the Tons River Basin During Last Two Decades (2000-2019) -- Extreme Rainfall Trends and their Statistical Significance -- Examination of Historical Trends and Future Projections for Climate and Land-use Variables and its Impacts on Kalna River Flow in Goa, India -- Temporal Trends in Water Discharge Characteristics of the Large Peninsular Rivers: Assessing the Role of Climatic and Anthropogenic Factors -- Groundwater Responses to Climate Variability in Punjab, India -- Reflections on Temporal Trends in Water Quality and Climate Variability at Three Degradation Hotspots of Leading Rivers in India -- Drought Frequency Assessment and Implications of Climate Change for Maharashtra, India -- Multi-temporal Impact Analysis of Covid-19 Lockdown and Unlock Measures on Major Air Pollutants in Guwahati City, India -- Impact of Lockdown on Air Quality in Megacities of India During COVID-19 Pandemic -- Understanding Urban Floods as Extreme Events and Disaster Management: A Case Study of Bengaluru -- Engendered Climate Risk Analysis: A Precursor to Gender Equality and Empowerment -- Covid Lockdown Improves the Health of River Yamuna: A Pilot Study.
    Abstract: Earth’s climate varies even without human influence but the acceleration in the changing pattern with cause and effect by/to the civilisation is a matter of concern to scientists. These patterns are lessons to understand future trends and ways and means for mitigation. The extreme weather events in almost every region of the globe involving excessive loss of human life and property are causing anxiety in society and posing challenges before scientists and planners. Cyclical variations in the Earth’s climate occur at multiple time scales, from years to decades, centuries, and millennia. Cycles at each scale are caused by a variety of physical mechanisms. In the last 65 Ma only, there have been several cycles of glacial advances and retreat, with the abrupt end of the last ice age about 11,700 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era and human civilization. A multidisciplinary approach in studying the Earth’s changing climate will provide a holistic view and guide us in future planning and programming.
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    Pages: XIII, 454 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031131196
    Series Statement: Society of Earth Scientists Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13119-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-13119-6
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    Subsurface Environmental Modelling Between Science and Policy (2021)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Computational intelligence. ; Computer simulation. ; Data mining. ; Mathematical physics. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Computational Intelligence. ; Computer Modelling. ; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. ; Mathematical Physics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Environmental engineering applications related to flow and transport in the subsurface -- Mathematical/numerical solution methods: An overview -- Numerical simulation: Implementation, data processing, software concepts -- The science-policy interface in subsurface environmental modelling -- Challenging subsurface modelling and policy-making -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book provides a broad overview of essential features of subsurface environmental modelling at the science-policy interface, offering insights into the potential challenges in the field of subsurface flow and transport, as well as the corresponding computational modelling and its impact on the area of policy- and decision-making. The book is divided into two parts: Part I presents models, methods and software at the science-policy interface. Building on this, Part II illustrates the specifications using detailed case studies of subsurface environmental modelling. It also includes a systematic research overview and discusses the anthropogenic use of the subsurface, with a particular focus on energy-related technologies, such as carbon sequestration, geothermal technologies, fluid and energy storage, nuclear waste disposal, and unconventional oil and gas recovery.
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    Pages: XVI, 219 p. 40 illus., 31 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030511784
    Series Statement: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51178-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51178-4
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    Observations, Modeling and Systems Analysis in Geomagnetic Data Interpretation (2020)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Earth sciences. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Pattern recognition systems. ; Geophysics. ; Earth Sciences. ; Artificial Intelligence. ; Automated Pattern Recognition.
    Description / Table of Contents: Methods -- Syntactic classifications of time series -- Fuzzy logic approach to classification -- Discrete Mathematical Analysis and clustering -- Intellectual Geographic Information Systems.-Fuzzy Logic Algorithmic System for Anomaly Recognition (FLASAR) -- Data and applications -- Aeromagnetic surveys: spatial magnetic anomalies recognition -- GIS data layers: world magnetic atlas -- Electromagnetic data: monitoring of volcanic activities -- Geodynamics -- Seismological data -- INTERMAGNET observations and data processing -- Extreme events (Xevents).
    Abstract: Geomagnetic field penetrates through all shells of the solid Earth, hydrosphere and atmosphere, spreading into space. The Earth Magnetic Field plays a key-role in major natural processes. Geomagnetic field variations in time and space provide important information about the state of the solid Earth, as well as the solar-terrestrial relationships and space weather conditions. The monograph presents a set of fundamental and, at the same time, urgent scientific problems of modern geomagnetic studies, as well as describes the results of the authors’ developments. The new technique introduced in the book can be applied far beyond the limits of Earth sciences. Requirements to corresponding data models are formulated. The conducted experimental investigations are combined with development and implementation of new methods of mathematical modeling, artificial intelligence, systems analysis and data science to solve the fundamental problems of geomagnetism. At that, formalism of Big Data and its application to Earth Sciences is presented as essential part of systems analysis. The book is intended for research scientists, tutors, students, postgraduate students and engineers working in geomagnetism and Earth sciences in general, as well as in other relevant scientific disciplines.
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    Pages: XIV, 311 p. 169 illus., 107 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030589691
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58969-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-58969-1
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    The Andaman Islands and Adjoining Offshore: Geology, Tectonics and Palaeoclimate (2020)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geology. ; Atmospheric science. ; Geophysics. ; Geology. ; Atmospheric Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Andaman Ophiolite: An Overview -- Timing of formation and obduction of the Andaman Ophiolite -- Facies stacking of a deep sea depositional lobe: Case study from Paleogene Andaman Flysch, South Andaman Islands, India -- Spatial variation in the composition of Andaman Flysch across the Andaman Islands in relation to source of sediments and tectonics -- Tracing the sources and depositional pathways for the Oligocene sediments in the Andaman Forearc -- Seismicity, lithospheric structure and mantle deformation in the Andaman Nicobar Subduction Zone -- Lithospheric Framework of Sumatra-Andaman Subduction Zone - A Review -- Crustal model for the Andaman Outer Arc: Constraints from Earthquake, Gravity and Receiver Function Data -- Geomagnetic Deep Sounding in Andaman Islands -- On the Trail of the Great 2004 Andaman-Sumatra Earthquake: Seismotectonics and Regional Tsunami History from the Andaman-Nicobar Segment -- A glimpse of crustal deformation through earthquake supercycle in the Andaman region using GPS measurements -- Tectonics of the Andaman Backarc Basin – Present Understanding and Some Outstanding Questions -- Miocene to Pleistocene Palaeoceanography of the Andaman Region: Evolution of the Indian Monsoon on a Warmer-Than-Present Earth -- Late Quaternary Chronostratigraphy, Carbonate Mass Accumulation Rates and Paleoceanography of the Andaman Sea -- Mid to Late Holocene reconstruction of the southwest monsoonal shifts based on a marine sediment core off the Landfall Island, Bay of Bengal.
    Abstract: This book gathers peer-reviewed research articles on recent advances concerning the geology, geophysics, tectonics, geochronology, sedimentology, igneous petrology, paleo-climate and paleo-oceanography of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India and the adjoining ocean basins. Accordingly, it contributes significantly to readers’ understanding of the origin and evolution of the Andaman subduction zone and its various components. It also provides much-needed information on the evolution of the South Asian monsoon system since the Eocene and its link to Himalayan weathering and erosion.
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    Pages: XIV, 400 p. 140 illus., 120 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030398439
    Series Statement: Society of Earth Scientists Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39843-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39843-9
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    Quantum Measurement of Gravity for Geodesists and Geophysicists (2020)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Quantum physics. ; Magnetism. ; Geophysics. ; Quantum Physics. ; Magnetism.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Recalls of classical mechanics -- 2 Recalls of the classical theory of the electromagnetic field -- 3 The crisis of classical physics and the dawn of quantum physics -- 4 The principles of quantum mechanics -- 5 First applications of quantum theory -- 6 The quantum measurement of gravity. .
    Abstract: During the last thirty years a great advancement in low energy physics, particularly interactions of atoms with the electromagnetic field, has been achieved and the development of electronics and laser techniques has allowed to implement a fine manipulation of atoms with photons. A wealth of important applications has sprung out from the ability of manipulating large samples of cold atoms. Among them, the improvement of atomic clocks and the creation of atomic gyroscopes and of atomic gravity meters, which is obviously of great interest for geodesists and geophysicists, particularly for potential applications in satellite geodesy. This book explains the fundamental concepts necessary to understand atom manipulation by photons, including the principles of quantum mechanics. It is conceived as a road that leads the reader from classical physics (mechanics and electromagnetism, considered as a common scientific background of geodesists and geophysicists), to the basics of quantum mechanics in order to understand the dynamics of atoms falling in the gravity field, while interacting with suitably resonant laser beams. There are different types of measurements of gravity based on the manipulation of ultra-cold atoms; the book presents the principles of the instruments based on stimulated Raman transition, which can be easily worked out analytically. However, the concepts explained in the text can provide a good starting point to understand also the applications based on the so-called Block oscillations or on the Bose–Einstein condensation. .
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    Pages: VIII, 133 p. 18 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030428389
    Series Statement: Springer Geophysics,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42838-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42838-9
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    The Earth’s Free Oscillations : Formulation and Solution of the Fundamental Wave Equation of Nature (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geophysics. ; Earth Sciences. ; Geophysics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Free oscillations of a string -- Free oscillations of the Earth -- Formulations and solutions of the fundamental wave equation of nature. .
    Abstract: This book presents the formulations and solutions of the wave equation for the Earth’s free oscillations concerning the particular nodal, bifurcation, perspectival, and projective reference points within the framework of the three “great geometries” of Euclid, Lobachevsky, and Riemann. When studying the relationship between the propagation velocity of various types of bulk and surface seismic waves with radial, spheroidal, and torsional eigen oscillations of the Earth having corresponding periods, we are struck by the fundamental problem of obtaining reference points that allow physical meaning to be attributed to all these discrete oscillatory and continuous wave phenomena that occur in nature. Several unsuccessful attempts tried to unify the relationship of discrete oscillations and the velocity of waves and light occurring in seismology and other phenomena associated with gravity and matter, using a three-dimensional visual space-time model continuous Euclidean space. Using simple and illustrative examples for describing the free oscillations of the Earth and taking into account new visible event horizons related to the velocity of waves and light propagation, the author formulated and solved the fundamental wave equation of nature in the form of the three “great theorems”: Galilean, Lorentz, and Poincaré spatiotemporal transformations.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030675172
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67517-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-67517-2
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    Fast Solar Wind Driven by Parametric Decay Instability and Alfvén Wave Turbulence (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Astrophysics. ; Sun. ; Earth Sciences. ; Astrophysics. ; Solar Physics.
    Description / Table of Contents: General Introduction -- 1D model with Compressional and Non-compressional Nonlinear Effects -- Onset and Suppression of Parametric Decay Instability -- 3D Simulations of the Fast Solar Wind -- Summary and Discussion.
    Abstract: This book discusses key theoretical aspects concerning the formation of the solar wind: the most essential building block in the heliosphere, in which planets orbit. To understand the influence of solar activity on planetary magnetospheres and atmospheres, we need to first understand the origin of the solar wind, which is still under debate. This book presents the outcomes of state-of-the-art numerical simulations of solar wind acceleration, including the first three-dimensional simulation of the turbulence-driven solar wind model. One of the book’s goals is to include compressional effects in the dynamics of solar wind turbulence; accordingly, it discusses parametric decay instability in detail. Several key aspects that are relevant to the Parker Solar Probe observations are also discussed. Given its scope, the book plays a key role in bridging the gap between the theory of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and current/future in-situ observations of the solar wind. This book is based on the Ph.D. thesis by the author, which won the 2019 International Astronomical Union Division E Ph.D. prize.
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    Pages: XV, 94 p. 38 illus., 31 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811610301
    Series Statement: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1030-1
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    Water and Earthquakes (2021)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Geology. ; Natural disasters. ; Geophysics. ; Water. ; Geology. ; Natural Hazards.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Groundwater flow and transport -- Hydro-mechanical coupling -- Earthquakes influenced by water -- Response to tides, barometric pressure and seismic waves -- Groundwater Level -- Stream Flow -- Groundwater Temperature -- Groundwater and Stream Composition -- Geysers -- Liquefaction -- Mud Volcanoes -- Hydrologic precursors -- Epilogue.
    Abstract: This open access book explores the interactions between water and earthquakes, including recent concerns about induced seismicity. It further highlights that a better understanding of the response of the water system to disturbances such as earthquakes is needed to safeguard water resources, to shield underground waste repositories, and to mitigate groundwater contamination. Although the effects of earthquakes on streams and groundwater have been reported for thousands of years, this field has only blossomed into an active area of research in the last twenty years after quantitative and continuous documentation of field data became available. This volume gathers the important advances that have been made in the field over the past decade, which to date have been scattered in the form of research articles in various scientific journals.
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    Pages: XVI, 387 p. 191 illus., 135 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030643089
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64308-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-64308-9
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    The Empty Sea : The Future of the Blue Economy (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Power resources. ; Environmental sciences. ; Physics. ; Oceanography. ; Sustainability. ; Earth Sciences. ; Water. ; Natural Resource and Energy Economics. ; Environmental Physics. ; Ocean Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1: Introduction: If a jellyfish stings you, there is a reason -- Chapter2: Man and the sea -- Chapter3: The war against the sea -- Chapter4: Understanding overshoot -- Chapter5: The blue economy -- Chapter6: Conclusion: The horror that came to Sarnath.
    Abstract: The “Blue Economy” is used to describe all of the economic activities related to the sea, with a special emphasis on sustainability. Traditional activities such as fisheries, but also undersea mining, tourism, and scientific research are included, as well as the phenomenal growth of aquaculture during the past decade. All of these activities, and the irresistible prospect of another new frontier, has led to enthusiastic and, most likely, overenthusiastic assessments of the possibilities to exploit the sea to feed the world, provide low-cost energy, become a new source of minerals, and other future miracles. This book makes sense of these trends and of the future of the blue economy by following our remote ancestors who gradually discovered the sea and its resources, describing the so-called fisherman’s curse – or why fishermen have always been poor, explaining why humans tend to destroy the resources on which we depend, and assessing the realistic expectations for extracting resources from the sea. Although the sea is not so badly overexploited as the land, our demands on ecosystem services are already above the oceans’ sustainability limits. Some new ideas, including “fishing down” for untapped resources such as plankton, could lead to the collapse of the entire marine ecosystem. How Neanderthals crossed the sea in canoes, how it was possible for five men on a small boat to kill a giant whale, what kind of oil the virgins of the Gospel put into their lamps, how a professor of mathematics, Vito Volterra, discovered the “equations of fishing,” why it has become so easy to be stung by a jellyfish while swimming in the sea, and how to play “Moby Dick,” a simple board game that simulates the overexploitation of natural resources are just some of the questions that you will be able to answer after reading this engaging and insightful book about the rapidly expanding relationship between humanity and the sea. .
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    Pages: XXI, 203 p. 86 illus., 56 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030518981
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51898-1
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    Processes in GeoMedia—Volume III (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Oceanography. ; Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Physical geography. ; Earth Sciences. ; Ocean Sciences. ; Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Earth System Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Scale invariant structure of lithosphere earthquake source -- Permeability measurement by the fracture pressure drop curve in laboratory experiments -- Geology and petrogeochemical features of the Kumak ore Field carbon deposits -- Effect of Plastic Properties ON Hydraulic Fracturing Operation -- Dynamics of harmonic internal gravity waves in stratified inhomogeneous medium -- The exact equation for the waveform of potential stationary surface waves -- Identification of the initial spot location of pollution in the Kerch strait on the basis of adjoint equation -- North Atlantic Oscillation and Interannual Mixed Layer Heat Balance Variability in the North Atlantic.
    Abstract: This book presents the findings of recent theoretical and experimental studies of processes in the atmosphere, oceans and lithosphere, discussing their interactions, environmental issues, geology, problems related to human impacts on the environment, and methods of geophysical research. It particularly focuses on the geomechanical aspects of the production of hydrocarbons, including the laborious extraction of oils. Furthermore, it includes contributions on ecological problems of the biosphere. This book corresponds to the English edition of the "Processes in GeoMedia," a Russian academic journal focused on new theoretical and experimental studies of the Earth's processes.
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    Pages: VII, 305 p. 118 illus., 64 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030690403
    Series Statement: Springer Geology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69040-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-69040-3
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    Climate Change : The Social and Scientific Construct (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: Understanding climate change -- Scientific opinion on climate change -- Public perspective of climate change -- Predictors of public climate change awareness and risk perception around the world -- Drivers of Climate change. .
    Abstract: Beginning in the second half of the twentieth century, the impacts of climate change have been fierce, causing loss of human life and irreparable destruction to natural and man-made infrastructure in many parts of the world. The difference between climate change now and in the past is that of sudden and disproportionate disruption of the natural energy dynamics by the changing consumption patterns of billions of human beings who have polluted terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The picture that emerges from the exhaustive analysis of international data drawn from the most reliable sources indicates that we have possibly gained access to the gateway of extinction and it is time that we take corrective steps immediately. Global climate change is further altering our relationship with the environment, modifying relatively stable climatic factors and making them uncertain, unpredictable, and threatening. Changes in land use and an increasing demand for water resources due to climate change have affected the capacity of ecosystems to sustain food production, ensure the supply of freshwater resources, provide ecosystem services, and promote rural multi-functionality. Ensuring food production does not just depend on increasing water efficiency, promoting climate resilient crop production, or reducing land-use competition for urbanization but also on a more suitable and stable climate as the changes in climatic factors like precipitation, temperature, radiation, evaporation, and wind bring about some major shifts in global food supplies. According to Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES), focused on greenhouse gas emissions projections, and Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change increases the risk of simultaneous crop failures (including corn, rice, legumes, and vegetables) if irrigation systems are not fully adapted to water stress situations. A changing climate could have many adverse impacts on other sectors of our environment. This book offers concrete, up-to-date, and appropriate study cum research material for students, researchers, academicians and policymakers. It will be of a greater interest to students and researchers in the field of environmental science, agriculture science, agronomy, and sustainable development.
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    Pages: VI, 390 p. 90 illus., 78 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030862909
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86290-9
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    Anatomy of a South African Karst Hydrosystem : The Hydrology and Hydrogeology of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Earth Sciences. ; Water. ; Geology. ; Sedimentology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Study Framework -- Introduction and Background -- Description of the Physical Environment -- Literature Review -- Physical Hydrology.
    Abstract: This book combines the results of the research activities in the assessment of water resources environment and an integrated water resource monitoring program to support preservation efforts of the aquatic environment of the Cradle of Humankind (COH), World Heritage Sites. A poor understanding of the surface and groundwater resources of the COH property has precipitated often alarmist reporting in the media regarding the negative impacts associated with various sources of poor quality water. The most notable of these is the acid mine drainage threat to karst ecosystems and fossil sites across the property. These circumstances have generated wide and considerable concern for the preservation of the UNESCO-inscribed fossil sites and integrity of the water resources of the property.
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    Pages: LXV, 356 p. 274 illus., 213 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030958299
    Series Statement: Cave and Karst Systems of the World,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95829-9
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    The Trials of Gaia : Milestones in the Evolution of Earth with Reference to the Anthropocene (2023)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Climatology. ; Human ecology. ; Earth Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Anthropology.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Living Planet -- The dawn of Gaia -- The early Earth crust (4.0-2.6 Ga) -- Early life -- Ica ages and atmospheric oxygenation -- The Ediacaran and Cambrian “explosion” of life -- Phanerozoic mass extinctions -- The Holocene -- The Anthropogenic catastrophe -- A burning planet -- Paleoclimate implications -- Climate zones shifts, ice melt and stadial cooling -- Future climate projections -- The nuclear nightmare.
    Abstract: This books presents a documentation and resulting perspectives regarding James Lovelock's multidisciplinary evolution theory. It looks at past and current climate changes and their consequences, including detailed accounts of the global warming. The connection between climate trajectories and extreme weather events, including tropical and arctic fronts, cyclones, fire storms, tropical storms, acidification, tsunami, floods, sea level rise, are referred to in connection with recent developments. The book updates earlier accounts regarding extreme weather events and mass extinctions.
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    Pages: XV, 127 p. 87 illus., 81 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031237096
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23709-6
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    Understanding climate change : with Sketchnotes (2023)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geophysics. ; Earth Sciences. ; Geophysics.
    Description / Table of Contents: How special is the Earth? -- The sun as a source of energy -- Understanding the greenhouse effect -- The Earth's climate system -- Climate change -- Effects of the climate system -- What can I do? -- Future view.
    Abstract: What is driving climate change? What impact does it have on the Earth's ecosystems, our environment, and us? What can I do? This book explains in a clear and understandable way the interrelationships, influencing factors and effects of the greatest challenge facing mankind: climate change. The team of authors presents over 100 aspects in clear language, each on a double-page spread. With impressive sketchnotes, professor and sketchnoter Katharina Theis-Bröhl illustrates and explains the sometimes simple, sometimes complicated issues always understandable. Because: Sketchnotes are not only beautiful to look at – they are also an effective mnemonic, a structural tool and an aid to crystallize the essentials. Comprehensible accompanying texts by Cecilia Scorza and Harald Lesch round off each topic in an informative way. With this book, you can understand the causes of climate change, discover the physical connections, and recognize both local and global impacts. You will learn about the role our location in the solar system plays, the feedback processes involved in global warming, and what it means when the oceans acidify. And ultimately, the question will be asked: How much time do we have left to act? From the contents How special is the Earth? – Understanding the greenhouse effect – The Earth's climate system – The climate change – Effects of climate change – What can I do? – A look ahead About the authors Harald Lesch is Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics at the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Munich. For years, he has brought complex scientific and philosophical topics to the general public in an understandable and impressive way with numerous bestsellers and programs such as "Lesch's Cosmos". Climate change and climate protection are among his main topics. Cecilia Scorza holds a doctorate in astrophysics and is the coordinator of public outreach and education at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Munich. She has received, among others, the Neumann Prize for Didactics of the German Astronomical Society, the Scientix Prize of the EU and the Kepler Prize for Physics Education. Together with Harald Lesch and colleagues, she initiated the project "Climate Change: Understanding and Acting", which has been running with great success in German-speaking schools since 2018. Katharina Theis-Bröhl is a professor of physics, mathematics and materials science at Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences. She uses sketchnotes in lectures and popular science talks to present complex issues in an understandable way. In 2019 and 2022, she organized the "Climate Week Bremerhaven" at Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences, where scientists, students and the interested public could inform and exchange ideas. She is active in Scientists for Future.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 163 p. 79 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783662663721
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-66372-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-66372-1
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    Springer Handbook of Atmospheric Measurements (2021)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Environment. ; Geographic information systems. ; Measurement. ; Measuring instruments. ; Biotic communities. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Geographical Information System. ; Measurement Science and Instrumentation. ; Ecosystems.
    Description / Table of Contents: Basics of Atmospheric Measurement Techniques -- In-situ Measurement Techniques -- Remote Sensing Techniques (Ground-Based) -- Remote Sensing Techniques (Space- and Aircraft-Based) -- Complex Measurements - Methods and Applications -- Measurements Networks.
    Abstract: This practical handbook provides a clearly structured, concise and comprehensive account of the huge variety of atmospheric and related measurements relevant to meteorologists and for the purpose of weather forecasting and climate research, but also to the practitioner in the wider field of environmental physics and ecology. The Springer Handbook of Atmospheric Measurements is divided into six parts: The first part offers instructive descriptions of the basics of atmospheric measurements and the multitude of their influencing factors, fundamentals of quality control and standardization, as well as equations and tables of atmospheric, water, and soil quantities. The subsequent parts present classical in-situ measurements as well as remote sensing techniques from both ground-based as well as airborn or satellite-based methods. The next part focusses on complex measurements and methods that integrate different techniques to establish more holistic data. Brief discussions of measurements in soils and water, at plants, in urban and rural environments and for renewable energies demonstrate the potential of such applications. The final part provides an overview of atmospheric and ecological networks. Written by distinguished experts from academia and industry, each of the 64 chapters provides in-depth discussions of the available devices with their specifications, aspects of quality control, maintenance as well as their potential for the future. A large number of thoroughly compiled tables of physical quantities, sensors and system characteristics make this handbook a unique, universal and useful reference for the practitioner and absolutely essential for researchers, students, and technicians. .
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    Pages: LVIII, 1748 p. 752 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030521714
    Series Statement: Springer Handbooks,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52171-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52171-4
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    Climate and Energy Governance for a Sustainable Future (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Climate Sciences. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Did the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement Change the Trajectory of the Global Response to the Build-up of Greenhouse Gas Emissions? -- COP26: Ambition, Coal, Finance, and the Paris Rulebook -- Was COP26 Critical for the Implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement? -- Can the Political Process in Washington Create Policy for Meaningful Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions? -- Carbon Pricing: Some Problems and Solutions -- Carbon Pricing: Punitive Taxation on Beef -- Should Policymakers Encourage the Development of Specific Green Energy Technologies? Advantages and Risks -- Clean Energy Technologies as a Way to Combat the Climate Crisis -- Access to Clean, Affordable, and Reliable Energy Sources to Promote Economic Prosperity -- Should Policymakers Promote Electric Vehicles and Other Elements of Electrification in Areas with Carbon Intensive Electricity Supply? -- How to Promote Electrification, Decarbonize the Electricity Supply and Improve Energy Efficiency Concurrently -- Promoting Electric Vehicles as the Silver Bullet for Tackling Climate Change.
    Abstract: This book includes contributions by leading experts across the globe with the first part of the book focusing on the analysis of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, examines COP26, and questions the political process in the US for the creation of policy for meaningful greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Part 2 explores various ways in which one can effectively mitigate climate change. The contents provide an analysis of carbon pricing, development of specific green energy technologies to promote economic prosperity, and analysis of electric vehicles and other elements of electrification in areas with carbon-intensive electricity supply. Part 3 analyses the international dimension of energy governance (both regional and global) and climate action. It further provides an analysis of the challenges faced by small island developing states, least-developed countries and other vulnerable places. It also offers an analysis of the prospects for a European Energy Union and explores why energy security and decarbonization are significant. Lastly, it explores global energy governance and how its fragmentation can be reduced. This volume will be a useful reference for those in industry and academia.
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    Pages: XVII, 265 p. 17 illus., 14 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811983467
    Series Statement: Climate Change Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8346-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8346-7
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    Science Diplomacy for South Asian Countries : Insights and Breakthroughs (2021)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Technology Sociological aspects. ; Diplomacy. ; Communication in science. ; Climate Sciences. ; Science, Technology and Society. ; Diplomacy. ; Science Communication.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to Science Diplomacy -- Chapter 2: An Evolving Tool of International Cooperation -- Chapter 3: International Mega Science Projects -- Chapter 4: South Asian Countries and Regional S&T Cooperation -- Chapter 5: Bilateral S&T Cooperation: India with Neighboring Countries -- Chapter 6: India on a Road to Science Diplomacy -- Chapter 7: Case Study: Indo - Myanmar Science Diplomacy -- Chapter 8: Case Study: Indo - Sri Lanka Science Diplomacy -- Chapter 9: Case study: Would Indo-Pak Science Diplomacy Flourish?
    Abstract: This book provides a science diplomacy outlook as a new governance tool in international cooperation. It elaborates on India's current S&T collaboration with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and science policy and science diplomacy in India. The book introduces concepts and contours of science diplomacy with international examples. It presents insights into international governance models, mega-science projects, and science diplomacy's role in addressing global climate change and sustainable development challenges. The book is a valuable reference to spark breakthroughs in India’s science diplomacy with its neighbouring countries for scientists, diplomats, policymakers, government, and non-government institutions interested in science and diplomacy.
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    Pages: XXI, 214 p. 29 illus., 18 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811630255
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3025-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-3025-5
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    Climate Change in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Region (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Bioclimatology. ; Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Regional Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Climate Change Models and Impacts -- Assessment of Future Climate Trend Based on Multi-RCMs Models and Its Impact on Groundwater Recharge of the Mediterranean Coastal Aquifer of Ghis-Nekkor (Morocco) -- Species distribution based-modelling under climate change: the case of two native wild Olea europaea subspecies in Morocco, O. e. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris and O. e. subsp. maroccana -- The frequency of rare Cyclones in the Eastern Mediterranean and Northeastern Africa as a sign of climate change Using satellite Imagery, Climate data models and GIS-Based Analysis -- Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology in the Mediterranean Part of Slovenia -- Climate change impacts and the role of forestry: Insights from the Mediterranean region -- Energy Impacts on Climate Change: Issues, challenges and solutions with clean Conversion Technology -- Montenegro and World: Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation -- Portrayals of Climate Change and Drought in the Politically Oriented Turkish Press: Socialist, Islamist, and Nationalist Accounts of Extreme Weather in 2007 and 2014 -- Climate changes and insolation in the Mediterranean basin: the case of Montenegro -- The conservation challenge of traditional agroecosystems in Morocco: the case study of six oases agroecosystems -- Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Initiatives -- Enhancing the Resilience of Oasis Agrosystems to Climate Change in Morocco -- Climate Change and Agricultural production in Algeria -- Ready for climate change? An assessment of measures adopted by 45 Mediterranean coastal cities to face climate change -- Climate change or climate crisis? Investigating the views of forestry students on the causes, consequences and tools for the mitigation of climate change -- Development of a water security index incorporating future challenges.
    Abstract: This book serves the purpose of showcasing some of the works in respect of applied research, field projects, and best practice to foster climate change adaptation across the region. Climate change is having a much greater impact in the Mediterranean than the global average. In the Paris Climate Agreement, the UN member states pledged to stop global warming at well below two degrees, if possible at 1.5 degrees. This mark, which is expected elsewhere only for 2030 to 2050, has already been reached in the region. The situation could worsen in the coming years if the global community does not limit its emissions. The above state of affairs illustrates the need for a better and more holistic understanding of how climate change affects countries in the Mediterranean region on the one hand, but also on the many problems it faces on the other, which prevent adaptation efforts. There is also a perceived need to showcase successful examples of how to duly address and manage the many social, economic, and political problems posed by climate change in the region, in order to replicate and even upscale the successful approaches used. It is against this background that the book "Climate Change in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Region" has been produced. It contains papers prepared by scholars, practitioners, and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing climate change projects, and working across the region.
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    Pages: IX, 527 p. 156 illus., 141 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030785666
    Series Statement: Climate Change Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78566-6
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    Processes in GeoMedia—Volume IV (2022)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Oceanography. ; Climatology. ; Physical geography. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Geophysics. ; Ocean Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Determination of cavities under the concrete slab anchoring the upper slopes of the Novosibirsk hydroe-lectric power station using standing waves -- Acoustic measurements on synthetic fractured samples made using FDM 3D printing technology -- Variational identification of the transport model parameters in the Azov Sea based on remote sensing data -- Separated flows under hydrodynamic action of a solution on rock salt -- Innovative technologies for the construction of horizontal and two-tiered underground reservoirs in rock salt -- Coastal geology and geomorphology of the Kasatka Bay (Iturup Island, South Kuril Islands, SE Russia) -- The movement of the particles around cylindrical particle in a shear flow -- Metastable instability of Marangoni convection -- Impact of warm winters on the White Sea: in silico experiment.
    Abstract: This book corresponds to the fourth volume of the series focused on Processes in GeoMedia and their research on the dynamic of natural systems - geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and their interactions-, the human contribution to naturally occurring processes are among the most urgent and essential scientific problems. The widespread introduction of computer technology has allowed calculating complex phenomena, previously unavailable for analysis. The creation and improvement of a new generation of geophysical instruments, remote observing systems based on the ship, aircraft, and satellite allow obtaining a large amount of data to reflect the broad picture of the processes objectively. The articles included in this book also reflect a critical position in laboratory modeling of research in geo-environments and testing.
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    Pages: VIII, 385 p. 220 illus., 99 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030763282
    Series Statement: Springer Geology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76328-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76328-2
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    Introduction to Climate Change Management : Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy (2021)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Cogeneration of electric power and heat. ; Fossil fuels. ; Environmental management. ; Political planning. ; Environmental Law. ; Climate Sciences. ; Fossil Fuel. ; Environmental Management. ; Public Policy. ; Environmental Law.
    Description / Table of Contents: The science background -- Counting carbon -- Reducing emissions -- Policy framework -- Adapting to climate change -- Monitoring, reporting and verification -- Conclusions and further reading.
    Abstract: This book provides climate students with the basic scientific background to climate change management. Students will learn about international and national approaches to climate change management defined in voluntary initiatives as well as in national law and international agreements. The book describes mitigation and adaptation measures, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, and strategies for achieving a low-carbon economy, including green finance. This book combines theory and practice, introducing students to the conceptual background but also taking a professional and technical approach with case studies and low carbon toolkits. Filled with didactic elements such as concept schemes, tables, charts, figures, examples, as well as questions and answers at the end of the chapters, this book aims to engage critical thinking and the discussion of important topics of our days. The low-carbon strategy is one of the answers to limiting the greenhouse effect on our planet. This strategy is to minimize the overall carbon consumption in the life cycle of the products we consume, from the extraction of raw materials to the end of their life. The future is being built today. This book will guide its readers along the path of imagining and realizing a low-carbon economy.
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    Pages: XIX, 263 p. 51 illus., 43 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030879181
    Series Statement: Springer Climate,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87918-1
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    Processes in GeoMedia—Volume V (2022)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Oceanography. ; Climatology. ; Physical geography. ; Geophysics. ; Ocean Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Determination of cavities under the concrete slab anchoring the upper slopes of the Novosibirsk hydroe-lectric power station using standing waves -- Chapter 2: Acoustic measurements on synthetic fractured samples made using FDM 3D printing technology -- Chapter 3: Variational identification of the transport model parameters in the Azov Sea based on remote sensing data -- Chapter 4: Detached flows at rock salt exposition to aqueous solution -- Chapter 5: Innovative technologies for construction of horizontal and double-deck underground tanks in rock salt -- Chapter 6: Coastal geology and geomorphology of the Kasatka Bay (Iturup Island, South Kuril Islands, SE Russia) -- Chapter 7: The movement of the particles around cylindrical particle in a shear flow -- Chapter 8: Internal Gravity Waves Fields Dynamics in Vertically Stratified Horizontally Inhomogeneous Medium. .
    Abstract: This book corresponds to the fifth volume of the series focused on Processes in GeoMedia and their research on the dynamic of natural systems, including theoretical and experimental studies of the processes occurring in the earth's bowels, the ocean, and the atmosphere. This volume pays particular attention to geomechanical aspects of the production of hydrocarbons. This fifth volume of Processes in GeoMedia corresponds to the English edition of the journal Processes in GeoMedia, published originally in Russian.
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    Pages: VII, 271 p. 129 illus., 69 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030858513
    Series Statement: Springer Geology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85851-3
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    Climate Adaptation Modelling (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Natural disasters. ; Ecology Methodology. ; Bioclimatology. ; Earth sciences. ; Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Ecological Modelling. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Earth and Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction from DG-CLIMA -- Introduction from the Editors -- Challenges for adaptation modelling -- Hazard, exposure and vulnerability modelling -- Sectoral models for impact and adaptation assessment -- Adaptation modelling and policy action -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: This open access book focuses on an issue only marginally tackled by this literature: the still existing gap between adaptation science and modelling and the possibility to effectively access and exploit the information produced by policy making at different levels, international, national and local. To do so, the book presents the proceedings of a high-level expert workshop on adaptation modelling, integrated with main results from the “Study on Adaptation Modelling” (SAM-PS) commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) and implemented by the CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change, in collaboration with the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Deltares, and Paul Watkiss Associates (PWA). What is the latest development in adaptation modelling? Which tools and information are available for adaptation assessment? How much are they practically usable by the policy community? How their uptake by practitioners can be improved? What are the major research gaps in adaptation modelling that needs to be covered in the next future? How? This book addresses these questions presenting the results of a study on adaptation modelling commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) enriched by the outcomes of a high-level expert workshop on adaptation also part of the research. This book aspires to provide a useful support to academics, policy makers and practitioners in the field of adaptation to orient them in the expanding adaptation modelling assessment literature and suggest practical ways for its application. This book, mainly addressed to academics, policy makers and practitioners in the field of adaptation, aims to providing orientation in the large and expanding methodological/quantitative literature, presenting novelties, guiding in the practical application of adaptation assessments and suggesting lines for future research. .
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    Pages: XVII, 238 p. 49 illus., 46 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030862114
    Series Statement: Springer Climate,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86211-4
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    A Journey in Antarctica : Exploring the Future of the White Continent (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Life sciences. ; Earth Sciences. ; Life Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: The continent at the end of the world -- Chapter 2: A brief history of an arduous discovery -- Chapter 3: Paleoclimate: looking for the importance of Antarctica -- Chapter 4: Survival lessons: Mars on Earth -- Chapter 5: Perpetually moving glaciers: where icebergs emerge -- Chapter 6: The Antarctic ice floe -- Chapter 7: Microbes -- Chapter 8: Ice, algae, krill -- Chapter 9: Life in the dark: a diversity explosion under the ice -- Chapter 10: Birds at the end of the world -- Chapter 11: Large mammals of the white continent -- Chapter 12: Climate change: not so isolated -- Chapter 13: What happened in Larsen? -- Chapter 14: Organisms and climate change -- Chapter 15: The ozone layer and Antarctica -- Chapter 16: Pollutants in a pristine place -- Chapter 17: The final resort -- Chapter. 18: Remote fishing grounds -- Chapter 19: Ecotourism and invasive species -- Chapter 20: The Antarctic Treaty -- Chapter 21: Antarctic bases -- Chapter 22: Living on an ocean-going icebreaker -- Chapter. 23: The last bastion of an unspoiled planet.
    Abstract: Having always been fascinated by these singular landscapes, Sergio Rossi reconstructs some of the episodes that have marked the exploration of these territories, such as the dramatic race between Amundsen and Scott to conquer the South Pole, and Captain Shackleton’s odyssey to save his crew from certain death. But also modern trips including his own to these remote areas, explaining many aspects of the current science and political competition that is underway. The book leads us on an entertaining overview of all the problems and opportunities that the planet’s most forgotten continent offers to humans. A remote mass of ice upon which our future as a species depends and which we cannot continue to ignore any longer.
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    Pages: XV, 198 p. 21 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030894924
    Series Statement: Popular Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89492-4
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    Denise Scott Brown (2023)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Architecture. ; Design. ; Earth Sciences. ; Architecture. ; Design.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Denis Scott Brown Introduction -- Chapter 2 Life and Influences -- Chapter 3: Denise Scott Brown: Teacher -- Chapter 4 Denise Scott Brown: Writer and Theorist -- Chapter 6 Denise Scott Brown: Architect -- Chapter 7 Denise Scott Brown: Photographer -- Chapter 8 Denise Scott Brown: Ahead of Her and Our Time. The Vision that Never Ends.
    Abstract: This book is entirely dedicated to Denise Scott Brown. It informs readers about her life, analyzes her projects in both architecture and urban planning and offers a better understanding of her radical theories. The seven main chapters and the conclusion provide a comprehensive insight into the world of legendary Denise and complete the knowledge necessary to understand her as an architect, an urban planner, a theorist, and a professor. Each chapter is richly illustrated. At the very beginning of the book is a letter that Denise wrote to the author. Her words are an authentic testimony of her life after 1967.
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    Pages: XIII, 295 p. 275 illus., 238 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031367816
    Series Statement: Springer Biographies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36781-6
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    Climate Champions : The Work They Do and the People We Need (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Women History. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Women's History / History of Gender.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Climate Communication -- The Grid -- Batteries, Policy, and Resiliency -- Wind -- Solar -- Transportation -- Entrepreneurs -- Energy Efficiency -- Carbon Sequestration -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: In this groundbreaking work, readers will discover a wealth of innovative and impactful advancements in the field of climate change. A call to action for those working to arrest or mitigate the impacts of this global crisis, this book showcases the tireless dedication of a workforce committed to creating a better world. Despite the despair and anger that often accompany discussions of climate change, this book offers a refreshing perspective by highlighting the moments of hope and pride that arise when individuals see their efforts have tangible, measurable impacts. Readers will also be inspired to learn that they don't have to be scientists or engineers to make a difference. The author illustrates how every person with an interest in protecting the environment, the global food supply, and geopolitical stability can join the fight, whether by improving the efficiency of manufacturing operations or by contributing to the manufacture of life-saving medicines. This is a must-read for anyone who cares about the environment, our global community, and our collective future. Provides insight into women’s contributions to fighting climate change; Outlines the challenges of fighting climate change and opportunities for anyone interesting in joining the battle; Includes materials for professors to communicate the impacts of fighting against climate change.
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    Pages: XVII, 256 p. 19 illus., 18 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031329630
    Series Statement: Women in Engineering and Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32963-0
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    India II: Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation in Developing Countries (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Environment. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Climate Change Diplomacy, Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies in South Asian Countries: A Critical Review (Md. Nazrul Islam; Sahanaj Tamanna; Md. Noman; Al Rabby Siemens; S. M. Rashedul Islam; Md. Shahriar Islam) -- 2. Impact of Frequent Cyclonic Storms on Land Use and Land Cover Changes along the Coastal Areas of Indian Sundarban (Prosenjit Kayal and Indrajit Roy Chowdhury) -- 3. Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using the Frequency Ratio (FR) Model in the Mahananda River Basin, West Bengal, India (Arnab Ghosh, Malabika Biswas Roy, Pankaj Kumar Roy) -- 4. Climate Change Impact on Soil Salinity Dynamics at the Gosaba CD Block in India by Integrating Geospatial Indicators and Regression Techniques (Bijay Halder, Jatisankar Bandyopadhyay; Md. Nazrul Islam) -- 5. Monitoring retreat rate of glacier of Pindar basin, Kumaun Himalaya using remote sensing and GIS techniques (Biswanath Das, Anoop K Patel, Santosh Kumar Ismail Mondal) -- 6. Fractional Snow Cover Change in the Himalayan Region (Sanjib Mahata and Dibyendu Khalua) -- 7. Watershed Delineation and Land Use Land Cover (LULC) study of Purna River: A Case Study of Upper Tapi River Basin (Darshan Mehta; Keyur Prajapati, Md. Nazrul Islam) -- 8. Anthropogenic Factors Switch the Ecological Condition of Wetlands in the Southern Kerala Districts in India (Amritha P S a, Dr. K. Varunprasath b & Dr. K. Varunprasath) -- 9. Design of Hydrologic Condition for Urban Storm Water Drainage Under Climate Change Impact (A.S.Pathan, A.P. Nilawar, M.L. Waikar, G.R. Gandhe, S.D.Shinde) -- 10. Modeling the Impact of Surface Water Dynamics on the LULC and LST Alteration at the North 24 Parganas in India (Bijay Halder, Jatisankar Bandyopadhyay; Md. Nazrul Islam) -- 11. Role of Natural Gas in Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation: Indian Context (Anirbid Sircar, Kriti Yadav, Namrata Bist, Hemangi Oza and Kamakshi Rayavarapu) -- 12. Farmer’s Perception on Impact of Climate Change and Adaptive Strategies in Sikkim Himalaya (Aakash Upadhyay and Prof. S.C. Rai) -- 13. Land Use Change and Ecological Implications in Uttar Pradesh in India: A Sectoral Perspective (Shahab Fazal; Azharuddin S.K. and Salma Sultana) -- 14. Study and Analysis of Precipitation Trends and Varaiability for Karnataka State in India (Shashwata Chatterjee, Sathyanathan Rangarajan) -- 15. Trend Analysis of Precipitation (1901–2015) over Telangana State, India (Aravind Murali; Sathyanathan Rangarajan; Deeptha Thattai; Manikandan Kamaraj; Divyashri Varadharajan; Sangay Yangzom Bhutia; Md. Nazrul Islam) -- 16. Causes, Effects and Remedial Measures of Climate Change in the East Coast of India with special reference to the state of Odisha (Tarun Kumar Lohani) -- 17. Statistical Approach to Detect Rainfall Trend over Tamil Nadu state, India (Sathyanathan Rangarajan; Karthik Raja R; Aravind Murali; Deeptha Thattai; Manikandan Kamaraj; Md. Nazrul Islam) -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book presents a variety of climate change impact and mitigation strategies for different environments in India. These include fractional snow cover change in the Himalayan region, and the impact of frequent cyclonic storms on land use and land cover changes along coastal areas. The book explores watershed, surface water, and hydrologic conditions for urban storm water drainage, as well as trend analysis of precipitation, and a statistical approach to detect rainfall trends. The book starts with a critical review of climate change diplomacy, adaptation and mitigation strategies in South Asian countries. It also covers the role of natural gas in energy security. There are chapters pertaining to farmer’s perception on the impact of climate change, as well discussion on land use change and ecological implications. Many geographical areas are covered including; the Mahananda River Basin, Pindar Basin, Kumaun Himalaya, the Upper Tapi River Basin, Southern Kerala Districts, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka State, Telangana State, Tamil Nadu State, to name a few.
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    Pages: XIV, 443 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030943950
    Series Statement: Springer Climate,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94395-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94395-0
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    Global Warming: Truth and Consequences : A Primer (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Climate Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgements -- Preface.-.Introduction -- The Basics -- Contemporary Repercussions of Global Warming -- What’s Next -- Notes -- Bibliography.-Index.
    Abstract: Global Warming: Truth and Consequences is a guidebook for persons who are unfamiliar with the relevant details but want to know what anthropogenic global warming and its repercussions entail. The first chapter presents background material on the earth’s climate system and some of the global warming rejecters’ claims and their refutations, including the evidence underlying the reality of anthropogenic global warming. The next chapter examines in detail many of the global warming’s contemporaneous and deleterious repercussions, while the final one considers some future scenarios and their likely consequences, some of which are from the latest IPCC Reports. It also presents a number of the proposed steps to avoid these consequences and the problems of implementing them.
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    Pages: XIII, 136 p. 6 illus., 4 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031270239
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27023-9
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    A Practical Guide to Seismic Reservoir Characterization (2022)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Petrology. ; Geophysics. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Petrology.
    Description / Table of Contents: List of acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The seismic method -- Chapter 3 Seismic acquisition essentials -- Chapter 4 Seismic pre-conditioning -- Chapter 5 Seismic well ties and wavelets -- Chapter 6 Interpreting seismic amplitudes -- Chapter 7 Predicting subsurface properties from seismic data -- Chapter 8 Rock properties prediction -- Chapter 9 The way forward -- References.
    Abstract: This book covers in detail the entire workflow for quantitative seismic interpretation of subsurface modeling and characterization. It focusses on each step of the geo-modeling workflow starting from data preconditioning and wavelet extraction, which is the basis for the reservoir geophysics described and introduced in the following chapters. This book allows the reader to get a comprehensive insight of the most common and advanced workflows. It aims at graduate students related to energy (hydrocarbons), CO2 geological storage, and near surface characterization as well as professionals in these industries. The reader benefits from the strong and coherent theoretical background of the book, which is accompanied with real case examples.
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    Pages: XXIII, 202 p. 125 illus., 99 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030998547
    Series Statement: Advances in Oil and Gas Exploration & Production,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99854-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-99854-7
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    Intensified Land and Water Use : A Holistic Perspective of Local to Regional Integration (2021)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Soil science. ; Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Water. ; Soil Science. ; Physical Geography. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Preface -- 2 Hydrological approach for evaluation of soil and water degradation processes as related to climate change and biodiversity losses -- 3 Prediction of soil salinization and sodification processes as affected by groundwater under different climate and management conditions -- 4 Landscape features as conditions for vegetation and crop growth. Physiological aspects of plants response to salinity, alkalinity and shallow water-table -- 5 The classical fact in water insecurity: groundwater; the need to recognize the importance of its presence -- 6 Groundwater and its role in maintaining the ecological functions of ecosystems; advances in holistic approaches in studies on the interaction vegetation-groundwater flows -- 7 Groundwater flows in Bajos Submeridionales of Santa Fe wetlands as part of the Chaqueña plain (Argentina) and their use for livestock production -- 8 Geochemical feature of intermediate flow discharging in Paraná river system, Argentina -- 9 Hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater and its interaction with other components of the environment in Mexico -- 10 Landscape functioning as a basis for defining its sustainable intervention: soils and groundwater flows. .
    Abstract: This book combines multidisciplinary studies on the environmental consequences of intensified use of land and water, and the fusion of land to provide food for a growing population. Studies on water, vegetation, and soil are addressed from an environmental management perspective with a special focus on the relation between natural elements and humans. This book considers the essential dynamics of humans and the natural environment, which is especially important in areas with shallow water-table that influence directly on agricultural activities (crops, livestock, and forests), land management, flooding, droughts, waterlogging, salt-affected soils (saline and sodic) and variation in obtained water quality in wells where these processes as related to the local and regional geomorphology control. The studies present hydrological processes towards the definition of an adequate use of soil and water with consequences of its management on the environment. Also, water study procedures are presented as well as their relation to other elements of the landscape. Methodologies such as the Tóthian flow system concept are recognized by different authors to provide the reader with solid interdisciplinary analyses of related environmental components such as soils, vegetation, surface water, geomorphology, geological framework and groundwater physical-chemical composition.
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    Pages: XXIV, 275 p. 85 illus., 77 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030654436
    Series Statement: Springer Earth System Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65443-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-65443-6
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    Climate Change and Socio-Ecological Transformation : Vulnerability and Sustainability (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Bioclimatology. ; Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Sociology. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Climate, Climate Change Ecology and Socio-ecological Environments.-Dimensions of the Socio-ecological Subsystems -- Climate Vulnerability and Socio-ecological Transformation -- Bioclimatology and Urban Bioclimatology -- Disaster, Policy Instruments, and Sustainability -- Climate Change and Socio-Ecological Transformation -- Climate Change, Justice, and Rights -- Climate Crisis and Socio-ecological Sustainability.
    Abstract: This book focuses on various psycho-social and socio-physical aspects of climate change and includes a wide range of case studies. Included topics are notable climate-related social thinking; climate vulnerability; transformation in socio-ecological subsystems; bioclimatological, urban bioclimatological and socio-bioclimatic ideas; disasters; policy instruments; climate justice; human rights; and sustainability. The book distinguishes itself from similar works by including a wide variety of topics and assists policy management in the current and upcoming climate crisis era. This book also addresses the Sustainable Development Goals 13 (Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts), highlighting resilience, recovery potential and adaptive capacity, climate change measures integrated into policies and planning, and knowledge and capacity to mitigate climate change. The ideas covered in this book evolved in response to the current climate crisis, ideas that the authors believe will aid in societal management and development in the present and future. The book is a useful source for planners, geographers, professionals, academics, government officials, laypeople, and others interested in climate change.
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    Pages: XXVII, 511 p. 22 illus., 12 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819943906
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4390-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-4390-6
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    Geodesy for a Sustainable Earth : Proceedings of the 2021 Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy, Beijing, China, June 28 – July 2, 2021 (2023)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Geographic information systems. ; Geophysics. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Geographical Information System.
    Description / Table of Contents: Geometric Reference Frames -- Combined IVS Contribution to the ITRF2020 -- An Experimental Combination of IGS repro3 Campaign’s Orbit Products Using a Variance Component Estimation Strategy -- The Correlations of the Helmert Transformation Parameters as an Additional Auxiliary Diagnostic Tool for Terrestrial Reference Frames Quality Assessment -- Shimosato Co-Location of the SLR and GNSS Stations -- Local Ties at SLR Station Riga -- Datum Problem Handling in Local Tie Surveys at Wettzell and Metsähovi -- Close Range Photogrammetry for High-Precision Reference Point Determination: A Proof of Concept at Satellite Observing System Wettzell -- Frame Accuracy of Combined EPN Weekly Coordinate Solutions -- The Atlantic Network of Geodynamic and Space Stations (RAEGE): A Spanish-Portuguese Infrastructure of Geodetic Stations -- ITRF Densification in Cyprus -- Geodetic Analyses at the National Geographic Institute of Spain -- Large-Scale Dimensional Metrology for Geodesy - First Results from the European GeoMetre Project -- Bureau of Products and Standards: Description and Promotion of Geodetic Products -- Physical Height Systems -- Can an Earth Gravitational Model Augmented by a Topographic Gravity Field Model Realize the International Height Reference System Accurately? -- Assessing Molodensky’s Heights: A Rebuttal -- On the Accuracy of Geoid Heights Derived from Discrete GNSS/Levelling Data Using Kriging Interpolation -- Gravimetric Geoid Modeling by Stokes and Second Helmert’s Condensation Method in Yogyakarta, Indonesia -- A Geodetic Determination of the Gravitational Potential Difference Toward a 100-km-scale Clock Frequency Comparison in a Plate Subduction Zone -- Validation of the Hellenic Gravity Network in the Frame of the ModernGravNet Project -- Global Gravity Field Modeling -- Combined Gravity Solution from SLR and GRACE/GRACE-FO -- Contribution of LARES SLR Data to Co-estimated Earth Geopotential Coefficients -- Determination and Combination of Monthly Gravity Field Time Series from Kinematic Orbits of GRACE, GRACE-FO and Swarm -- Topographic Gravity Field Modelling for Improving High-Resolution Global Gravity Field Models -- The Benefit of Accelerometers Based on Cold Atom Interferometry for Future Satellite Gravity Missions -- Kalman-Filter Based Hybridization of Classic and Cold Atom Interferometry Accelerometers for Future Satellite Gravity Missions -- Gravimetry by Nanoscale Parametric Amplifiers Driven by Radiation-Induced Dispersion Force Modulation -- Earth Rotation -- On the Improvement of Combined EOP Series by Adding 24-hour VLBI Sessions to VLBI Intensives and GNSS Data -- Investigating the Relationship Between Length of Day and El-Niño Using Wavelet Coherence Method -- Estimation of Earth Rotation Parameter UT1 from Lunar Laser Ranging Observations -- Surface Deformation Monitoring -- Determination of a GNSS-Based Velocity Field of the African Continent -- Vertical Land Motion at Tide Gauges Observed by GNSS: A New GFZ-TIGA Solution -- CyCLOPS: A National Integrated GNSS/InSAR Strategic Research Infrastructure for Monitoring Geohazards and Forming the Next Generation Datum of the Republic of Cyprus -- GNSS Positioning -- Dilution of Precision (DOP) Factors for Evaluating Observations to Galileo Satellites with VLBI -- On the Limits of State-of-the-Art GNSS Receivers in Frequency Transfer -- On the Effect of Antenna Calibration Errors on Geodetic Estimates: Investigation on Zero and Double Difference Approaches -- Estimation and Calibration of Codephase Center Correction Using the Empirical Mode Decomposition -- On the Potential of Image Similarity Metrics for Comparing Phase Center Corrections -- Multipath Characterization Using Ray-Tracing in Urban Trenches -- Bounding the Residual Tropospheric Error by Interval Analysis -- Precise Orbit Determination of CubeSats Using Proposed Observations Weighting Model -- Geodetic Atmospheric and Remote Sensing -- Optimal TEC Forecast Models Based on Machine Learning and Time Series Analysis Techniques – A Preliminary Study on the Ring of Fire -- Sensitivity of Shipborne GNSS Troposphere Retrieval to Processing Parameters -- Application of the Total Variation Method in Near Real-Time GNSS Tropospheric Tomography -- Comparison of the Effective Isotropic Radiated Power Parameter in CYGNSS v2.1 and v3.0 Level 1 Data and Its Impact on Soil Moisture Estimation -- Cross-Polarization Correction for Soil Moisture Retrieval Using GNSS SNR Data.
    Abstract: This open access volume contains selected papers of the 2021 Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy – IAG2021. The Assembly was hosted by the Chinese Society for Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography (CSGPC) in Beijing, China from June 28 to July 2, 2021. It was a hybrid conference with in-person and online attendants. In total, the Assembly was attended by 146 in-person participants and 1,123 online participants. The theme of the Assembly was Geodesy for a Sustainable Earth. 613 contributions (255 oral presentations and 358 poster presentations) covered all topics of the broad spectrum considered by the IAG: geodetic reference frames, Earth gravity field modelling, Earth rotation and geodynamics, positioning and applications, the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS), geodesy for climate research, marine geodesy, and novel sensors and quantum technology for geodesy. All published papers were peer-reviewed, and we warmly recognize the contributions and support of the Associate Editors and Reviewers. .
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    Pages: XII, 441 p. 265 illus., 251 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031295072
    Series Statement: International Association of Geodesy Symposia, 154
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29507-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29507-2
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    Geotourism Potential of Georgia, the Caucasus : History, Culture, Geology, Geotourist Routes and Geoparks (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Paleontology . ; Tourism. ; Management. ; Earth Sciences. ; Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Paleontology. ; Tourism Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Overview of the history and culture of Georgia / (author - Avtandil Okrostsvaridze) -- 2. Geological Structure of Georgia -- 3. Geotourist routes of Georgia -- 4. Potential geoparks of Georgia -- 5. Dedoplistskaro- Vashlovani protected areas and mud volcanoes / (author - Kakhaber Koiava) Summary.
    Abstract: Georgia’s territory represents a real “natural geological laboratory,” exposing magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, ranging from the Neoproterozoic to the Quaternary. After a brief presentation of Georgia’s history and culture, the authors present the stratigraphy, rock types of individual tectonic zones of Georgia, their tectonic structure and paleotectonic reconstructions of the Caucasus. This book describes the three main geotourism routes of Georgia meticulously: 1. Tbilisi-Pasanauri-Kazbegi (along the Georgian Military Road), 2. Tbilisi-Zugdidi-Mestia-Ushguli and 3. Tbilisi-Khashuri-Vardzia, which cross different parts of Fold Systems of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus and Transcaucasian Intermountain area. The following potential geoparks are described in this book: 1. Sataplia dinosaur footprints together with Sataplia and Prometheus caves; 2. Tskaltubo resort-town and mineral water deposit; 3. Borjomi resort-town and mineral water deposit; 4. Kazbegi Quaternary volcanoes and Keli volcanic highland;5. Dariali Paleozoic granitoid massif; 6. Dmanisi hominids site and the Mashavera gorge basaltic flow; 7. Dashbashi canyon; 8.Uplistsikhe rock-cut town and Kvakhvreli cave complex; 9.Udabno - Upper Miocene marine and continental deposits and David Gareja monastery complex;10. Dedoplistskaro - Vashlovani protected areas and mud volcanoes.
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    Pages: X, 81 p. 88 illus., 78 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030629663
    Series Statement: Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism, Conservation and Management Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62966-3
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    The Evolution and Fossil Record of Parasitism : Identification and Macroevolution of Parasites (2021)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Parasitology. ; Paleontology . ; Evolution (Biology). ; Virology. ; Pathology. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Parasitology. ; Paleontology. ; Evolutionary Biology. ; Virology. ; Pathology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Parasites of Fossil Vertebrates: What We Know and What can We Expect from the Fossil Record? -- Chapter 2. Fossil Record of Viruses, Parasitic Bacteria and Parasitic Protozoa -- Chapter 3. Fungi as Parasites: A Conspectus of the Fossil Record -- Chapter 4: Evolution, Origins and Diversification of Parasitic Cnidarians -- Chapter 5. Evolutionary History of Bivalves as Parasites -- Chapter 6. Gastropods as Parasites and Carnivorous Grazers – A Major Guild in Marine Ecosystems -- Chapter 7: Fossil Constraints on the Timescale of Parasitic Helminth Evolution -- Chapter8. Thorny-headed Worms (Acanthocephala): Jaw-less Members of Jaw-bearing Worms that Parasitize Jawed Arthropods and Jaw-bearing Vertebrates -- Chapter 9. Chelicerates as Parasites -- Chapter 10. Evolutionary History of Crustaceans as Parasites -- Chapter 11. The History of Insect Parasitism and the Mid-Mesozoic Parasitoid Revolution.
    Abstract: This two-volume edited book highlights and reviews the potential of the fossil record to calibrate the origin and evolution of parasitism, and the techniques to understand the development of parasite-host associations and their relationships with environmental and ecological changes. The book deploys a broad and comprehensive approach, aimed at understanding the origins and developments of various parasite groups, in order to provide a wider evolutionary picture of parasitism as part of biodiversity. This supplements contributions by parasitologists that mostly focus on extrapolating from current host associations or distributions, to estimate constraints on the timing of the origin and evolution of various parasite groups. This approach allows a wider evolutionary picture of parasitism on, and as part of, biodiversity. Volume one focuses on identifying parasitism in the fossil record, and sheds light on the distribution and ecological importance of parasite-host interactions over time. In order to better understand the evolutionary history of parasites and their relationship with changes in the environment, emphasis is given to viruses, bacteria, protista and plants as parasites. Particular attention is given to metazoans such as molluscs, cnidarians, crustaceans and insects as parasites. Researchers, specifically parasitologists, interested in the evolutionary history of parasite-host interactions, as well as students studying parasitism will find this book appealing. .
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    Pages: XII, 565 p. 147 illus., 96 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030424848
    Series Statement: Topics in Geobiology ; 49
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42484-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42484-8
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    Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environmental management. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Towards mitigating climate change by pipeline integrity management: Resilient pipelines -- Research Progress and Hotspot Analysis of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS): A Visual Analysis Using CiteSpace -- Using air2water model to predict the water temperature of Fuxian Lake -- Impact of urban park allocation on local geothermal environment: Case study of Chaoyang, China -- Mitigating the impacts of drought via wastewater conversion to energy, nutrients, raw materials, food and potable water -- Analysis of Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Land Surface Temperature Change in Yunnan Province -- Is it possible to achieve carbon neutrality in palm oil production? -- Impact of urban overheating on critical infrastructure -- Tree Canopy Characteristics affect Street-canyon’s Microclimate Conditions and Human Thermal Comfort in Hot-humid Climate -- Research on space resilience assessment and space optimization of old community in city -- Trends in Incentive Policies of Green Roof: An Overview -- Natural wetland evolution in China: A review -- Urban morphology, urban ventilation and urban heat island mitigation: A methodological framework -- Istanbul; the Planning of Residential, and Industrial Areas in the Process of Transformation Into a Sustainable city.
    Abstract: This book discusses the challenges related to climate change mitigation and adaptation. It adds valuable strategies and insights into the development of new practices solving the identified social and economic problems related to ecosystem deterioration and anticipating other disasters related to climate change. As the decarbonization of cities and communities became an issue of great interest to many researchers, the book in hands will be of great importance to decision-makers and energy stakeholders and others seeking a more resilient and sustainable future and developing innovative technologies to overcome environmental deterioration. This book is a culmination of selected research papers from the first version of the international conference on ‘Climate Chance and Environmental Sustainability’ which was held in 2021 in collaboration with Chongqing University, China.
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    Pages: X, 250 p. 146 illus., 136 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031120152
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12015-2
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    Vegetation Fires and Pollution in Asia (2023)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Natural disasters. ; Geographic information systems. ; Atmospheric science. ; Physical geography. ; Biogeography. ; Earth Sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Geographical Information System. ; Atmospheric Science. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Biogeosciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Vegetation Fires and Biomass Burning in South/Southeast Asia – An Overview -- Section I: Mapping , Monitoring and Modeling of Vegetation Fires -- 2. Wildfire monitoring using infrared bands and spatial resolution effects -- 3. Status and Drivers of Forest Fires in Myanmar -- 4. Vegetation Fires and Entropy Variations In Myanmar -- 5. Crop residue burning and forest fire emissions in Nepal -- 6. Firewood Burning Dynamics by the Sri Lankan Households: Trends, Patterns, and Implications -- 7. Burnt Area Signal Variations in Agriculture and Forested Landscapes of India - A Case Study Using Sentinel A/B Synthetic Aperture Radar -- 8. Application of Interferometry SAR for Monitoring of Peatland Areas– Case Studies in Indonesia -- 9. Active Fire Monitoring of Thailand and Upper ASEAN by Earth Observation Data: benefits, lessons learned and what still needs to be known -- 10. Detecting Vegetation Regrowth after Fires in Small Watershed Settings Using Remotely Sensed Data and Local Community Participation Approach -- 11. Long-Term Spatiotemporal Distribution of Fire over Maritime Continent and their Responses to Climate Anomalies -- 12. Vegetation Fires in Laos - An Overview -- 13. Vegetation Fires, Fire Radiative Power and Intermediate Fire Occurrence Intensity (IFOI) Hypothesis Testing in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia -- 14. Analyzing fire behavior and calibrating a fire growth model in a seasonal dry tropical forest area -- Section II: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Pollution -- 15. Spatiotemporally resolved pollutant emissions from biomass burning in Asia -- 16. Twenty-year variations of aerosol optical depth over Asia in relation to anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions -- 17. Light Absorption Properties of Biomass Burning Emissions in Bangladesh: Current State of Knowledge -- 18. Remote Sensing of greenhouse gases and aerosols from agricultural residue burning over Pakistan -- 19. A comparative study of energy, emissions and economic efficiency of various cookstoves in Nepal -- 20. Estimation of Ultrafine Particulate Matter Emissions from Biomass Burning Using Satellite Imaging and Burn Severity -- 21. Characteristics of Transboundary Haze and General Aerosol over Pulau Pinang, Malaysia -- 22. Measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions from fire-prone peatlands in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, using ground-based instruments -- 23. Air Pollution Caused by Deep Peatland Fire in Central Kalimantan -- 24. Chemical Speciation of PM0 Emissions from Peat Burning Emission in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia -- 25. GHG emissions estimation from Peatland fires in Indonesia – Review and Importance of Combustion Factor -- 26. Forest Fire Emissions in Equatorial Asia and Their Recent Delay Anomaly in the Dry Season -- Section III: Air Pollution Modeling and Decision Support Systems -- 27. Impact of vegetation fires on regional aerosol black carbon over South and East Asia -- 28. Detection and Modeling of South Asian Biomass Burning Aerosols from both Macro- and Micro-perspective -- 29. Remote sensing of agricultural biomass burning aerosols, gaseous compounds, long-distance transport and impact on air quality -- 30. Agricultural fires in Northeast China: Characteristics, Impacts, and Challenges -- 31. Air Pollution Modelling in Southeast Asia – An Overview -- 32. Trace gases and air quality in Northwestern Vietnam during recurrent biomass burning on the Indochina Peninsula since 0 – Field Observations and Atmospheric Simulations -- 33. Southeast Asian Transboundary Haze in the Southern Philippines, and Meteorological Drivers -- 34. An Operational Fire Danger Rating System for Thailand and Lower Mekong Region: Development, Utilization, and Experiences -- 35. Fires Hotspot Forecasting in Indonesia Using Long Short-Term Memory Algorithm and MODIS Datasets.
    Abstract: Vegetation fires are prevalent in several regions of the world, including South/ Southeast Asia (S/SEA). Fire occurrence and spread are influenced by fuel type, topography, climate, weather, and lightning, among others. In S/SEA, human-initiated fires are responsible for most of the incidents in addition to natural factors. Through biomass burning, vegetation fires can emit large quantities of greenhouse gases and air pollutants such as CO2, CO, NOx, CH4, non-methane hydrocarbons, and other chemical species, including aerosols that can affect air quality and health at both local and regional scales. Moreover, biomass burning pollutants can travel long distances and impact regional climate. Therefore, quantifying vegetation fires and their impacts is critical at different spatial scales. This book includes contributions from renowned researchers from the USA and South/ Southeast Asia on various fire-related topics. The contributions resulted from several international meetings and workshops organized in Asia as part of the South/ Southeast Asia Research Initiative (SARI) under the NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Program. The book is divided into three sections, each containing multiple contributions: a) Mapping, Monitoring, and Modeling of Vegetation Fires, b) Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Pollution, and c) Air Pollution Modeling and Decision Support Systems. These sections are preceded by an introductory chapter by the editors that highlights the latest satellite-derived fire statistics and the current fire situation in S/SEA. This book will be a valuable resource for remote sensing scientists, geographers, ecologists, atmospheric, climate, environmental scientists, including policymakers, and all who wish to advance their knowledge on vegetation fires and emissions in South/Southeast Asia.
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    Pages: XXIX, 602 p. 245 illus., 231 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031299162
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29916-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29916-2
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    Proceedings of the 10th Asian Mining Congress 2023 : Roadmap for Best Mining Practices vis-à-vis Global Transformation (2023)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Mining engineering. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Pollution. ; Machine learning. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Mining and Exploration. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Pollution. ; Machine Learning.
    Description / Table of Contents: Cutting Edge Exploration and Drilling Technologies -- Challenges in deep Opencast, Highwall, Offshore and Placer Mining -- Transition from Opencast to Underground mining -- Mass Production Technologies in deep underground mines -- Application of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics in Mine Automation -- Advancement in Explosives and Blasting Techniques -- Extraction and utilisation of Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Elements -- Application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Smart Mining -- Innovations in Oil and Gas Industry.
    Abstract: Rising concern about climate change and strong societal expectations with increasing complexities of mineral deposits being mined, call for more innovative exploration and exploitation technologies with higher productivity and recovery including eco-friendly strategies and policies in place for long term sustainability of the mineral Industry. It is now ardently necessary to identify and define the best mining practices addressing societal needs. In view of these, The Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India (MGMI), established way back on 16th January 1906, and one of the oldest institutions of this kind in the world, is organizing the 10th Asian Mining Congress (AMC) during November 06-09, 2023 in Kolkata, India with the Theme, “Roadmap for Best Mining Practices vis-à-vis Global Transformation”. The AMC and International Mining Exhibition (IME), held concurrently, are flagship international events organized by MGMI biennially since its centenary year. This series have provided ample opportunities to all stakeholders including practicing engineers, machinery manufacturers, planners, regulators, academicians, scientists and policy makers, for sharing their knowledge, experience and expertise and exhibit their products that can benefit the mining and mineral industries not only in the Asian region but also globally. This proceeding of 10th AMC contains the articles written by eminent persons and stalwarts in their respective domains. It is a collection of contemporary articles narrating recent advancements in mining sector.
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    Pages: XVII, 490 p. 290 illus., 215 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031469664
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46966-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-46966-4
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    Processes in GeoMedia—Volume VII (2023)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geology. ; Atmospheric science. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Geophysics. ; Geology. ; Atmospheric Science. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: - Acoustic wave reflection coefficient from large-scale irregularities weakly non-Gaussian sea surface -- Numerical modeling of wind currents in the Sivash Gulf (Sea of Azov) -- Metamorphic Conditions Carbonaceous Rocks Framing of the Larino Granite-Gneiss Dome (South Ural, Russia) -- Chemical and microbiological features of the coastal waters of the Black and Azov Seas in summer season -- On the issue of “true polar wander” phenomenon and its alternative physical interpretation based on galactic model -- The Black Sea deep-water circulation under climatic and anomalous atmospheric forcing -- Determination of the initial Cs140 concentration field in the Black Sea after the Chernobyl accident -- Analytical solution of the evolutionary model of wind currents -- Assessment of the wave asymmetry contribution to the dynamics of sediment fractions in the coastal zone of the Kalamitsky Gulf -- Changes in the repeatability of dangerous winds in the arctic zone of Siberia for the summer months in the period 1961-2020 -- Repeatability of dangerous winds over the sea of Azov and Black sea and their coasts -- Investigation of the spatio-temporal heterogeneity of the snow thickness at the site of the Lomonosov MSU in winter of 2022/2023 -- Experimental estimates of the rate of deepening of individual thermals -- Interaction of nonlinear waves taking into account planetary scale blems -- Hydrodynamic interaction between two systems of intense intra-mantle vortices as a possible cause of the connection between distant earthquakes -- Wave motions of a liquid in a rotating annular layer -- The problem of propagation of plane long waves in a nonhomogeneous liquid over a deformable bottom -- Technogenic gold-bearing mineralization of eastern orenburg region -- Morpholitosystem of Piltun lagoon (Sakhalin region) -- Propagation of tsunami waves in the Forked Bays -- Assessment of the state of the hydrosphere in the zone of development of oil fields of the Western Orenburg region -- Biogenic morpholitogenesis on sea coasts Sakhalin island -- Organogenic morpholitosystem of the Nabil lagoon -- Concept of a structural system of a large-panel residential building with a free layout considering the requirements for earthquake resistance during construction in a sharply continental climate -- Geophysical investigation of the ski slope snow thickness at “Vorob'yovy Gory” hills in winter period 2022/23 -- Statement of individual problems of the dynamics of stratified media with allowance for compressibility -- Formation of modern technogenic processes in historical urban areas -- Carbon sequestration in managed salt wetlands (Carbon polygon) -- Methodology for determining the content of BTEX and oils in water with various external parameters -- Abrasion-denudation cycle levels as the basis of paleoreconstructions on rising coasts -- Exact Analytical Expression for Maximum Heat Flux from Impulsive Sources of Charged Particles in Magnetic Field. .
    Abstract: This book includes new results of theoretical and experimental studies of various scales of the processes occurring on the earth including the lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Intensive development of research in these areas is due to several factors: 1) the widespread introduction of computer technology, allowing the calculation of complex phenomena; 2) the invention and improvement of a new generation of geophysical instruments such as remote observation systems based on ships, aircraft, and satellites, providing a large amount of data to objectively reflect a broad picture of the processes; and 3) the development of measurement techniques, creating opportunities for controllable and reproducible laboratory data acquisition for generation of new ideas and concepts. Their recent developments have facilitated our research and understanding of these academic fields. The book enriches the understanding of the geophysical processes taking place in various environments (lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere), including the anthropogenic one, and it further contributes to their development. This book is a valuable resource for specialists working in the oil, gas, and engineering industry to improve their understandings of the field.
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    Pages: VII, 309 p. 106 illus., 85 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819965755
    Series Statement: Springer Geology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6575-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-6575-5
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    Recent Research on Environmental Earth Sciences, Geomorphology, Soil Science, Paleoclimate, and Karst : Proceedings of the 1st MedGU, Istanbul 2021 (Volume 4) (2023)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Physical geography. ; Environment. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Earth Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: Section 1. Environmental Earth Sciences -- Section 2. Geomorphology, Landslides, Soil Science, Paleoclimate, Geoarchaeology -- Section 3. Caves and Karst, a special session on the occasion of the International Year of Caves and Karst (2021).
    Abstract: This edited book is based on the accepted papers for presentation at the 1st MedGU Annual Meeting, Istanbul, 2021. With two parts spanning a large spectrum of environmental, geomorphological and geoarcheological topics and a third part on caves and karst, which includes research studies gathered on the occasion of the International Year of Caves and Karst (2021), this book presents a series of newest research studies that are nowadays relevant to Middle East, Mediterranean region, and Africa. The book gives a general overview on current research, focusing on geoenvironmental issues and challenges in environmental management in the Middle East and Mediterranean region and surrounding areas. It offers a broad range of recent studies that discuss the latest advances in geomorphology, landslides, soil science, paleoclimate, and geoarcheology. It also shares insights on cave and karst studies including speleology, cave and karst explorations, geomorphology, hydrogeology, geoethics, prehistoric eras in karst, geotectonics, and the nexus between human activities and karst sustainability.
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    Pages: XXXI, 258 p. 150 illus., 137 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031429170
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42917-0
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    Fiducial Reference Measurements for Altimetry : Proceedings of the International Review Workshop on Satellite Altimetry Cal/Val Activities and Applications (2020)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Geographic information systems. ; Geophysics. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Geographical Information System.
    Description / Table of Contents: Fiducial Reference Measurements for Satellite Altimetry Calibration: The Constituents -- Practical Options for Time Tagging -- Time Reference, Calibration and Time Transfer Techniques for Satellite Altimetry -- Calibrating CryoSat-2 and Sentinel-3A Sea Surface Heights Along the German Coast -- Performance of Sentinel-3A SAR Altimetry Retrackers: The SAMOSA Coastal Sea Surface Heights for the Baltic Sea -- Sea Level Variability in the Strait of Gibraltar from Along-Track High Spatial Resolution Altimeter Products -- Absolute Calibration of Sentinel-3A and Jason-3 Altimeters with Sea-Surface and Transponder Techniques in West Crete, Greece -- Multi-Mission Cross-Calibration of Satellite Altimeters -- Improvement of the Arctic Ocean Bathymetry and Regional Tide Atlas: First Result on Evaluating Existing Arctic Ocean Bathymetric Models -- Sea Level Trends and Variability in the Adriatic Sea and Around Venice -- Sentinel-3A: Validation of Orbit Products at the Copernicus POD Service -- The DTU17 Global Marine Gravity Field: First Validation Results -- Global and Regional Evaluation of the First Year of Sentinel-3 -- Arctic Freshwater Fluxes from Earth Observation Data -- Scientific and Operational Roadmap for Fiducial Reference Measurements in Satellite Altimetry Calibration & Validation.
    Abstract: These proceedings include selected papers from the International Review Workshop on Satellite Altimetry Cal/Val Activities and Applications, held in Chania, Crete, Greece, on 23-26 April 2018. Organised in the context of the European Space Agency Project “Fiducial Reference Measurements for Altimetry” the workshop was cosponsored by the International Association of Geodesy (in particular by the IAG Commission 2, Gravity Field), the European Space Agency, the European Union (the Copernicus Programme), the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Space Geomatica P.C., and the Municipality of Chania. The workshop presented the latest research in the field of satellite altimetry calibration and altimetry applications for monitoring ocean changes and improving Earth observation in an objective, continuous, homogeneous and reliable manner, free of errors and biases. Further, it supported long-term monitoring of climate change by providing a better understanding of environmental changes in the world's oceans, terrestrial surface waters, and Arctic and Antarctic Regions. The outcome was the creation of a scientific roadmap with procedures, protocols, guidelines, and best practices to help international groups working on satellite altimetry to establish SI (Système International d'Unités) traceability of their measurements, results and data products.
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    Pages: X, 114 p. 60 illus., 55 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030394387
    Series Statement: International Association of Geodesy Symposia, 150
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39438-7
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    Advances in Natural Hazards and Volcanic Risks: Shaping a Sustainable Future : Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Natural Hazards (NATHAZ’22), Terceira Island—Azores 2022 (2023)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Physical geography. ; Environment. ; Natural disasters. ; Financial risk management. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Earth Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Risk Management. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Geoethics to face natural risks by improving societal resilience -- Multi-hazards risk assessment at the Canary Islands -- Risk-informed decision-making on volcanic hazards -- Geoethics: the missing piece in the separation of responsibility between volcanologists and decision-makers -- Earthquakes, volcanoes and God: changing perspectives on the importance of religion as an important influence in cultural responses -- Toward a multi-hazard assessment at Etna volcano (Italy): the PANACEA project -- From multi-hazard to multi-risk at Mount Etna: approaches and strategies of the PANACEA project -- The Role of the individual in successful disaster management in pre-industrial societies: the cases of the Southern Italy and the Azores -- Historical volcanism as a source of knowledge to assess the vulnerability of population settlements in the Azores: some thoughts -- A proposal for systematization of vulnerability elements and parameters in volcanic risk assessment.
    Abstract: This book comprises the selected proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Natural Hazards (NATHAZ’22), Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island, Azores, 2022. The book interests all researchers and practitioners in Earth Sciences, Volcanic Risks, Natural Hazards, Geoethics, Environmental Sciences and Engineering. Terceira is a volcanic island with volcanic systems with caldera (Cinco Picos, Guilherme Moniz, Santa Bárbara and Pico Alto central volcanoes) and an active fissural zone defined by various alignments of small volcanic cones, lava domes and fault zones. The agricultural landscape, the natural and forest reserve, as well as the natural pools make the island a unique place to visit. The historic downtown of Angra do Heroísmo is a UNESCO world heritage, and several iconic buildings witness the island’s geodynamic history. Natural hazards result from a threat of a naturally occurring event that will have a negative effect on humans. That damaging effect is often called natural disasters. Among the natural hazards and potential disasters to be considered are: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, subsidence, floods, droughts and coastal erosion. In addition, anthropogenic hazards occur as a result of human interaction with the environment. They comprise technological risks due to exposure to hazardous substances in the environment. Natural systems in different frameworks require a comprehensive understanding of climatology, geology, hydrology and volcanic data, processes and dynamics. Thus, it is important to perform hazard and risk assessment studies to accomplish hazard mitigation. In addition, it highlighted the role of variability and climate change in Earth systems. Furthermore, an accurate understanding of the natural systems and interactions with engineering, geodiversity and natural resources is vital to the entire socioeconomic sector. This book is expected to offer an overview of natural hazards in model regions in Europe, America, Asia and the Atlantic islands. It gives new insights into the characterization, assessment, protection, and modelling of geological hazards, volcanic systems, urban areas, coastal zones and engineering approaches by international researchers and professionals. The scientific committee comprises lead geoscientists, natural hazards related practitioners, and academics worldwide. The main topics include: 1. Multi-hazards and risks: sustainable society, disasters and geoethics 2. Natural hazards and assessment: rock falls, landslides, urban planning and management 3. Sustainable Earth systems: hazards and climate change 4. Terceira Island geology and geodiversity: meeting volcanological hazards in the Azores.
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    Pages: XXII, 230 p. 111 illus., 104 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031250422
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25042-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25042-2
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    Selected Studies in Environmental Geosciences and Hydrogeosciences : Proceedings of the 3rd Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-3) (2023)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Climatology. ; Ecology . ; Earth System Sciences. ; Water. ; Climate Sciences. ; Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Section 1: Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Climatology, Oceanography -- Section 2: Biogeochemistry, Geobiology, Geoecology, Geoagronomy -- Section 3: Environmental Earth Sciences and Geohazards -- Section 4: Hydrology, Hydrochemistry, Hydrogeology.
    Abstract: This book gives a general overview on current research focusing on geoenvironmental issues and challenges in hydrogeosciences in the Middle East and Mediterranean region and surrounding areas. The book is based on the accepted papers for oral/poster presentations at the 3rd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-3). Studies discuss the latest advances in geoenvironmental and hydrogeosciences from diverse backgrounds including climate change, geoecology, biogeochemistry, water resources management, and environmental monitoring and assessment. It shares insights on how the understanding of ecological, climatological, oceanic, and hydrological processes is the key for improving practices in environment management. It is of interest to scientists, engineers, practitioners, and policymakers in the field of environmental sciences including climatology, oceanography, ecology, biogeochemistry, environmental management, hydrology, hydrogeology, and geosciences in general. In particular, this book is of great value to students and environment-related professionals for further investigations on the state of earth systems.
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    Pages: XXIX, 271 p. 181 illus., 166 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031438035
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43803-5
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    Climate Crisis: Adaptive Approaches and Sustainability (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Section I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Global Warming and Climate Crisis/Extreme Events -- Chapter 2. Ecosystem Degradation to Restoration: A Challenge -- Chapter 3. Exploring the Dynamics of Antarctic Sea Ice over Four Decades Using Geospatial Technology -- Chapter 4. Climate Change and Himalayan Glaciers: A Socio-Environmental Concern in Anthropocene Epoch -- Chapter 5. Indigenous Strategies and Adaptive Approaches to Scrabble Recent Climate Crisis in Two Districts (Bankura and Purulia) of West Bengal, India -- Section II. Climate Crisis Geophysical Hazard and Risk Reduction and Mitigation -- Chapter 6. Addressing Climate Crisis through Coastal Risk Management: What are the Options? -- Chapter 7. Land Degradation and Its Relation to Climate Change and Sustainability -- Chapter 8. Social Resilience of Local Communities due to Tidal Flooding on the North Coast of Semarang City, Indonesia -- Chapter 9. Effects of Climatic Risks on Soil Erosion/Desertification in Southern and Northern Nigeria Using GIS/Remote Sensing Analysis -- Chapter 10. Strategies for Compound Urban and Climate Hazards: Linking Climate Adaptation and Sustainability to Address Risk in Environmental Justice Communities -- Section IIII. Climate Crisis and Smart Agriculture and Food Security -- Chapter 11. The Role of Indigenous Climate Forecasting Systems in Building Farmers' Resilience in Nkayi District, Zimbabwe -- Chapter 12. Agroforestry Practices: A Sustainable Way to Combat the Climate Crisis and Increase Productivity -- Chapter 13. Climate Crisis and Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies -- Chapter 14. Farming Technologies and Carbon Sequestration Alternatives to Combat Climate Change through Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Chapter 15. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Dryland Agriculture in Semi-Arid Regions of Maharashtra, India: A Short Review with Possible Approaches for Building Climate Resilience -- Chapter 16. Smart Farming and Carbon Sequestration to Combat the Climate Crisis -- Chapter 17. Alleviation of the Climate Catastrophe in Agriculture through Adoption of Climate-Smart Technologies -- Chapter 18. Climate Crisis and Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies and Models -- Section IV. Climate Crisis and Urban Health -- Chapter 19. Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Urban Habitats for Enhancing Ecosystem Services: A Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 20. Climate-Resilient Agropolitan Approach towards Sustainable Regional Development of Barddhaman District of West Bengal -- Chapter 21. Analysing Sustainable Approaches in MGNREGA Works for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Debra Block, West Bengal, India -- Chapter 22. Urban Heat: UHI and Heat Stress Threat to Megacities -- Chapter 23. Assessment of LULC Changes and its Impact on Surface Temperature and Urban Heat Island Conditions in Kolkata during SARS COVID-19 period -- Chapter 24. Addressing Climate Changes Challenges in South Africa: A Study in KwaZulu Natal Province -- Section V. Climate Crisis and Land Water and Forest Sustainability -- Chapter 25. Evaluating the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Glacier Dynamics in Western Himalayas, India -- Chapter 26. The Tale of Crab Collectors and Fatteners: Negotiating Climate Change in Indian Sundarbans -- Chapter 27. Climate Crisis and Wetland Ecosystem Sustainability -- Chapter 28. Land Suitability Assessment for Mulberry-based Agroforestry Using AHP and GIS Technique in North-Western Himalayan Region of Kashmir Valley, India to Achieve Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 29. Climate Crisis and Coastal Risk Management.
    Abstract: This book aims to contribute to the discourse on climate crisis by bringing together high-quality empirical research on adaptive approaches and sustainability case studies from across the world. The book is divided into six sections. The introductory section has two chapters which sets the ground of the book as it discusses the framing of climate crisis and the different approaches towards it. It also situates the book within the global discourse. The first chapter seeks the traditional approaches to bridge the gap in the new climate science, while the second chapter delivers the ultimate reasons for temperature change, global warming and its consequences (extreme weather events) in a comprehensive way. It is hoped that the book as a whole will provide a timely synthesis of a rapidly growing and important field of climate science but will also bring forward new and stimulating ideas that will shape a coherent and fruitful vision for future work for the community of Undergraduates, Postgraduates, Ph.D. Scholars and Researchers in the fields of environmental sciences, humanistic and social sciences and geography. In addition, policy and decision makers, environmentalists, NGOs, corporate sectors, social scientists, and government organizations will find this book to be of great value. We believe that a diverse group of academics, scientists, geographers, environmentalists, environmental regulators, social scientists, and sustainable scientists with a common interest within the earth environmental sciences and humanistic and social sciences will find this book to be a comprehensive source for reference. Also, we strongly deemed that it will also provide some support for various levels of organizations and administrations for developing and achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 in purview of climate change.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031443978
    Series Statement: Sustainable Development Goals Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44397-8
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    Resilient Horizons: Building Sustainable Environments for Climate Adaptation and Health (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Bioclimatology. ; Environmental management. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: A Practical Urban Habitat for Living in the Extreme Drought Conditions of the Future, Using Advanced Wastewater Recycling Technologies -- Risk assessment of green reuse of abandoned industrial buildings#A case of steel mill -- Adaptation of plant ecosystems to rapid climate change in the Ural region: Carbon fields - the most important arena for assessing climate change in the Urals -- The Healing world from 2020 onwards -- Climate Determinants of Health -- Pedestrian conditions from a climate change vulnerability perspective in low income communities -- Effects of climate change on human security and sustainable -- Role of Value Orientation and Belief in shaping Indian Pre-Service Teachers' Personal Norms to address Climate Change -- Urban energy consumption in the City of Naples (Italy): a geographically weighted regression approach -- Mechanical Properties and Impact Resistance of Steel Fiber Reinforced Fly Ash and Nanosilica Concrete -- Nonintrusive Load Monitoring System for Decarbonization of Built Environment Based on Deep Learning Algorithm -- Sustainable Renovation on Aosta Residential Building for Carbon Neutrality -- Sensitivity Analysis Using Standardized Regression Coefficients of Roof Design Variables for Energy Performance in Residential Buildings -- Study on the Effect of Adding Biochar to Green Roof Substrate on Carbon Dioxide Reduction -- Features of ESG risk management in the implementation of megaprojects: the Belt and Road Initiative -- Informatic analysis and review of literature on the optimum selection of sustainable materials used in construction projects -- Assessing air pollutant distribution and its influencing factors in the urban street canyon environments -- Sustainability, and Post-Covid 19 Era: Changing Housing Design and Models in the Cities and Istanbul.
    Abstract: This book discusses the challenges related to climate change mitigation and adaptation. It adds valuable strategies and insights into the development of new practices solving the identified social and economic problems related to ecosystem deterioration and anticipating other disasters related to climate change. As the decarbonization of cities and communities became an issue of great interest to many researchers, the book in hand is of great importance to decision-makers and energy stakeholders and others seeking a more resilient and sustainable future and developing innovative technologies to overcome environmental deterioration. This book is a culmination of selected research papers from the first version of the international conference on ‘Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability’ which was held in 2022 in collaboration with Chongqing University, China.
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    Pages: XIV, 178 p. 102 illus., 92 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031461095
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46109-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-46109-5
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    Advances in Natural Hazards and Hydrological Risks: Meeting the Challenge : Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Natural Hazards (NATHAZ'19), Pico Island—Azores 2019 (2020)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Environment. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Earth Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Water. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.
    Description / Table of Contents: PART I Hydrological hazards, hydrogeomorphology, groundwater and disasters -- PART II Hazard assessment, spatial planning and climate change -- PART III Natural hazards, hydrodynamics and engineering design -- PART IV Around of Pico island geology: meeting natural hazards.
    Abstract: This book gathers the proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Natural Hazards (NATHAZ'19), held in Lajes do Pico, Pico Island, Azores in 2019. Natural hazards constitute the threat of a naturally occurring event having a negative effect on human beings. These effects are often called natural disasters. Among the natural hazards and potential disasters to be considered are: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, subsidence, floods, droughts and coastal erosion. In addition, there are anthropogenic hazards that occur as a result of human interactions with the environment. They include technological hazards, which occur due to exposure to hazardous substances in the environment. Grasping the behaviour of natural systems requires a comprehensive understanding of climatology, geology and hydrology data and dynamics. Thus, it is important to conduct hazard and risk assessment studies for meaningful hazard mitigation. Further, the book demonstrates that an accurate understanding of natural systems and interactions between engineering and natural resources is of vital significance to the entire socio-economic sector. This volume offers an overview of natural hazards in model regions in Europe, America, and Atlantic islands. Providing new insights on the characterisation, assessment, protection and modelling of geological hazards, water systems, urban areas and coastal zones, it represents a valuable resource for all researchers and practitioners in the fields of Geosciences, Hydrology, Water Resources, Natural Hazards, Environments and Engineering. Main topics include: 1. Natural Hazards and Disasters 2. Sustainable Water Systems and Climate Change 3. Technological Hazards and Engineering Design.
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    Pages: XXVIII, 192 p. 112 illus., 100 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030343972
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34397-2
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    Ecological Footprints of Climate Change : Adaptive Approaches and Sustainability (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Ecology . ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Ecology. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Section I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Ecological Footprints in Changing Climate – An Overview -- Chapter 2. Assessing Global-scale Synergy between Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development for projected Climate Change -- Chapter 3. Global Warming Impacts on Environment in the last Century -- Chapter 4. Analysis of low-flow frequency in the era of climate change: An application of CanESM2 model -- Section II. Climate Change and contemporary issues, challenges and sustainability -- Chapter 5. Climate Change Impact on Land Degradation in Hilly and Mountainous Landscape: Sustainability Issues and Adaptation Strategies -- Chapter 6. Impacts of the Inherent Hazards of Climate Change on the Coastal Environment of the Mahanadi Delta along the East Coast of India -- Chapter 7. Assessment of Ground Water Vulnerability to Climate Change of Jalgaon District (M.S.) India using GIS Techniques -- Chapter 8. Impact of Climate Change on Water Crisis in Gujarat (India) -- Chapter 9. Factors affecting governance aspect of disaster management: Comparative study of the Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh -- Chapter 10. Application of Geospatial Technology in Understanding Seasonal Flood Hazard Event in Dhemaji District of Assam -- Chapter 11. Geospatial Approach in Watershed Vulnerability to Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability -- Section III. Agriculture and Forestry and Climate Change -- Chapter 12. Agro-climatic Variability in Climate Change Scenario: Adaptive Approach and Sustainability -- Chapter 13. Peri-urban farmers perception of climate change: values and perspectives. A French case study -- Chapter 14. Determinants and Spatio-Temporal Drivers of Agricultural Vulnerability to Climate Change at Block Level, Darjeeling Himalayan (Hill) Region, West Bengal, India -- Chapter 15. Forest Landscape Dynamics and People’s livelihood Dependency on Forest: A Study on Bankura District, West Bengal -- Chapter 16. Forest fire risk modelling using GIS and remote sensing in major landscapes of Himachal Pradesh -- Section IV. Food security and Livelihoods -- Chapter 17. Climate Smart Agriculture Interventions for Food and Nutritional Security -- Chapter 18. Critical appraisal and evaluation of India’s first carbon Neutral Community project- A case of Meenangadi Panchayat, Kerala, India -- Section V. Infrastructure and resilient cities and settlements -- Chapter 19. Land use and land cover change dynamics and modeling future urban growth using cellular automata model over Isfahan metropolitan area of Iran -- Chapter 20. Analyzing of Spatio- Temporal Changes in Land Surface Temperature of Coastal Goa using LANDSAT Satellite Data -- Chapter 21. Analysing the Relationship between Rising Urban Heat Islands and Climate Change of Howrah Sadar Subdivision in the Past Two Decades Using Geospatial Indicators -- Chapter 22. Assessment of Site Suitability Analysis for Solar Power Plants: An Optimal Utilization of Wastelands -- Chapter 23. Integrated Study on Tsunami Impact Assessment in Cilacap, Indonesia: Method, Approached and Practice -- Chapter 24. The public health risks of waterborne pathogen exposure under a climate change scenario in Indonesia -- Chapter 25. Perceived Impact of Climate Change on Health: Reflections from Kolkata and Its Suburbs -- Section VI. Global Health, Sustainable and Adaptive Approaches and Sustainability -- Chapter 26. Health implications, Leaders Societies, and Climate Change: A Global Review -- Chapter 27. A Retrospective Cohort Study on Ambient Air Quality and Respiratory morbidities -- Chapter 28. Coping Practices of Women fisherfolk in Responses to Climate Change at UNESCO declared World Heritage Site of Sundarbans -- Chapter 29. Climate Change and Health Impacts in the South Pacific: A Systematic Review -- Chapter 30. Changing Climate, Flood Footprints, and Climate-Related Actions: Effects on Ecosocial and Health Risks Along Ugbowo-Benin Road, Edo State, Nigeria.
    Abstract: This book explores global implications of human activities that trigger changes in climate and the appropriate scientific, adaptive, and sustainable approaches as a proven information tool. It reveals that the ecological, social, and economic dynamics of the changing earth encompasses huge uncertainties coupled with its ability to be linked to other forms of global change. From a scientific perspective, multiple efforts are expedient to integrate the many aspects of global changes. Increases in science and technology have afforded nations the ability to plan for the future by investing in adaptive and mitigative measures to monitor present and future changes. Just as the climatic and ecological impacts of climate change are unequally distributed, so is the adaptive capacity to cope with these impacts in different nations. Considering that wealth, infrastructure, and political stability all contribute to a nation's capacity to anticipate and respond to change. So, global South nations who are disadvantaged in these areas are faced with more inequalities and more unique adaptive strategies. There is need for increased aggregate efforts and interaction between scientists, stakeholders, and policy makers to improve both decision-making and global change in science. Scientists and researchers need to work on expanding the range of polices that are proposed, debated, and implemented. This way, novelty, new ideas and methodologies are infused into the society. At this point of multiple climate footprints, there is an immense need to explore all ideas evaluating their possibilities in presenting alternative futures, developing alternative policies, and adaptive options to solve the intractable ecological footprints of climate change.
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    Pages: XXX, 776 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031155017
    Series Statement: Springer Climate,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15501-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15501-7
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    Sustainable Conservation of UNESCO and Other Heritage Sites Through Proactive Geosciences (2023)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Archaeology. ; Geophysics. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Archaeology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Landslide mitigation measures for the conservation of the archaeological site of Orongo (Easter Island-Chile) -- Conservation polices and mitigation measures for the Akapana Pyramid in the Tiwanaku archaeological site (Bolivia) -- Multiscale analysis of geohazards affecting the Alhambra (Spain) Cultural Heritage -- Rock mechanic characterization and 3D Kinematic analysis of Katsky pillar (Georgia) -- Petrological study on the Roman mortars from Kom El-Dikka Archaeological Site (Alexandria, Egypt) -- Electrochemical desalination of salt infected brick masonry applying a double electrode system -- Keynote: Investigation and preservation of historic foundations -- Keynote: Preventive Conservation of the Central Tower of Bayon Temple under Global Warming: Case Study in Soil Filled Foundation and Character Defining Elements of Authenticity of Foundation in Angkor, Cambodia -- Slope instability induced by climate changes on the UNESCO Etruscan necropolis (Tarquinia, Central Italy) -- Keynote: NRIAG effort to mitigate natural and geotechnical risk in cultural heritage site -- The Potential and Limitations of Electrical Resistivity and Magnetic Methods for Characterizing Highly Terrainous Archaeological Site: A Case Study At Tell Dibgou, Egypt -- The implementation of shallow geophysical survey for detection of some buried archaeological structures in Aswan city, Egypt -- The use of InfraRed Thermography (IRT) for the protection and conservation of rupestrian CH sites affected by slope instabilities -- Ground Penetrating Radar for investigating painted walls and floors of ancient buildings -- Frozen mounds of Altay mounting geophysical studies -- Keynote: Developments in the digital documentation of tangible Cultural heritage. Advances in data acquisition, processing methods and curating -- Usage of laser scanning system to document the historical heritage of Beet Al Qadi, Cairo -- An HBIM Holistic Approach for Rehabilitation of Heritage Buildings -- Keynote: Geophysics' role in investigating and mitigating groundwater hazards on archaeological sites: Case studies from "Sphinx -Giza, Kom Ombo Temple-Aswan and Hawara Pyramid-Fayoum -- Hydrogelogical hazard assessment and monitoring of Maya Devi Temple World Heritage sites in Lumbini (Nepal): the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha -- Water Infiltration and Waterproofing of Susan-ri Tomb (North Korea) -- Monitoring cultural heritage sites affected by geohazards -- Innovative structural monitoring as tool of preservation and valorisation of monumental architectures: the case of Neptune Temple in Paestum IT -- Structure Stability Analyses of Chapels Dedicated to Wives of Amun Using Non-Contact Techniques, Madinet Habu temple – Luxor – Egypt -- Integrated characterization of Apulian hypogean cultural heritage (Italy) -- Geological control on the evolution of stability of Theban tombs at Sheikh ‘Abd el-Qurna, Luxor, Egypt -- Keynote: Archeoseismology and the Impact of Large Earthquakes on Cultural Heritage -- Integrated Geoscience Investigations in Hittite Imperial Sites Affected by Earthquakes -- Multi-Scenario Physics-Based Seismic Hazard Assessment of Cultural Heritage Sites -- State of buildings and related damage after the earthquake of 1856 in Jijel (Algeria). Considerations for seismic hazard assessment in Jijel and Skikda (Algeria) -- Seismic hazard assessment of a cultural heritage minaret in Cairo -- Keynote: Analysis, integration and interpretation of Big Earth data in the Copernicus Era for the documentation, monitoring and preservation of natural and cultural heritage -- The potential of satellite interferometry for geohazard assessment in cultural heritage sites -- Instability processes and SAR data analysis in the Pompeii archeological park -- Remote Sensing applications for Cultural Heritage Sites Sustainability: case studies form Egypt -- Rome walls satellite monitoring and protection by prothego methodology -- The project of Parco Archeologico del Colosseo and the Italian network of archaeological parks: from satellite monitoring to conservation and preventive maintenance policies -- Adaptation, traditions and conservation: The Case of the Asante Traditional Buildings World Heritage Site in Ghana -- Management of Cultural Assets in Sudan from the Perspective of Sustainable Development Goals -- Improvement the State of Conservation of the Georgian Rock-cut Heritage through the Multidisciplinary Approach -- The Aswan declaration.
    Abstract: This book presents up-to-date geoscience technologies for heritage investigations and conservation, covering various sub-disciplines of geophysics, geodesy, 3D laser scanning technology, hydrogeology, and rock mechanics applied to the exploration of new heritage sites, mapping and visualization, as well as hazard mitigation. The current shift toward interdisciplinary ways of thinking highlights the added value of merging arts with sciences and other disciplines for better management and preservation of cultural heritage. Featuring advanced scientific investigations in 40 case studies around the globe, the book demonstrates how a better understanding of natural processes coupled with conservation approaches, mainly based on sustainable practices such as the use of traditional knowledge in recovery techniques and building local capacities, can ensure effective conservation.
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    Pages: XI, 734 p. 565 illus., 538 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031138102
    Series Statement: Springer Geology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13810-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-13810-2
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    Ecological Risks of Emerging Pollutants in Urbanizing Regions (2023)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental health. ; Environment. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Health. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Urbanization and emissions of pollutants -- Chapter 2. Spatial distribution of emerging pollutants in multimedia -- Chapter 3. Source identification and emission estimation of emerging pollutants -- Chapter 4. Multimedia modeling and simulation of contaminants transportation and fate -- Chapter 5. Exposure pathways and human risks of emerging pollutants -- Chapter 6. Ecological risks of emerging pollutants: methodology and applications -- Chapter 7. Conclusion and perspectives.
    Abstract: This book characterizes the major pollution patterns of emerging contaminants, such as sources, emission effluents, temporal and spatial distributions, multi-media transportation and transformation processes, exposure pathways to ecosystems and humans, and ecological risks. Based on this, it establishes an urbanizing region management concept and highlights how urbanization and its regional ecology have evolved into a more integrated vision. It also decouples the relations between urbanization and emissions of emerging pollutants that are framed within a broad socio-ecological context considering institutions, policies, and governance. All the theory, methods, and case studies have been taken from the authors’ publications, which have undergone rigorous international peer review. The book presents the spatial distribution, pathways, and flow diagrams of the pollutants as well as the interactions between urbanization and regional pollution and includes detailed figures and pictures. It also investigates ecological risk characterization and expression using maps based on geographic information systems to illustrate the general profile and the spatial variation of risks. The book is a valuable resource for postgraduates, researchers, academics, environmental NGOs, and regional managers such as urban planners, environmental agency staff, legal regulators, and decision makers. Bridging the gap between environmental science and policy, it offers interdisciplinary theory, approaches, and case studies that facilitate applications of frontier science in ecology and environmental science to regional social and economic development.
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    Pages: XXXIX, 372 p. 198 illus., 186 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811996306
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9630-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9630-6
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    Climate Change, Agriculture and Society : Approaches Toward Sustainability (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Bioclimatology. ; Food security. ; Environmental geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Change Ecology. ; Food Security. ; Integrated Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Global warming and Climate Change: Vulnerability in Agricultural Sectors -- Chapter 1. Climate change impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation: An overview -- Chapter 2. Spatio-temporal changes of rainfall pattern under changing climatein West Bengal, India -- Chapter 3. Evaluating Apiculture as a Sustainable Livelihood Option in the Wake of Climate Change: West Bengal, India -- Chapter 4. The Impacts of Drought Disasters on Mexican Agriculture: An Interpretation from the Perspective of the Political Economy of Disasters -- Part II: Extreme Climatic Events: Impacts and Adaptation Issues in agrarian environment -- Chapter 5. Smallholder livestock farmers’ animal health management practices in South Africa -- Chapter 6. Identification of Spatio-temporal extent of agricultural drought using geospatial techniques: A case study of Chhatna Block, Bankura District, West Bengal, India -- Chapter 7. Climate Change and Agriculture: Understanding Short-Term Impact of Climate Change in Selected Crop Production in West Bengal -- Part III: Agriculture under Changing Climate -- Chapter 8. Resilience of Farmers in Response to Sallinity Intrusion Problem in Agricultural Fields of Coastal Region of Bangladesh -- Chapter 9. The ecological significance to maintain rice cropping areas in the rice bowls of Kerala for sustaining food and livelihood security under the purview of climate change -- Chapter 10. Crop diversification: an Adaptive option for climate change resilience in agro-climatic zone of West Bengal -- Part IV: Farmers Perceptions of Climate Change and Adaptation Strategy -- Chapter 11. Unraveling the Interplay between Indian Agricultural Sector, Food Security and Farms Bill: Key to Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 12. Correlation between Volumetric Loading Rate and Removal Efficiency of Bio-Chemical Oxygen Demand and Chemical Oxygen Demand for Waste Water Treatment by Improved Bio-Tower Technology in Ganga River Basin (India) -- Chapter 13. Site Suitability in Water Harvesting Management Using Remote Sensing Data and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of Sulaimaniyah Province, Iraq -- Chapter 14. Futuristic Climate Change Impacts on rice and groundnut production over Tamil Nadu State, South India -- Part V: Sustainable Adaptive Options to Combat Global Warming and Climate Change -- Chapter 15. Assessment of Soil Suitability for Sunflower Cultivation in Sagar Island, India -- Chapter 16. Agricultural Bill 2020 in India: Agricultural Policy and Transition to Sustainable Agriculture and Self-reliance -- Chapter 17. Urban Heat Island (UHI) Resilience Plan in Varying Climatic Conditions using Geospatial Approach: A Case Study Of Rajkot City -- Chapter 18. Identifying suitable sites for alternative agriculture in drought prone Akarsa watershed, West Bengal.
    Abstract: This book discusses emerging contexts of global warming and climate change, agricultural vulnerability and adaptation from local to global scale. Climate change, resilience in relation to agriculture and livelihoods and multi-dimensionality of various approaches are clearly taken into account by providing studies and perspectives on various methods and scales based on natural science to social science frameworks. This edited work contains chapters that are interdisciplinary, covering climate change, agriculture vulnerability, disaster impact, productivity efficiency, food security, livelihood resilience, land degradation, sustainability, in terms of plan and perform for transformation, sustainability and adaptation, including philosophy, change and economics, as well as the natural sciences. This book addresses the sustainable development goals to reduce the adverse impacts on agricultural productivity brought on by climate change and its adaptation and disaster risk reduction in developing and developed nations. Some of the assessed challenges include soil erosion, land use conversion, natural resource mismanagement, crop productivity decline and economic stagnation. This book covers important issues in the production and consumption of food in the past and present periods, agriculture, livelihood, and climate change, disaster risk management and society. All of these are under the threat of ongoing climate change and significant challenges to livelihood sustainability. The book is arranged into five broad sections: each part will cover a set of chapters dealing with a particular issue of the climate change, agriculture and society: approach toward sustainability. This book aims to attract attention of students, researchers, academician, policymakers and other inquisitive readers interested in different aspects of climate change, agriculture, livelihood and sustainability, particularly at local to global context.
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    Pages: XXII, 363 p. 142 illus., 130 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031282515
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28251-5
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    Geodetic Time Series Analysis in Earth Sciences (2020)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geographic information systems. ; Application software. ; Environmental sciences. ; Physics. ; Statistics . ; Geophysics. ; Geographical Information System. ; Computer and Information Systems Applications. ; Environmental Physics. ; Statistics in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Art and Science of Trajectory Modelling -- Introduction to Geodetic Time Series Analysis -- Markov Chain Monte Carlo and The Application to Geodetic Time Series Analysis -- Introduction to Dynamic Linear Models for Time Series Analysis -- Fast Statistical Approaches to Geodetic Time Series Analysis -- Least Squares Contribution to Geodetic Time Series Analysis -- Modelling the GNSS Time Series: Different Approaches to Extract Seasonal Signals -- Stochastic modelling of geophysical signal constituents within a Kalman Filter framework -- Filtering of GPS Time Series Using Geophysical Models and Common Mode Error Analysis -- Comparison of Spacewise and Timewise Methods for GRACE Gravity Field Recovery -- Estimation of the Vertical Land Motion from GNSS Time Series and Application in Quantifying Sea-Level Rise -- Time Series Analysis of Rapid GNSS Measurements for Quasi-Static and Dynamic Bridge Monitoring -- Conclusions and Future challenges in Geodetic Time Series Analysis.
    Abstract: This book provides an essential appraisal of the recent advances in technologies, mathematical models and computational software used by those working with geodetic data. It explains the latest methods in processing and analyzing geodetic time series data from various space missions (i.e. GNSS, GRACE) and other technologies (i.e. tide gauges), using the most recent mathematical models. The book provides practical examples of how to apply these models to estimate seal level rise as well as rapid and evolving land motion changes due to gravity (ice sheet loss) and earthquakes respectively. It also provides a necessary overview of geodetic software and where to obtain them.
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    Pages: XXI, 422 p. 252 illus., 234 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030217181
    Series Statement: Springer Geophysics,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21718-1
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    Management of Research Infrastructures: A South African Funding Perspective (2020)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geophysics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Background -- Classification of RI Investment Areas in South Africa -- Process for Awarding RI Grants -- Condition of Grant Award -- Skills Required for Managing Research Equipment -- Monitoring, Evaluation and Risk Management -- The Sustainable Management of Research Equipment -- Conclusion -- Annexures.
    Abstract: This open access book provides an overview of the building blocks necessary for managing, steering and guiding the establishment of a research infrastructure (RI). It offers valuable insights into RI investment, access and management at the academic, grants management, agency and policy level, and serves as a useful guide for the research community, students, and those in the private sector wishing to understand the approaches and opportunities involved in the establishment, maintenance and management of research infrastructure platforms. Presenting a holistic view of RI investment and granting cycles from a South African perspective, the book’s target audience includes those working in science diplomacy, policymaking and science grants councils (especially in Africa) as well as funders and donors. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030372811
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37281-1
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    Fluid Dynamics : Fundamentals and Applications (2020)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Fluid mechanics. ; Geography Mathematics. ; Physical geography. ; Earth Sciences. ; Engineering Fluid Dynamics. ; Mathematics of Planet Earth. ; Earth System Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Fundamentals 1 -- Chapter 2. Fundamentals 2 -- Chapter 3. Fundamentals 3 -- Chapter 4. Aerodynamics -- Chapter 5. Waves -- Chapter 6. Instabilities -- Chapter 7. Chaos and Turbulence: an introduction -- Chapter 8. Some magneto hydrodynamics.
    Abstract: This introductory book addresses a broad range of classical Fluid Dynamics topics, interesting applications, and related problems in everyday life. The geophysical and astrophysical applications discussed concern e.g. the shape and internal structure of the Earth and stars, the dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean, hydrodynamic instabilities, and the different kinds of waves that can be found in the atmosphere, ocean and solid Earth. Non-linear waves (solitons) are also mentioned. In turn, the book explores problems from everyday life, including the motion of golf balls, life at low Reynolds numbers, the physics of sailing, and the aerodynamics of airplanes and Grand Prix cars. No book on this topic would be complete without a look at chaos and turbulence; here the problems span from Gaussian plumes to chaotic dynamos, to stochastic climate modeling. Advances in fluid dynamics have produced a wealth of numerical methods and techniques, which are used in many of the applications. Given its structure, the book can be used both for an introductory course to fluid dynamics and as preparation for more advanced problems typical of graduate-level courses.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030495626
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49562-6
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    Mechanics of Oil and Gas Flow in Porous Media (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Fluid mechanics. ; Materials Analysis. ; Earth Sciences. ; Engineering Fluid Dynamics. ; Characterization and Analytical Technique.
    Description / Table of Contents: Basic law of percolation -- Steady state percolation of single-phase incompressible fluid -- Interference theory of wells under rigid water drive -- Unsteady state percolation of slightly compressible fluid -- Percolation law of natural gas -- Foundation of water/oil displacement theory -- Percolation theory of oil-gas two phases (dissovled gas drive) -- Percolation in dual-media -- Percolation of non-Newtonian liquid -- Theory of similarity.
    Abstract: This book discusses various aspects of percolation mechanics. It starts with the driving forces and driving modes and then examines in detail the steady state percolation of single-phase incompressible fluids, percolation law of natural gas and percolation of non-Newtonian fluids. Progressing from simple to complex concepts, it also analyzes Darcy’s law, providing a basis for the study of reservoir engineering, oil recovery engineering and reservoir numerical simulation. It serves as a textbook for undergraduate students majoring in petroleum engineering, petroleum geology and groundwater engineering, and offers a valuable reference guide for graduate students, researchers and technical engineers engaged in oil and gas exploration and development.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811573132
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7313-2
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    Crystallography : Introduction to the Study of Minerals (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geochemistry. ; Earth Sciences. ; Geochemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Geometric Crystallography -- Introduction to Crystallography -- Periodicity, Crystal Lattice, Symbols and Notations -- Lattices and Symmetry -- Point Symmetry -- Space Groups.
    Abstract: This textbook presents an extensive manual of crystallography, including geometric crystallography, crystallochemistry, and crystallophysics. Illustrated with a wealth of figures and diagrams, it offers a thorough introduction to crystals for undergraduate and graduate students interested in learning the essentials and advanced concepts of crystallography. The book begins with basic concepts such as the geometry, morphology and symmetry of lattices, allowing readers to approach the subject from a mathematical point of view, abstracting it from its material content. In turn, the second part focuses on crystallochemistry and explains the differences between ideal and real crystals, and between static and dynamic ones. The third part of the textbook concerns crystallophysics and addresses the electrical, magnetic, mechanical, elastic and optical properties of crystals, as well as the fundamental laws and methods of X-ray diffraction.
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    Pages: XV, 523 p. 1076 illus., 427 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030967833
    Series Statement: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96783-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-96783-3
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    Groundwater and Water Quality : Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Physical geography. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Natural disasters. ; Earth Sciences. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Water. ; Natural Hazards. ; Earth System Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Identification of the parameters to estimate the capillary rise from shallow groundwater table using field crop experiments -- Study of Groundwater Table fluctuation in the command area of Bhagwanpur Distributary of the Eastern Gandak Project -- Assessment of heavy metals in sediments from exploratory wells for riverbank filtration sites impacted by extreme environmental conditions using principal component analysis -- Simulation of re-aeration coefficient using ANFIS and ARIMA models -- Identification of unknown number of clandestine groundwater pollution source locations and their release flux histories - by Anirban Chakraborty and Om Prakash. .
    Abstract: This book deals with topics of current interest, such as climate change, floods, drought, and hydrological extremes. The impact of climate change on water resources is drawing worldwide attention these days, for water resources in many countries are already stressed and climate change along with burgeoning population, rising standard of living, and increasing demand are adding to the stress. Further, river basins are becoming less resilient to climatic vagaries. Fundamental to addressing these issues is hydrological modelling which is covered in these books. Further, integrated water resources management is vital to ensure water and food security. Integral to the management is groundwater and solute transport. The books encompass tools that will be useful to mitigate the adverse consequences of natural disasters. This book provides many new and innovative methods to assess groundwater and estimate water pollution. Groundwater recharge, solute transport, ground water modelling are some of the important variable used to estimate the groundwater movement, hydraulic gradient and pollution movement. The water quality is another important variable of river Ganga and its tributaries in India and other rivers over the globe. .
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    Pages: X, 410 p. 178 illus., 136 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031095511
    Series Statement: Water Science and Technology Library, 119
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09551-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-09551-1
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    Tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent (2020)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geology. ; Geographic information systems. ; Geophysics. ; Geology. ; Geographical Information System.
    Description / Table of Contents: Tectonics of the Indian Sub-continent: An Introduction -- Indian Cratons -- Tectonics of Sri Lanka -- Proterozoic Mobile Belts -- Proterozoic ‘Purana’ Basins -- Tectonics of the Himalaya -- Trans-Himalayan and Karakoram ranges -- Deccan Volcanic Province -- Tectonics of Western Margin of India -- Geology and Tectonics of Bangladesh.
    Abstract: This books documents the salient characters of the tectonic evolution of the Indian subcontinent. It showcases the well investigated subcontinent of Gondwana. The book is linked to an updated geological and tectonic map of this region on 1:12,000,000 in scale. The Indian subcontinent displays almost uninterrupted and unique the geological history since about Eo-Archean (~3800 Ma) to recent, with the development of many Proterozoic deformed and metamorphosed fold belts around Archean nuclei, and enormously thick undeformed platform deposits. After their stabilization during late Proterozoic, the subcontinent underwent Paleozoic rifting and deposition of coal-bearing thick sequences, followed by enormously-thick outpouring of Deccan volcanics as a consequence of huge mantle plume. The youngest event in its evolution is the Cenozoic Himalayan Orogenic Mountains, spanning the area between Nanga Parbat and Namcha Barwah; a part of which extends both in Pakistan and Myanmar.
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    Pages: XXIII, 576 p. 205 illus., 66 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030428457
    Series Statement: Society of Earth Scientists Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42845-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42845-7
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    Emerging Technologies for Water Supply, Conservation and Management (2023)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental management. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Geophysics. ; Water. ; Environmental Management. ; Artificial Intelligence.
    Description / Table of Contents: Assessment of Water Consumers Literacy -- Machine learning applications in sustainable water resource management: A systematic review -- Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Applications for the Assessment of Urban Water Stress: A Review -- Role of Artificial Intelligence in Water Conservation with special reference to India -- Remote sensing and GIS based techniques for monitoring and conserving water on newly developed farmlands -- A Comprehensive Review on Mapping of Groundwater Potential Zones: Past, present and future recommendations -- Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing in deciphering groundwater potential zones -- Remote Sensing & GIS based monitoring and management of coastal aquifers and ecosystem -- Hydrogeomorphological mapping of groundwater potential zones using multi-influence factor (MIF) and GIS techniques: A case study of Vishav watershed, western Himalayas -- GIS-based disaster risk analysis of floods using certainty factor (CF) and its ensemble with deep learning neural network (DLNN): A case study of Dima Hasao district of Assam -- Geospatial and Analytical Hierarchical Techniques to assess the groundwater potential areas in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu -- Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Mapping Groundwater Potential Zones through Fuzzy Integration in Kodavanar Watershed, A part of Amaravathi Basin, Tamil Nadu -- Morphometric analysis using geospatial techniques in the Pandameru River Basin, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India -- Ground Water Quality assessment using Water Quality Index and Geographical Information System of Mogamureru River Basin, Y.S.R. District, A.P., India -- Using Geo-spatial Technologies for Land and Water Resource Development Planning: A Case Study of Tirora Tehsil, India -- Delineation of Seawater Intrusion into freshwater aquifers by using VES & GIS in the Kakinada Region, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India -- . Systematic approach of groundwater resources assessment using remote sensing and multi-influence factor (MIF) techniques in Medchal Mandal, Telangana State, India -- Remote sensing snd GIS Application for Rainwater Harvesting and Groundwater Recharge to Secure Sustainable Groundwater Future of Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajamahendravaram, India.
    Abstract: This book deals with the role of emerging technologies such as remote sensing and GIS and artificial intelligence/machine learning in water supply, conservation and management for sustainable development. These are low-cost new technologies that address current challenges dealing with large data sets, such as identifying spatial and temporal variations in water quality parameters and contaminants, groundwater potential zones and water supply and management issues. This book is helpful to show the paths of reducing the burden of time and cost and is the alternative options for the conventional practices in water supply, conservation and management. Further, the outcomings of this book are helpful for policy makers, researchers and readers.
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    Pages: XIV, 384 p. 99 illus., 85 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031352799
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35279-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35279-9
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    Atlas of Typical Seismic and Geological Sections for Major Petroliferous Basins in China (2021)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Sedimentology. ; Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Sedimentology. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Structural Style and Seismic Profile Characteristics -- Sedimentary Sequence and Seismic Response -- Seismic Response Characteristics of Typical Geologic bodies -- Seismic Geological Characteristics of Typical Oil and Gas Reservoirs.
    Abstract: This book offers readers a comprehensive introduction to the seismic and geological response characteristics of major tectonic types, typical reservoirs, and typical geological bodies in China, illustrated in diagrams. The book is divided into four sections, the first of which covers the typical structural styles of petroliferous basins in China. The second focuses on the seismic response of typical stratigraphic and sedimentary features. The third section addresses the seismic response characteristics of clastic geological bodies such as fan bodies, river phase sand bodies, and delta sand bodies, while the fourth describes three typical oil and gas reservoirs.
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    Pages: VIII, 99 p. 233 illus., 225 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811567919
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6791-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6791-9
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    Planning for Ecosystem Services in Cities (2020)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Human geography. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Physical Geography. ; Urban Ecology. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. A review of ecosystem services in urban plans -- Chapter3. A review of ecosystem services in urban climate plans -- Chapter4. Developing ecosystem service information for urban planning -- Chapter5. Applying ecosystem services in urban planning: a case study -- Chapter6. Towards equitable distribution of ecosystem services in cities -- Chapter7. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This open access book presents current knowledge about ecosystem services (ES) in urban planning, and discusses various urban ES topics such as spatial distribution of urban ecosystems, population distribution, and physical infrastructure properties. The book addresses all these issues by: i) investigating to what extent ecosystem services are currently included in urban plans, and discussing what is still needed to improve planning practice; ii) illustrating how to develop ecosystem services indicators and information that can be used by urban planners to enhance plan design; iii) demonstrating the application of ES assessments to support urban planning processes through case studies; and iv) reflecting on criteria for addressing equity in urban planning through ecosystem service assessments, by exploring issues associated with the supply of, the access to and demand for ES by citizens. Through fully worked out case studies, from policy questions, to baseline analysis and indicators, and from option comparison to proposed solutions, the book offers readers detailed and accessible coverage of outstanding issues and proposed solutions to better integrate ES in city planning. The overall purpose of the book is to provide a compact reference that can be used by researchers as a key resource offering an updated perspective and overview on the field, as well as by practitioners and planners/decision makers as a source of inspiration for their activity. Additionally, the book will be a suitable resource for both undergraduate and post-graduate courses in planning and geography.
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    Pages: IX, 87 p. 26 illus., 14 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030200244
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20024-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-20024-4
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    Climate Change and Ocean Renewable Energy (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Solar energy. ; Wind power. ; Nuclear engineering. ; Climate Sciences. ; Renewable Energy. ; Solar Thermal Energy. ; Wind Energy. ; Nuclear Energy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Zero Carbon Emission Based Electrical Power Plant by Harvesting Oceanic Wave Energy: Minimization of Environmental Impact in Bangladesh -- The Effect of Air Density in Offshore Wind Power Potential in India -- Influence of Vertical Plates on the Pitching Motion of a SPAR Wind Floater in Waves -- Developing a Decision Support System for a Pumped Storage Hybrid Power Plant -- A SWOT Analysis for Offshore Wind Energy Development: Turkey case -- The Combined Effects of Channel Amplitude and Fluid Elasticity on Viscoelastic Fluid Flow Through A Periodic Channel.
    Abstract: Renewable-energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. Renewable-energy includes sources such as sunlight, tides, waves, wind, rain, and geothermal heat. According to BP's-2018 Energy Outlook (EO), renewable energy will be the fastest growing source of energy, increasing fivefold by 2040 thus providing around 14% of global primary energy at this future point. On the other hand, climate change is bringing about rising temperatures, which have significant negative impacts on humans and the environment, and transitioning to renewable energy sources, such as biofuels, can help meet this challenge. Transitioning to renewable energy, and reducing reliance on fossil fuels, is one way to help slow down the effects of climate change. While renewables used to be a more expensive option, new clean energy technologies are lowering costs and helping to move economies away from fossil fuels. The 1st International Conference on Climate Change and Ocean Renewable Energy (CCORE 2022), is a virtual conference held from November 4-7, 2022, presenting experiences and ideas through research talks and presentations from diverse fields in climate change and ocean renewable energy. This event offers a platform in bringing together a forum for students, postdocs and established scientists to exchange their ideas and contribute to an integrative approach to climate change and ocean renewable energy. .
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    Pages: XIV, 191 p. 119 illus., 85 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031269677
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26967-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26967-7
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    Moving Toward Net-Zero Carbon Society : Challenges and Opportunities (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Moving Toward Net zero Emission Society in the Asia Pacific: With Special Reference to the Recent Law and Policy Development in Japan, Korea and Taiwan -- Assessing the Impact of Carbon Prices and Timber Fluctuation on the Expansion of Afforestation: A Case of Taiwan -- Turning on the Lights with Green Energy- A more Sustainable Future- The Case of Taiwan ICDF Project: Solar PV Mini Grid System for Lightning in Myanmar -- The Importance of Capability Development for Innovation Intermediaries in Sustainable Agricultural: Cases of Rice and Mango Industry Organizations in the Philippines -- The Kelp Industry an its Effectiveness in Blue Carbon: A Case of Hakodate, Japan -- The Climate Impacts of Black Carbon and Methane Emissions in Arctic and Current Frameworks for Prevention.
    Abstract: This open access book explores various issues concerning the net-zero emission achievement, ranging from carbon pricing, carbon trade schemes, energy transition, ecological conservation, and carbon sinks, as well as the economic and social impacts of introducing carbon neutral policies in the Asia-Pacific region. The extreme flooding and drought problems, crop yield problems, and habitat changes brought about by climate change have seriously threatened the ecosystem and human survival, forcing people to rethink environmental management policies and limits on economic development. In the post-COVID-10 era, it is indispensable to adopt a more proactive climate change adaptation policy and establish bilateral cooperation with international partners who value climate change. 2021 is a critical year, and the leaders of major industrial countries at the recently concluded G7 meeting jointly stated the common objective seeking the establishment of carbon-neutral international community by the mid of the century. Major carbon-emitting countries or entities such as the European Union, US, Japan, Korea, China, and India have proposed specific timetables for net-zero carbon emissions and carbon neutrality before or at the COP26. Policy-makers around the world would also work closely with scientists, experts, and enterprises seeking appropriate policy instruments such as the development of carbon tax, carbon pricing, carbon sinks, global or regional carbon emission trade schemes, energy transitions, and other carbon-neutral policies moving toward net-zero emission society by the mid of the century. At a time when carbon pricing policies are being formulated, climate change related laws and policies will reshape the global governance and industrial layout during the period of 2021–-2030, and it is critical to move toward energy and industrial transformation, ecological conservation, and sustainable agricultural development.
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    Pages: XIX, 179 p. 45 illus., 41 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031245459
    Series Statement: Springer Climate,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24545-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24545-9
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    The Event Horizon: Homo Prometheus and the Climate Catastrophe (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Science Philosophy. ; Bioclimatology. ; Earth Sciences. ; Philosophy of Science. ; Climate Change Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Prologue: From Homo Prometheus to Terra Incognita -- Greenhouse gases and mass extinction of species -- The K-T impact-triggered hyperthermal event -- The Paleocene-Eocene boundary Thermal Maximum -- Cenozoic climates -- Human origins -- Fire and human intelligence -- The Gods and the death cult -- The war against the forests -- Fatal energies -- The Anthropocene hyperthermal Collapse of the Earth's life support systems -- The Fatal species -- An Epilogue.
    Abstract: With the advent of global warming and the nuclear arms race, humans are rapidly approaching a moment of truth. Technologically supreme, they manifest their dreams and nightmares in the real world through science, art, adventures and brutal wars, a paradox symbolized by a candle lighting the dark yet burning away to extinction, as discussed in this book. As these lines are being written, fires are burning on several continents, the Earth’s ice sheets are melting and the oceans are rising, threatening to flood the planet’s coastal zones and river valleys, where civilization arose and humans live and grow food. With the exception of birds like hawks, black kites and fire raptors, humans are the only life form utilizing fire, creating developments they can hardly control. For more than a million years, gathered around campfires during the long nights, mesmerized by the flickering life-like dance of the flames, prehistoric humans acquired imagination, a yearning for omnipotence, premonitions of death, cravings for immortality and conceiving the supernatural. Humans live in realms of perceptions, dreams, myths and legends, in denial of critical facts, waking up for a brief moment to witness a world that is as beautiful as it is cruel. Existentialist philosophy offers a way of coping with the unthinkable. Looking into the future produces fear, an instinctive response that can obsess the human mind and create a conflict between the intuitive reptilian brain and the growing neocortex, with dire consequences. As contrasted with Stapledon’s Last and first Man, where an advanced human species mourns the fate of the Earth, Homo sapiens continues to transfer every extractable molecule of carbon from the Earth to the atmosphere, the lungs of the biosphere, ensuring the demise of the planetary life support system.”.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030547349
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54734-9
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    Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Libya (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geographic information systems. ; Cartography. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Physical geography. ; Earth Sciences. ; Geographical Information System. ; Cartography. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Physical Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction to “Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Libya” -- 2. Application of remote sensing and GIS in land cover/land use mapping and change detection using Google Earth Engine platform: a case study in northwestern Libya -- 3. Evaluation of selected vegetation indices to assess rangeland vegetation in eastern Libya -- 4. Spatiotemporal analysis of Vegetation Health Index (VHI) and drought patterns in Libya based on remote sensing time series -- 5. Integration of remotely sensed data and machine learning technique for spatial prediction of selected soil properties in northwestern Libya -- 6. Field and laboratory estimation of soil erodibility, erosion and degradation of the semi-arid Aljabal Alkhdar region, Libya -- 7. DRAINMOD applications to design drainage systems in Libya using soil salinity data predicted by GIS, remote sensing and Artificial Neural Networks -- 8. Surface water potential and suitable sites identification for RWH in the semi-arid and arid watershed of Wadi Sammalus, northeast Libya using GIS and Remote Sensing approach -- 9. Stepwise approach for morphometric modeling of Wadi Zamzam watershed in north-western Libya using GIS and remote sensing techniques -- 10. Geospatial mapping and analysis of the 2019 Flood Disaster extent and impact in the city of Ghat in southwestern Libya using Google Earth Engine and deep learning technique -- 11. Oil pollution monitoring and detection using GIS and remote sensing techniques: case study from Libya -- 12. Conclusions, and Recommendations for Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Libya.
    Abstract: This book addresses the environmental challenges that Libya and similar countries in the regions are currently facing. Each chapter of this book provides a methodology using remote sensing (RS) and geographical information systems (GIS) dealing with one of these environmental challenges such as monitoring and mapping soil salinity and prediction of soil properties, monitoring and mapping of land degradation, spatiotemporal land use/cover, agricultural drought monitoring, hydrological applications such as spatial rainfall distribution, surface runoff, geo-morphometric analysis, flood hazard assessment and mapping, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, pollution hazard assessment, and climate-related geophysical processes. This book also assesses the impacts of climate change on natural resources using both RS and GIS, as well as other applications, covering different parts of Libya. This book is beneficial for graduate students, researchers, policy planners, and stakeholders in Libya as well as other countries that share similar environmental issues. Also, the methodologies followed in the book's chapters can be applied to any other regions around the world with similar landscapes and climatic conditions.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030978105
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97810-5
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    Global Seismicity Dynamics and Data-Driven Science : Seismicity Modelling by Big Data Analytics (2021)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geography Mathematics. ; Natural disasters. ; Big data. ; Geophysics. ; Mathematics of Planet Earth. ; Natural Hazards. ; Big Data.
    Description / Table of Contents: - Introduction -- Nature of Earthquakes in the Solid Earth -- Global Seismicity of the Solid Earth -- Data – Driven Sciences for Geosciences -- Data-Driven Science of Seismicity -- Down Scaling Seismicity of Japanese Regions -- Correlated Seismicity of the Northern California Region -- Model of Seismicity Dynamics from Data-Driven Science -- Seismicity Dynamics Model of Global Earth and Japanese Island Region -- Predictive Modeling of Global and Regional Seismicity Rates -- Future Problems of Prediction of Giant Plate Boundary Earthquakes -- Application of Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) Modeling for Global Seismicity Dynamics -- Comments on Databases and Software Used in This Book.
    Abstract: The recent explosion of global and regional seismicity data in the world requires new methods of investigation of microseismicity and development of their modelling to understand the nature of whole earth mechanics. In this book, the author proposes a powerful tool to reveal the characteristic features of global and regional microseismicity big data accumulated in the databases of the world. The method proposed in this monograph is based on (1) transformation of stored big data to seismicity density data archives, (2) linear transformation of microseismicity density data matrixes to correlated seismicity matrixes by means of the singular value decomposition method, (3) time series analyses of globally and regionally correlated seismicity rates, and (4) the minimal non-linear equations approximation of their correlated seismicity rate dynamics. Minimal non-linear modelling is the manifestation for strongly correlated seismicity time series controlled by Langevin-type stochastic dynamic equations involving deterministic terms and random Gaussian noises. A deterministic term is composed minimally with correlated seismicity rate vectors of a linear term and of a term with a third exponent. Thus, the dynamics of correlated seismicity in the world contains linearly changing stable nodes and rapid transitions between them with transient states. This book contains discussions of future possibilities of stochastic extrapolations of global and regional seismicity in order to reduce earthquake disasters worldwide. The dataset files are available online and can be downloaded at springer.com.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789811551093
    Series Statement: Advances in Geological Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5109-3
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    Pocket Guide Geology in the Field (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Environment. ; Geography. ; Earth Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview -- Minerals -- Magmatic rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Fossils & Paleoecology.
    Abstract: This book is a field guide that describes and explains the commonest minerals and rocks as well as introducing the most important fossil groups. In addition, a variety of geological structures are described and illustrated in the numerous diagrams and photographs. The guide is your perfect companion for hikes or walks in the countryside, inviting you to discover the geology hidden behind the landscapes surrounding us, as well as helping you to recognise the various minerals, rocks and fossils, you might encounter. The book is aimed at nature lovers of all types, as well as students of geology. It will provide the perfect companion on your excursions allowing the rocks to “come alive” and to reveal their histories, as well as the range and complexity of geological processes which have formed the Earth beneath our feet. Such processes - an interplay of magmatism, tectonics, metamorphosis and sedimentation, as well as climate and sea-level change - have shaped the Earth over millennia and continue to do so even at the present time. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Pocket Guide Geologie im Gelände by Tom McCann, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The initial translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent detailed revision by the author ensures that the book reads stylistically like a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors. Tom McCann is Professor of Sedimentology at the Institute for Geosciences and Meteorology at the University of Bonn. He conducts research on the development of sedimentary basins in Europe, Africa and Asia and teaches sedimentology, basin analysis, ichnology as well as historical geology.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783662630822
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63082-2
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    Development of Classical and Modern Geodetic Reference Systems of Albania (2023)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Geographic information systems. ; Geomorphology. ; Geophysics. ; Geographical Information System. ; Geomorphology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Classical horizontal references of Albania -- Classical vertical references of Albania -- Modern references in Albania -- Modern vertical reference of Albania -- Gravimetric reference of Albania -- Mathematical relations between the references of Albania -- Models of transformation of 2-D coordinates -- Transformation of heights.
    Abstract: This book addresses the problems of mathematical relations between global and classical coordinate references from the practical applications point of view. It presents a large cartographic and numerical information set, which provides great values for practical and academical use based on the classical Albanian coordinative reference (ALB1986/ALB1987). This information is reflected from the positional point of view in the new modern Albanian satellite reference ALBPOS (Albanian Positioning System) or ALBCORS (Albanian Continuous Operation Reference Stations System). The main purpose of this Monograph is to summarize coordinative references applied in Albania in different periods, both classical and modern. Relevant transformation models between traditional/classical reference ALB1986 / ALB1987 and GNSS satellite reference are presented. The book furthermore recommends the mathematical models of the relationship in plan and height, between the Albanian classical reference and the global/European coordinate references (ITRF, EUREF). It serves to professionals involved in fundamental geodetic works as well as all working with GNSS or developing GIS applications.
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    Pages: XXIII, 105 p. 71 illus., 63 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031253669
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25366-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25366-9
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    Australian Caves and Karst Systems (2023)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Physical geography. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Archaeology. ; Paleontology . ; Earth Sciences. ; Physical Geography. ; Conservation Biology. ; Archaeology. ; Paleontology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part 1- People and Caves in Australia -- Part 2 - ‘Hard’ rock karst developed in Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic carbonates -- Part 3 - ‘Soft’ rock karst developed in Tertiary and Quaternary limestones -- Part 4 – Pseudokarst -- Part 5 – Cave contents.
    Abstract: This book, part of the series Cave and Karst Systems of the World, begins with a review of the interaction between people and caves in Australia (including conservation), followed by descriptions of the spectacular cave diving sites, before comprehensively covering all the major carbonate and noncarbonate karst areas, subdivided by rock type and region, and including the origin of the caves. This is followed by broad overviews of cave minerals and speleothems, cave biology and cave fossils. Each section was written by one or more specialists in the topic and is illustrated by clear diagrams and superb colour photos. The book emphasises the unique aspects of the Australian karst, including the variability in the age of the caves (very old to very young) and the impact of isolation on the stygofauna, as well as the vertebrate fossils preserved in the caves. Written in an easy-to-read style, the book is a primary reference guide to Australian karst and represents a valuable asset for anyone interested in the topic, not only cavers and academics.
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    Pages: XII, 398 p. 215 illus., 191 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031242670
    Series Statement: Cave and Karst Systems of the World,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24267-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24267-0
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    Himalayan Neotectonics and Channel Evolution (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geodynamics. ; Geophysics. ; Geomorphology. ; Earth Sciences. ; Geodynamics. ; Geophysics. ; Geomorphology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Neotectonic Movements and Channel Evolution in the Indian Subcontinent: Issues, Challenges and Prospects -- Dramatic Neotectonic Changes in Indian Subcontinent during Quaternary -- Influence of tectonic uplift on varying steepness-concavity index and erosion rates in between major thrusts in Bhagirathi-Alaknanda catchments, NW Himalaya, India -- Spatial variability of topographic attributes and channel morphological characteristics in the Ladakh Trans-Himalayas and their tectonic and structural controls -- Geomorphic response of the Solani river basin to neotectonics: A study from the western Himalayan foothills, India.
    Abstract: This book focuses on neotectonic movements and river channel evolution of the Indian subcontinent, with special reference to the Himalayan Neotectonics. Neotectonic movements have played an important role in channel evolution in tectonically active zones especially for the mountain chains, foredeeps and active deltas. The book addresses the issues of the channel evolution in neotectonically active domains of India. It aims at readers of India as well as abroad, interested in earth sciences, geomorphology, tectonics, physical geography and river forms and processes of India. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVIII, 417 p. 218 illus., 195 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030954352
    Series Statement: Society of Earth Scientists Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95435-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95435-2
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    Practical Time Series Analysis in Natural Sciences (2023)
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    Keywords: Geophysics. ; Planetary science. ; Statistics . ; Geophysics. ; Planetary Science. ; Applied Statistics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Scalar time series -- Chapter 3. Bivariate time series analysis -- Chapter 4. Analysis of trivariate time series -- Chapter 5. Conclusions and recommendations.
    Abstract: This book presents an easy-to-use tool for time series analysis and allows the user to concentrate upon studying time series properties rather than upon how to calculate the necessary estimates. The two attached programs provide, in one run of the program, a time and frequency domain description of scalar or multivariate time series approximated with a sequence of autoregressive models of increasing orders. The optimal orders are chosen by five order selection criteria. The results for scalar time series include time domain stochastic difference equations, spectral density estimates, predictability properties, and a forecast of scalar time series based upon the Kolmogorov-Wiener theory. For the bivariate and trivariate time series, the results contain a time domain description with multivariate stochastic difference equations, statistical predictability criterion, and information for calculating feedback and Granger causality properties in the bivariate case. The frequency domain information includes spectral densities, ordinary, multiple, and partial coherence functions, ordinary and multiple coherent spectra, gain, phase, and time lag factors. The programs seem to be unique and using them does not require professional knowledge of theory of random processes. The book contains many examples including three from engineering.
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    Pages: XI, 199 p. 97 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031168918
    Series Statement: Progress in Geophysics,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16891-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16891-8
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    Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in South Florida : The View of Coastal Residents (2020)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Environment. ; Political sociology. ; Communication. ; Climatology. ; Political science. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Political Sociology. ; Media and Communication. ; Climate Sciences. ; Politics and International Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Science of Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise -- Chapter 3. A Partisan and Polarized Issue in the United States -- Chapter 4. The South Florida Study Area -- Chapter 5. Study Methods and General Findings -- Chapter 6. Results from South Florida Experiment -- Chapter 7. Denial of Risk -- Chapter 8. Prospects for Mitigation.
    Abstract: South Florida is frequently cited as the part of the United State of America as most susceptible to the devastation accompanying sea level rise. Several scholarly studies have shown the negative impact of coastal location in Florida on housing values. Are the residents of South Florida concerned? Is susceptibility to sea level rise actually affecting the housing market in terms of demand, the availability of home mortgages, or house prices? Are people living at particular risk from sea level rise aware of this risk and more open to new information about climate change? Do they support policies and laws to mitigate the pace and extent of climate change? Answers to these questions are not only of general interest, but they are also key to our understanding of the human dimensions of this problem. This book describes the results of a detailed survey in which respondents viewed a local map displaying flooding to their own community that would result from a Category 3 hurricane in 2033. It discusses political party identification and ideology that has an overwhelming impact in shaping views about sea level rise and climate change. This book has enormous implications for the effectiveness of communicating risk information. The text is important if we, as a nation, are to design communication strategies that will lead to broader policy to combat or mitigate this risk.
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    Pages: XI, 134 p. 57 illus., 50 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030326029
    Series Statement: Coastal Research Library, 34
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32602-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32602-9
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    Southern Iraq's Marshes : Their Environment and Conservation (2021)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Biotic communities. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Earth System Sciences. ; Ecosystems. ; Conservation Biology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Historical perspectives -- Chapter 2. Cities in the Water: Waterscape and Evolution of Urban Civilization in Southern Mesopotamia as seen from Tell Zurghul, Iraq (Davide Nadali) -- Chapter 3. Reed-Swamps in the Sumerian Material Culture: Archaeological, Archaeobotanical and Experimental Insights from the Abu Tbeirah Excavations (Licia Romano, Alessandra Celant, Maria Virginia Montorfani, Franco D'Agostino) -- Chapter 4. Human Ecology of the Marshes (Ariel I. Ahram) -- Chapter 5. Role of women in ancient Mesopotamia and the southern marshes of Iraq: a comparative account (Laith A. Jawad) -- Part II. Environmental factors -- Chapter 6. Physical and chemical characters of Mesopotamian marshes: a short review (Bahram K. Maulood and Fikrat M. Hassan) -- Chapter 7. Hydrologic structures in the Tigris Euphrates Bas and their impact on the vitality of the Marshes (Toon Bijnens) -- Chapter 8. Importance of Hydrological and Hydrogeological Studies in Wetlands: Examples from Turkey (Melis Somay-Altas) -- Chapter 9. Use of Multispectral and Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery for Monitoring Water Bodies and Wetlands (Mahdi Hasanlou and Seyd Teymoor Seydi) -- Chapter 10. Usage of Satellite technology in monitoring the wetlands of Turkey, Tigris and Euphrates Watershed (Gordana Kaplan, Zehra Yigit Avdan, Ugur Avdan) -- Part III. Geology -- Chapter 11. Sedimentology and Mineralogy of Quaternary Sediments of Marshes, South of Iraq (Badir N. Albadran) -- Part IV. Major biotope -- Chapter 12. Phytoplankton and Primary Production in Iraqi marshes (Bahram K. Maulood and Fikrat M. Hassan) -- Chapter 13. Distribution patterns, diversity centres and priorities for conservation of Iranian true aquatic plants (Ahmadreza Mehrabian) -- Chapter 14. Compiled checklist of aquatic invertebrates of the southern marshes of Iraq (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 15. The Indian shad Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822) in the southern marshes of Iraq: a revision and evaluation of a compiled data (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 16. The presence of Gambusia fish in the southern marshes of Iraq: bad or good (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 17. Checklist of freshwater fishes of southwestern wetlands of Iran (Hamid Reza Esmaeili) -- Chapter 18. Checklist of fishes of the Caspian Sea basin: Land of Wetlands (Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Keyvan Abbasi) -- Chapter 19. The ornithological importance of the southern marshes of Iraq (Mudhafar A. Salim, Salwan A. Abed, and Richard F. Porter) -- Part V. Biodiversity aspects -- Chapter 20. Northern Gulf Marine Biodiversity in Relevance to the River Discharge (Faiza Al-Yamani, Igor Polikarpov, Maria Saburova) -- Chapter 21. A possible threat to the fish biodiversity in the southern marshes of Iraq: a mini review (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 22. Biotic homogenisation: a process that happening in the southern marshes of Iraq (Laith A. Jawad) -- Part VI. Natural resources -- Chapter 23. Fish, fishing methods and Fisheries of the southern marshes of Iraq (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 24. The artisanal fishers in the southern marshes of Iraq and the traditional ecological knowledge (Laith A. Jawad) -- Part VII. The marshes and human health -- Chapter 25. Fish consumption of mothers and their children in fishermen society in the marsh areas (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 26. Ingestion of fish bones: clinical cases from the marsh areas of Iraq (Laith A. Jawad) -- Part VIII. Environmental challenges -- Chapter 27. The status of pollution in the southern marshes of Iraq: A short review (Nader A. Salman, Hamid T. Al-Saad, Faris J. Al-Imarah) -- Chapter 28. The effects of man-made noise on the fishes in the marshes of Iraq (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 29. Heavy metals in wetlands in Turkey (Onur Can Türker and Jan Vymazal) -- Chapter 30. Locals’ awareness of ecotourism in the southern marshes of Iraq (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 31. The effects of thermal pollution on the aquatic life in the southern marshes of Iraq (Laith A. Jawad) -- Part IX. Conservation -- Chapter 32. What ecological principles required for a proposed establishment and management of national parks in the southern marshes of Iraq (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 33. The possible difficulties and outcomes of the biodiversity conservation of the southern marshes of Iraq (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 34. Co-Management scheme to protect the southern marshes of Iraq: a proposal (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 35. Eradication as a method to manage the non-native fish in the marsh environment: a proposal (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 36. Freshwater commercial bycatch in the southern marshes of Iraq: the unexploited aquatic wealth and understated conservation problem (Laith A. Jawad) -- Part X. Socio-economic aspects -- Chapter 37. Ornamental fish farming: a proposal for a successful small scale aqua business project in the southern marshes of Iraq (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 38. Migration of youth to the big cities from the southern marshes of Iraq: solutions to keep locals with an upgrading for their skills and livelihood (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 39. The daily life of the marsh Arab of the southern marshes of Iraq through a camera lens (Laith A. Jawad) -- Chapter 40. Socio-economic status comparison of fishermen community in two marsh areas in southern Iraq (Laith A. Jawad).
    Abstract: The Mesopotamian marshes are important for economic, social, and biodiversity values and have been home to indigenous human communities for millennia. They are regarded as a legendary site. This multi-authored book contains chapters written by world-renowned experts in their field. Both basic and applied information are made available, making the book a must-have for a wide spectrum of users. For example, an understanding of the natural and the social aspects of the marshes, as described here, is an obvious prerequisite for a pest management plan in this area. Scholars interested in wetlands can use this book as a guide to compare different wetlands areas in Asia. The bibliography section contains valuable references to the marsh areas and research in the field. This book serves as an up-to-date comprehensive source of information on different aspects of the southern marshes of Iraq and is aimed at academic scholars, environmentalists, and decision makers.
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    Pages: XXIII, 815 p. 364 illus., 262 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030662387
    Series Statement: Coastal Research Library, 36
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66238-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66238-7
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    Air, Water, Earth, Fire : How the System Earth Works (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geology. ; Geochemistry. ; Earth Sciences. ; Geology. ; Geochemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: The World Hidden Beneath Us - Structure and Composition of the Earth -- Air, Water, Earth - The Exogenic Geological Processes -- Fire - How Magmatism Shaped the Earth -- Geomagnetism - The Space Shield of the Planet Earth -- Seismicity - The Breath of a Restless Earth -- Plate Tectonics - The Great Unifying Theory -- Geochemical Cycles - The Circulatory System of Planet Earth -- The Geochemical Cycles and the Environment - How Man is Changing the Earth -- From Hadean to Anthropocene - The Endless Story of a Lucky Planet -- Epilogue.
    Abstract: The book describes the structure, composition and evolution of the Earth, the main geological processes occurring on it, and how some crucial environmental matters that are amply debated in the media (e.g. pollution, greenhouse effect) can be fully understood by placing them in the holistic context of the system Earth as a whole. It provides basic information on a series of key geological issues, from the structure and composition of the Earth to the large-scale processes that characterize our planet, such as rock alteration and sedimentation, magmatism, geomagnetism, seismicity, plate tectonics, cyclical migration of chemical elements through various Earth reservoirs (Geochemical Cycles), and evolution of the planet from Hadean to present. It intends to reach a wide readership, which is interested in our planet and wish to have a general and comprehensive view of its origin, evolution and activity. Potential readership includes undergraduate and advanced undergraduate students in Geology and other scientific disciplines, and any moderately- to well-educated people interested in the surrounding world and eager to gain a basic knowledge of the Earth and to reach an integrated view of how our planet is working. Includes debated issues of the environmental changes by framing them within the evolution and history of the Earth.
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    Pages: XV, 223 p. 59 illus., 58 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030780135
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78013-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78013-5
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    Wave-Forced Sediment Erosion and Resuspension in the Yellow River Delta (2020)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Engineering geology. ; Continuum mechanics. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Geoengineering. ; Continuum Mechanics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Geo-marine Environment and Sediment Properties of the Modern Yellow River Delta -- Erosion Survey of the Modern Yellow River Delta -- Erodibility of Seabed Sediments in the Modern Yellow River Delta. -Sediment Resuspension Process in the Modern Yellow River Delta -- Wave-induced Pore Pressure in Relation to Sediment Erosion and Resuspension in the Modern Yellow River Delta -- Physical Mechanisms of Wave-induced Sediment Resuspension -- Theoretical Prediction of Wave-induced Sediment Resuspension.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the phenomenon of sediment erosion and resuspension in the Yellow River delta, China, which is a vital issue involved in understanding the sediment transport processes in estuarine and coastal environments, and how these contribute to the nature and distribution of geohazards in the subaqueous Yellow River delta and Bohai Sea. The most important sections of this book will be the detailed physical mechanisms and theoretical models of sediment erosion and resuspension problem fully considering the wave-induced seabed dynamic response to waves, which are particularly useful for postgraduate students and junior researchers entering the discipline of estuary and coastal sedimentation, marine geotechnical engineering, estuary and coastal engineering, harbor and waterway engineering and coastal environmental protection. This book can also serve as a textbook for advanced graduate students of Marine Engineering Geology and Estuarine Sediment Dynamics. .
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    Pages: XIII, 292 p. 140 illus., 111 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811370328
    Series Statement: Springer Oceanography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7032-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7032-8
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    Building Climate Resilience in Agriculture : Theory, Practice and Future Perspective (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Agriculture. ; Agriculture Economic aspects. ; Agronomy. ; Climate Sciences. ; Agriculture. ; Agricultural Economics. ; Agronomy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. An introduction to climate change phenomenon -- Chapter2. Agro-meteorological Aspect of Climate Change -- Chapter3. Impact of elevated temperature on plant morphological and physiological traits -- Chapter4. Infirmity to climate change and regional impacts -- Chapter5. Climate resilience in agriculture -- Chapter6. Field crop production in relation to climate change -- Chapter7. Horticultural crops as affected by climate change -- Chapter8. Changing climate impacts on forest resources -- Chapter9. Climate change a great threat to fisheries -- Chapter10. Water resources in relation to climate change -- Chapter11. Importance of water management in the era of climate change -- Chapter12. Climate change and Salinity effects on crops -- Chapter13. Morphological, Physiological and Biochemical Modulations in Crops under Salt Stress caused by climate change. Chapter14. Weed management and climate change -- Chapter15. Insect pest management under climate change -- Chapter16. Effects of climate change on the Socio-Economic conditions of farmers-a case study -- Chapter17. Research on climate change issue -- Chapter18. Role of Modeling in studying climate change -- Chapter19. Nutrient dynamics and role of modeling -- Chapter20. Climate smart agriculture technologies -- Chapter21. Internet of Things (IoT) and Sensors Technologies in Smart Agriculture: Applications, Opportunities and Current Trends -- Chapter22. World nations priorities on climate change and food security -- Chapter23. Importance of Carbon sequestration in the scenario of climate change.
    Abstract: This volume discusses the need to adopt Climate-Resilient Agriculture (CRA) practices to address the increasing global impact that climate change has on agricultural productivity and agriculture-dependent communities. This approach applies technological, policy and economic measures to achieve sustainable agricultural growth in the sectors of grain, fruit, vegetable, fiber, feed, livestock, fisheries and forestry, with the ultimate goal of adapting and building resilience to climate change. The book also uses GIS, crop modeling and remote sensing techniques for future climate resilience applications in agriculture, and covers pest control measures that avoid the use of pesticides to boost crop and livestock productivity for improved food security. The book will be of interest to researchers and students in environmental science, climate science, sustainability and agriculture, as well as policy makers and environmental organizations. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030794088
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79408-8
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    The Dinaric Karst System of Croatia : Speleology and Cave Exploration (2021)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Physical geography. ; Civil engineering. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Earth Sciences. ; Physical Geography. ; Civil Engineering. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Water.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Karst and Geology of Croatia -- The Dinaric karst system in Croatia -- Underground karst morphology (speleology) -- Caves in Croatia - Caves in the central part of Dinaric karst -- Caverns found and explored during construction work in the Dinaric Karst of Croatia -- Caverns found and explored during construction of road tunnels in Istria and the Gorski kotar region -- Caverns found and explored during the construction of road tunnels in Lika and Dalmatia regions and the city of Rijeka -- Caverns found and explored during the construction of bridges, viaducts, roads and railroads -- Caverns found and explored during the construction of airports and in quarries -- Particularly interesting and rare occurrences in caves of the Dinaric Karst in Croatia -- Cave speleometry in the Dinaric Karst of Croatia -- Research Methods -- International activity of speleologists from Croatia -- .
    Abstract: This book offers readers a thorough introduction to the Dinaric Karst System in Croatia. As the first comprehensive book on the country’s caves and karst, it presents a wealth of fascinating photographs from its karst underground. To date, ca. 12,000 caves and pits have been confirmed in Croatia, approximately 35% of which contain constant groundwater. Knowing the amount, direction and quality of groundwater that has been discovered in caves of the Croatian karst allows us to predict with greater certainty the hydrogeological situation of some karst areas where no special drilling or borehole measurements were performed. In the process of building highways in the country’s karst regions over the last thirty years, thousands of caverns (speleological features without natural entrances) were discovered and thoroughly explored. All of them were geologically mapped, surveyed, and photographed in detail. Extensive research was systematically carried out in Croatian karst regions on sections of roads, highways, cuttings, slides, tunnels, bridge foundations, viaducts, etc., while creating ca. 800 kilometers of highways (such as the Zagreb-Rijeka highway, Zagreb-Split-Dubrovnik highway, Y-Ipsilon of Istria semi-highway, Rijeka-Rupa highway, Zagreb-Zadar semi-highway, and the Rijeka bypass). Some of these caverns contain major chambers like in the “Sveti Rok” tunnel and in some of them, like in the “Vrata” tunnel, it was even necessary to build a bridge. This bridge is the longest one in the world built in a tunnel over a cavern. The book describes this and many more features of the cave exploration of the Dinaric Karst System of Croatia, making it a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, cavers, and all other readers interested in karst.
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    Pages: XXV, 437 p. 449 illus., 445 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030805876
    Series Statement: Cave and Karst Systems of the World,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80587-6
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    Climate Change Adaptation Framework and Youth Entrepreneurship in West Africa (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Sustainability. ; Development economics. ; Social policy. ; Climate Sciences. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Development Economics. ; Social Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Introduction of the framework -- Chapter 2-Literature Review -- Chapter 3-Implementation of the Climate Change Adaption for Youth Development Framework (CCAYF) -- Chapter 4-Internal assessment of NAYCOM and the Ministry of Youth -- Chapter 5-Added value to the project implementation process -- Chapter 6-Conclusion and Recommendation.
    Abstract: This book's purpose is to highlight the development challenges and successes of implementing the Youth Climate Change Adaptation Development Framework in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Over the past decade, Sierra Leone has experienced a series of development challenges, including internal conflict and Ebola outbreaks in most recent times. The dire unemployment situation in Sierra Leone is compounded by the emergence of climate change that negatively impacts all aspects of daily life and wellbeing, and the education and training provided do not prepare young people adequately for the job market. Therefore, building youth resilience to adapt to the impact of climate change and other development problems is a significant development challenge faced by policymakers in Sierra Leone. The government, through funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB), has provided support for the implementation of a Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Project (YEEP) to reinforce the employability of Sierra Leone Youth as well as enhance their entrepreneurship and employment skills through the development of a framework that integrates education and vocational institutions with job market demand and supply. This approach has resulted in strengthening the occupational levels in the youth population segments of the country. This book discusses the objectives and outcomes of this project, including curricula for Sustainable Construction, training of counselors and administrators, providing youths with supervisory skills, and developing tools to assess youth development institutions' weaknesses and enhance institutional capacity to deliver climate change adaption for sustainable development programmes. The book can be used by policymakers from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and LDCs in Africa and Asia. It can be used by researchers working on Climate Change, Education, Sustainable Development, emphasising Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development in both developing and developed countries. It can also be used by practitioners involved in implementing innovations in youth development, employment, entrepreneurship, sustainable livelihoods initiatives, climate change adaptation, and mitigation. These practitioners and researchers would find this book an invaluable resource to support their work in the field.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030857547
    Series Statement: Sustainable Development Goals Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85754-7
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    Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 2 : Laurasiatherians, Artiodactyles, Perissodactyles, Carnivorans, and Island Endemics (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geology. ; Paleontology . ; Paleoecology. ; Earth Sciences. ; Geology. ; Paleontology. ; Paleoecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1-The fossil record of insectivores (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla) in Greece -- 2-The fossil record of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Greece -- 3-The fossil record of bovids (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Pecora: Ruminantia: Bovidae) in Greece -- 4-The fossil record of continental fossil deer (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae) in Greece -- 5-The fossil record of suoids (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Suoidea) in Greece -- 6-The fossil record of anthracotheres (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Anthracotheriidae) in Greece -- 7-The fossil record of giraffes (Mammalia: Giraffidae) in Greece -- 8-The fossil record of tragulids (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Tragulidae) in Greece -- 9-The fossil record of equids (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Equidae) in Greece -- 10-The fossil record of tapirs (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) in Greece -- 11-The fossil record of rhinocerotids (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) in Greece -- 12-The fossil record of chalicotheres (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Chalicotheriidae) in Greece -- 13-The fossil record of felids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in Greece -- 14-The fossil record of viverrids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Viverridae) in Greece -- 15-The fossil record of percrocutids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Percrocutidae) in Greece -- 16-The fossil record of hyaenids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Hyaenidae) in Greece -- 17-The fossil record of canids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in Greece -- 18-The fossil record of bears and cave bears (Carnivora: Ursidae) in Greece -- 19-The fossil record of ailurids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Ailuridae) in Greece -- 20-The fossil record of mephitids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mephitidae) in Greece -- 21-The fossil record of mustelids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) in Greece -- 22-The fossil record of insular endemic mammals from Greece.
    Abstract: This 2-volume set provides a state-of-the-art study of the fossil record and taxonomy of the main vertebrate groups from Greece. Greece stands between 3 continents and its vertebrate fossil record is of great importance for paleontological and evolutionary studies in Europe, Asia and Africa. Fossils from classic, world-famous localities (e.g., Pikermi, Samos) form an essential part of the collections of the most important museums in the world and have been studied by numerous scientists. Recent paleontological research led to the discovery and study of numerous new sites. The volumes contain a taxonomic review of all named and identified taxa, their taxonomic history and current status, as well as historical, phylogenetic and biogeographic information. Volume 2 contains a synopsis of the fossil record and taxonomy of important groups of mammals represented in the fossil record of Greece. The volume starts with specific chapters on laurasiatherians like insectivores and bats, moving on to the main part of the book that deals with three of the most important fossil groups in the country. The fossil record of even-toed animals is summarized with chapters on bovids, cervids, suoids, anthracotheres, hippos, giraffes, and tragulids. The fossil record of odd-toed animals is presented with special chapters on horses, tapirs, rhinos, and chalicotheres. The last part of this volume deals with meat-eating, carnivoran groups, like felids, viverrids, hyaenas, canids, bears, ailurids, mephitids and mustelids. The volume ends with a special chapter on insular endemic mammals from the various islands of Greece. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030684426
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68442-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-68442-6
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    Handbook of Dynamics and Probability (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geography Mathematics. ; Climatology. ; Geography. ; Mathematics. ; Statistics . ; Earth Sciences. ; Mathematics of Planet Earth. ; Climate Sciences. ; Earth and Environmental Sciences. ; General Mathematics. ; Statistics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- I Dynamics -- Deterministic dynamical systems -- Linear and integrable systems -- Stability and long-time behavior -- Ergodic theory -- Numerical Algorithms -- II Probability -- Probability Theory -- Discrete-time stochastic processes -- Continuous-time stochastic processes -- Information entropy -- III Probability in dynamical evolution -- Time evolution of broadened initial states -- Stochastic processes generated by observables -- Stochastic dynamical systems -- IV Probability in scientific reasoning -- Interpretations of probability -- Parameter estimation and hypothesis testing -- Bayesian inferences -- V Probability in physics -- Equilibrium statistical mechanics -- Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics -- Foundational issues of statistical mechanics -- Quantum Mechanics -- A Classical Mechanics -- B Thermostatics -- C Fluid dynamics -- D Some proofs and explicit computations -- E Mathematical tools, conventions and notation -- References -- Index.
    Abstract: Our time is characterized by an explosive growth in the use of ever more complicated and sophisticated (computer) models. These models rely on dynamical systems theory for the interpretation of their results and on probability theory for the quantification of their uncertainties. A conscientious and intelligent use of these models requires that both these theories are properly understood. This book is to provide such understanding. It gives a unifying treatment of dynamical systems theory and probability theory. It covers the basic concepts and statements of these theories, their interrelations, and their applications to scientific reasoning and physics. The book stresses the underlying concepts and mathematical structures but is written in a simple and illuminating manner without sacrificing too much mathematical rigor. The book is aimed at students, post-docs, and researchers in the applied sciences who aspire to better understand the conceptual and mathematical underpinnings of the models that they use. Despite the peculiarities of any applied science, dynamics and probability are the common and indispensable tools in any modeling effort. The book is self-contained, with many technical aspects covered in appendices, but does require some basic knowledge in analysis, linear algebra, and physics. Peter Müller, now a professor emeritus at the University of Hawaii, has worked extensively on ocean and climate models and the foundations of complex system theories.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030884864
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88486-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-88486-4
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    Cave and Karst Systems of Hungary (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Physical geography. ; Paleoecology. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Earth Sciences. ; Physical Geography. ; Paleoecology. ; Earth Sciences. ; Water.
    Description / Table of Contents: A general description of karsts in Hungary -- The history of Hungarian karst and cave research -- An interpretation of karstification and karst processes by Hungarian researchers -- Geology of karsts in Hungary -- Paleokarst in Hungary -- The Hydrogeology of karsts in Hungary -- The Geomorphic Evolution of karsts and karstic surfaces in Hungary -- The surface morphology of karsts in Hungary -- The GIS research of karsts in Hungary -- The caves of Aggtelek karst -- The caves of Bükk Mountains -- The caves of the northeastern part of the Transdanubian Mountains (70.000) -- The caves of the southwestern part of the Transdanubian Mountains -- The caves of Mecsek Mountains -- The caves of Villány Mountains -- Monitoring and geochemical investigations of caves in Hungary: implications for climatological, hydrological and speleothem formation processes -- Sedimentation, taphonomical processes and paleontological values of Hungarian Caves -- Age depositional environment and geochemistry of calcareous sinter deposits from Hungary -- The vegetation of karsts in Hungary -- The fauna of karsts in Hungary -- Geoecology of Hungarian karsts.
    Abstract: This book describes Hungarian karst areas and Hungarian karst research results. The chapters present the general characteristics of karst areas, their geology, their paleokarst, their hydrology, their surface and subsurface morphology (more significant caves are classified according to karst areas and their morphology and development is described), ecology and flora and fauna. This book also includes a separate chapter which deals with the history of Hungarian karst and cave research. Another chapter deals with theories that were made during Hungarian karst researches.
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    Pages: XIII, 629 p. 469 illus., 336 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030929602
    Series Statement: Cave and Karst Systems of the World,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92960-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92960-2
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    Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals : Part 2: Science-based Target Setting for the Finance industry — Net-Zero Sectoral 1.5˚C Pathways for Real Economy Sectors (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Environmental management. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Sustainability. ; Climate Sciences. ; Environmental Management. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Science-based industry GHG targets, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and the scientific status quo of climate change -- Chapter 2: Development of industry GHG emission and energy demand– past, present and future perspectives -- Chapter 3: Industry GHG target setting, Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions – the concept -- Chapter 4: Modelling approaches -- Chapter 5: Main assumptions for Industry pathways -- Chapter 6: Renewable Process Heat -- Chapter 7: Renewable Fuels: Hydrogen-, Synthetic- and biofuels -- Chapter 8: Negative emissions: Nature-based-solutions -- Chapter 9: Industry energy pathways - Scenario results -- Chapter 10: Scope 3 industry emissions and future pathways -- Chapter 11: Mapping out Carbon Conservation and Protection Zones (CCPZ) -- Chapter 12: Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This open access book is designed as a continuation of the editor’s 2019 book Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals. This volume provides an in-depth analysis of industry sectors globally, and its purpose is to present emission reduction targets in 5-year steps (2025 to 2050) for the main twelve finance sectors per the Global Industry Classification System. This scientific analysis aims to support the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment initiative to give sustainability guidance for the global finance industry. The industry sector pathways presented here are based on the latest global and regional 100% renewable energy and non-energy greenhouse gas Representative Concentration Pathways in order to keep climate change significantly under +1.5 C and thereby achieve the Paris Climate Agreement goals. The heart of this book is three chapters presenting the results of industry scenario modelling. These chapters cover twelve industry and service sectors as well as transportation and buildings. The specific energy demand and specific emissions are presented based on the emission accounting concept of “Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3” emission pathways. This methodology has been developed to measure the climate and sustainability index for companies, and this research project expands the methodology to apply it to entire industry sectors. The results presented here are the first overall industry assessments under Scope 1, 2 and 3 from 2020 through 2050. The base for the energy pathways is the scenarios scenarios published in the previous volume. The nonenergy GHG emission scenarios, broken down to agriculture & forestry and industry, are detailed and include all major greenhouse gases and aerosols. The final section of the book presents the main conclusions of the industry pathway development work and recommendations for the finance industry and policy makers. Additionally, future qualitative future investment requirements in specific technologies and measures are presented.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030991777
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99177-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-99177-7
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    Geological Background of Sandstone-Type Uranium Deposits in Ordos Basin, Northwest China (2023)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geology. ; Nuclear engineering. ; Earth Sciences. ; Geology. ; Nuclear Energy.
    Description / Table of Contents: regional geological background of ordos basin -- geological characteristics of uranium-bearing rocks in key metallogenic prospects -- typical deposits and geological characteristics of new discovered mineral geology -- law of uranium mineralization in basin -- prospecting method, prediction model and metallogenic prognosis.
    Abstract: This book introduces the geological background of sandstone-type uranium deposits in the Ordos Basin, Northwest China. Through comparative study of a large number of practical data such as uranium, coal and oil boreholes, the research system takes sedimentary basin as a unit and fully utilizes geological principles and test analysis to study the basic geological, geophysical, geochemical and remote sensing image characteristics of the basin, and to restores the favorable uranium-forming geological background brought by the change of the cognitive sedimentary environment conditions. It can be used as a reference for researchers, practitioners and as well as teachers and graduate students working in uranium deposit geology, sedimentary geology and related areas.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811960284
    Series Statement: Springer Geology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6028-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-6028-4
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    Geoethics : Manifesto for an Ethics of Responsibility Towards the Earth (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Geography. ; Environment. ; Earth Sciences. ; Geography. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Origins of the geoethical thinking -- From ethics to geoethics -- The concept of responsibility -- The advantage of the geoethical action -- Ethical problems and dilemmas in geosciences -- The values of geoethics -- Geoethics and anthropogenic global changes -- Geoethics for an ecological humanism -- Bibliography.
    Abstract: This book outlines the current development of geoethical thinking, proposing to the general public reflections and categories useful for understanding the ethical, cultural, and societal dimensions of anthropogenic global changes. Geoethics identifies and orients responsible behaviors and actions in the management of natural processes, redefining the human interaction with the Earth system based on a critical, scientifically grounded, and pragmatic approach. Solid scientific knowledge and a philosophical reference framework are crucial to face the current ecological disruption. The scientific perspective must be structured to help different human contexts while respecting social and cultural diversity. It is impossible to respond to global problems with disconnected local actions, which cannot be proposed as standard and effective operational models. Geoethics tries to overcome this fragmentation, presenting Earth sciences as the foundation of responsible human action toward the planet. Geoethics is conceived as a rational and multidisciplinary language that can bind and concretely support the international community, engaged in resolving global environmental imbalances and complex challenges, which have no national, cultural, or religious boundaries that require shared governance. Geoethics is proposed as a new reading key to rethinking the Earth as a system of complex relationships, in which the human being is an integral part of natural interactions.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030980443
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98044-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-98044-3
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    South American Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs : Record, Diversity and Evolution (2022)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Paleontology . ; Geology. ; Paleontology. ; Genetics. ; Forensic archaeology. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Paleontology. ; Geology. ; Paleogenetics. ; Forensic Archaeology.
    Description / Table of Contents: The early radiation of sauropodomorphs in the Carnian of South America -- Non-sauropodiform plateosaurians: between biped gracile and robust quadrupedal -- Non-gravisaurian Sauropodiformes of South America: early trends towards gigantism -- Gravisaurian sauropods from the late Early Jurassic from South America and the radiation of Eusauropoda -- Highly specialized diplodocoids: the Rebbachisauridae -- Whiplash tails and spiny backs in southwestern Gondwana: flagellicaudatans from South America -- The rise of non-titanosaur macronarians in South America -- Titanosauria: early diversification and systematics -- Time for giants: titanosaurs from the Aptian-Santonian age -- Last titans: titanosaurs from the Campanian-Maastrichtian age -- Eggs, nests and reproductive biology -- Body size evolution and locomotion in Sauropodomorpha: what the South American record tells us -- South American sauropodomorphs: what their bone histology has revealed to us? -- Sauropod ichnology: overview and new research lines from a South American perspective -- Taphonomy: overview and new perspectives related with the paleobiology of giants.
    Abstract: Sauropodomorpha Huene 1932 is one of the most successful groups of dinosaurs, including the most abundant and diverse herbivorous forms with a worldwide record, extending from the late Triassic to the late Cretaceous. Sauropodomorphs comprise a diverse assemblage of early forms (traditionally called “prosauropods”) and the well-established clade Sauropoda Marsh 1878. Early sauropodomorphs were small to medium sized forms, with long necks and reduced skulls, mostly bipeds and omnivores and were abundant in continental environments in the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic. With more than 150 valid species and a worldwide distribution, Sauropoda includes the dominant herbivorous dinosaurs, from the Middle Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous. Its unique body plan, characterized by gigantic size, graviportal locomotion, long necks and tails, and reduced skulls, made this group an undisputed icon in popular culture since the 19th century. In South America, the sauropodomorph record is particularly rich and abundant, and many species have shed light to understand important milestones in the evolutionary history of this group of dinosaurs. The origin of Sauropodomorpha, the transition to Sauropoda, and the diversification of its most successful evolutionary lineages are largely exemplified by the South American fossil record. In this contribution, we synthetize the diversity of sauropodomorphs from South America, including data on their geographic and stratigraphic provenance, phylogenetics, paleobiology, taphonomy and behaviour, underscoring their significance within the context of sauropodomorph evolution.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030959593
    Series Statement: Springer Earth System Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95959-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95959-3
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    Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy : Proceedings of 7th Geoarchaeological Conference, Miass, Russia, 19–23 October 2020 (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Mineralogy. ; Archaeology. ; Mass spectroscopy. ; Earth Sciences. ; Mineralogy. ; Archaeology. ; Mass Spectrometry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Internal and external impulses for the development of ancient Chinese metallurgy -- Iron sources and technologies during the Early Iron Age in the Northern Pontic region -- Lead isotope analysis of the Bronze Age metal from the steppe of the Cis- and Trans-Urals -- Metalworking and metallurgical slag in the Tokskoe Late Bronze Age settlement -- Arrowheads from Two Sarmatian Burials of the One Mound: Metal Composition and Shape Relation -- The ancient Bronzes of Bashkiria: findings on the composition of non-ferrous metal obtained at the burial grounds of the Bronze Age -- Mineral Composition of the Ground Material from the Stone Pestles of the Gonur-Depe Administrative and Religious Center (South-Eastern Karakum -- Comparison of the results of studying the alloy composition of coins of the Chersonesos minting during Roman and Byzantine times -- A Crucible with Solidified Substance or an Ore Sample: Experience of the Complex Analysis of a Unique Find of the Chepetskaya Archaeological Culture -- Kazburun archaeological micro-district of the Late Bronze Age and copper ore mines in the Southern Trans-Urals.
    Abstract: This book of Springer Proceedings in Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy contains selected papers presented at the 7th Geoarchaeology Conference, which took place during October 19–23, 2020, at the South Urals Federal Research Center, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Miass, Russia. The Proceedings combine studies in archeometry, geoarchaeology, and ancient North Eurasian technologies, including paleometallurgy, stone tools investigation, past exploitation of geological resources, bioarchaeology, residue analysis, pottery, and lithics studies. This book also specializes in various non-organic materials, rocks, minerals, ores, and metals, especially copper and metallurgical slags. Many types of research also use modern analytical methods of isotopic, chemical, and mineralogical analysis to address the composition and structure of ancient materials and the technological practices of past human populations of modern Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Mongolia. This book is intended for archaeologists, historians, museum workers, and geologists, as well as students, researchers from other disciplines, and the general public interested in the interdisciplinary research in the field of archaeology and archaeological materials, strategies and techniques of past quarrying, mining, metallurgy and lithic technologies at different chronological periods in Eurasian steppe and adjacent forest zone.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030860400
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86040-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86040-0
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    Freezing of Lakes and the Evolution of Their Ice Cover (2023)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Biotic communities. ; Geology. ; Environment. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Ecosystems. ; Geology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Freezing of lakes -- Structure and properties of lake ice -- Thermodynamics of Seasonal lake ice -- Mechanics of lake ice -- Proglacial lakes -- Lake Water Body in the Ice Season -- Ice-Covered Lakes Environment -- Lake ice Climatology -- Future of frozen lakes -- Annex: Ice Properties and Useful Formulae -- References -- Index.
    Abstract: This book updates the first edition for the status of knowledge in the physics of lake ice and the interactions between the ice cover and the liquid water underneath. Since the first edition was written in 2013, there has been a lot of progress in the field, in particular concerning environmental questions and the impact of climate change. Life conditions in ice-covered lakes and practical matters are now brought more into the picture so that the revision also properly serves as a handbook for applications. The author has worked widely with boreal lakes, polar lakes and Central Asian lakes that provides a wide geographical spectrum. Chapter 1 gives a brief overview and presents the research fields. The second chapter contains the classification of ice-covered lakes and observation techniques, especially remote sensing. In Chapter 3, the structure and properties of lake ice are presented including optics and geochemistry. Ice growth and melting are treated in Chapter 4, while the following chapter focuses on ice mechanics with applications to traffic on ice and ice loads. Chapter 6 goes into the exotic environment of pro-glacial lakes. Chapter 7 contains the stratification and circulation of the water body beneath lake ice, Chapter 8 presents the winter ecology of freezing lakes and discusses the lake ice interface toward the society, and Chapter 9 summarizes the climate change impact on lake ice seasons. The book ends into a brief closing chapter and list of references. Research problems for student learning are listed throughout the book. Annexes are included to provide numerical data of constants and standard formulae to help practical calculations and student tasks. Lake ice closely interacts with human living conditions, but people have learnt to live with that and to utilize the ice. In the present time this is true for on-ice traffic and recreation activities. Ice fishing has become a widely enjoyed hobby, and winter sports such as skiing, skating, and ice sailing are popular activities on frozen lakes. The lake ice response to eventual climate warming would appear as a shortening of the ice season due to the increasing air temperature and also as changing of the quality of the ice seasons via changes in ice thickness and structure. The book gives the whole story of lake ice into a single volume. The second, revised edition updates the content based on recent progress in winter limnology and ice physics research and applications. The author has contributed to lake ice research since the 1980s. In particular, his topics have been lake ice structure and thermodynamics, light transfer in ice and snow, ice mechanics in large lakes, and lake ice climatology. Mathematical modeling of ice growth, drift, and decay are covered in this research.
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    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031256059
    Series Statement: Springer Praxis Books
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25605-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25605-9
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    Structural Geology (2022)
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    Keywords: Earth sciences. ; Physical geography. ; Geology. ; Earth Sciences. ; Physical Geography. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1 -- Introduction to structural geology -- Chapter2 -- Attitudes of structures -- Chapter3 -- Stress. Chapter4 -- Strain -- Chapter5 -- Estimation of strain -- Chapter6 -- Rheology -- Chapter7 -- Concept of deformation -- Chapter8 -- Folds -- Chapter9 -- Faults -- Chapter10 -- Extensional Regime and Normal faults -- Chapter11 -- Contractional Regime and Thrust faults -- Chapter12 -- Strike-slip faults -- Chapter 13 -- Joints and fractures -- Chapter14 -- Foliation -- Chapter15 -- Lineation -- Chapter16 -- Mechanisms of rock deformation -- Chapter17 -- Shear zones -- Chapter18 -- Shear-sense indicators -- Chapter19.-Deformation and metamorphism -- Chapter20 -- Superposed folds.
    Abstract: This textbook is a complete, up-to-date, and highly illustrated account of Structural Geology for students and professionals, and includes fundamentals of the subject with field and practical aspects. The book aims to be highly reader-friendly, containing simple language and brief introductions and summaries for each topic presented, and can be used both to refresh overall knowledge of the subject as well as to develop models for engineering projects in any area or region. The book is presented in 20 chapters and divided into 3 parts: (A) Fundamental Concepts, (B) Structures: Geometry and Genesis, and (C) Wider Perspectives. For the first time as full chapters in a textbook, the book discusses several modern field-related applications in Structural Geology, including shear-sense indicators, and deformation and metamorphism. Also uniquely included are colored photographs, side by side with line diagrams, of key deformation structures not seen in other books before now. Boxes in each chapter expand the horizons of the reader on the subject matter of the chapter. Questions at the end of each chapter, and detailed significance of the key structures, provide a better grasping to students. Glossary at the end of the book is a refreshing aspect for the readers. Though written primarily for undergraduate and graduate students, the text will also be of use to specialists and practitioners in engineering geology, petrology (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic), economic geology, groundwater geology, petroleum geology, and geophysics, and will appeal to beginners with no preliminary knowledge of the subject.
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    ISBN: 9783030807955
    Series Statement: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80795-5
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    Planning Climate Smart and Wise Cities : A Multidisciplinary Approach (2022)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Quantitative research. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; Urban Ecology. ; Data Analysis and Big Data.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Climate smart and wise cities -- Planning instruments for climate smart cites: A spatial, green and digital approach -- The role of block-chain, big data, internet of things and artificial intelligence for transformative climate-action -- Part II: Nature-based approach in cities -- Climate change and urban nature: Impacts and policies at the urban level -- Vulnerability and risk assessment of the port Moresby(Papua New Guinea) coastline: A case study -- Assessment of mangrove distribution and drivers of mangrove cover change from 2010-2020 of the national capital district(Port Moresby) Papua New Guinea -- Part III: Fostering climate action in cities -- Possible climate actions in cities -- Innovative new market mechanism from project to mitigation activities in the urban context: a new paradigm -- How can global carbon markets promote low-carbon cities in developing countries? Lessons learned from the clean development mechanism -- Climate change mitigation action enablers for climate smart cities -- Market mechanism in the building sector from an urban perspective : Creative building solutions -- New advanced GHG accounting system for cities enabled by DLT -- Appendix: A guide to carbon neutral city plan 2050: An urban integration platform modeling approach.
    Abstract: This book provides information that facilitates integrated climate actions in cities, leveraging disruptive technologies, business models, policies, financing, and leadership solutions. It fosters the development of climate smart and wise cities. It reviews the major developments of climate actions in cities and combines climate environment and energy technology, policy and financing instruments. A range of distinguished authors assess the experiences thus far and also consider future development from both theoretical and practical perspectives. They also discuss many policy and technical options, including climate smart and wise city planning, inclusion of urban nature, international and national carbon market mechanisms and measuring its impact and digital transformation. Moreover, attention is paid to the role of natural principles, the role of transparency principles and to aspects of democratic climate governance within a climate action scheme. This book makes clear that the carbon neutrality, sustainability, circularity, efficiency, connectivity and resiliency of cities depend to a large extent on the specific digital technologies and the leadership reshaping our cities. Discussing multidisciplinary aspects of climate action, this book offers new insights to academics, policymakers and practitioners both in the public and private sectors. Those insights are not only retrospective, relevant for understanding the past, but they are also prospective and forward-looking, guiding the achievements of the SDGs and the climate goals.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 481 p. 168 illus., 138 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030801656
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80165-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80165-6
    DDC: 551.6
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    Climate Change Impacts on Nigeria : Environment and Sustainable Development (2023)
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Africa Economic conditions. ; Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability. ; African Economics. ; Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Current effect and projected implications of climate change on Nigeria’s sustainable development plan -- Effect of Climate Change on Air Quality: A Nigerian Perspective -- Impacts of Climate Change on Sustainable Crop Production in Nigeria -- Implication of Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics on Accelerated Soil Erosion in Kereke Watershed of the Lower Benue Basin, North Central Nigeria -- Thermal conditions in artisanal mine sites: a case study of Ife area, southwest Nigeria -- Modelling and prediction of rainfall in the North-central region of Nigeria using ARIMA and NNETAR Model -- Analysis of Rainfall Trend and Variability in Lagos, Southwestern Nigeria -- Effect of Climate Change on Soil Organic Carbon Storage in Four Land Use Types in Abakaliki, South Eastern Nigeria -- The Impact of Climate Change on the State of Carbon Footprint in Nigeria -- Coppicing Capacity of Pycnanthus angolensis for Sustainable Forestry Techniques in the Climate Change -- Assessment of Tree Growth Competition Indices for Biodiversity Conservation in IITA Forest Ibadan, Nigeria -- Review on Climate Change Impacts on Air Quality in Nigeria -- Sustaining Livestock Production under the Changing Climate: Africa Scenario for Nigeria Resilience and Adaptation Actions -- Mapping and Assessing the Seasonal Dynamics of Surface Urban Heat Intensity Using LandSAT -8 OLI/TIRS Images -- Agroecology as a response to sustainable development under climate change in southeast Nigeria -- Climate Change Impact on Nigerian Ecology, Vegetation/Forest, Carbon and Biomass Management -- Impacts of Climate Change on Sustainable Development in Nigeria -- Landslide occurrences in southeastern Nigeria: a literature analysis of the impact of rainfall -- Climate Change and Drought in the Dryland Areas of Nigeria -- GIS-based vulnerability evaluation of climate change hazards of flood and erosion using an integrated IVFRN-DEMATEL-ANP Decision Model -- Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Agricultural Drought in North-Central, Nigeria -- Influence of seasonal changes on the quality of water resources in southwestern Nigeria: a review -- A consideration of the climatic drivers, focal points and challenges of soil erosion, land degradation, landslides and landscapes in Nigeria -- A review on the influence of rainfall in the formation and expansion of gullies in Southeastern Nigeria -- The impact of seasonal changes on the trends of physicochemical, heavy metal, and microbial loads in water resources of Southeastern Nigeria: a critical review -- Impact of Climate Change on Soil Salinity along Irrigated Farmlands of Jakara river Downstream Minjibir Local Government Area, Kano State, Nigeria -- Relationship between Agricultural Production, Energy Consumption and Climate Change in Nigeria.
    Abstract: This book explores the impacts of climate change on Nigeria. How climate change impacts the productivity and future development of different sectors in Nigeria was covered in this book. Various themes of the Nigerian economy, environment, and climate change were considered. Worthy of note are the impacts of climate change on the Nigerian air quality, surface and groundwater resources, watershed and natural resources’ development and planning, soil- quality, fertility, salinization, nutrients and cropping patterns. Also, the impact of climate change on land use/land cover, urbanization and strategic planning, crops and sustainable crop yield; land degradation, soil erosion, landslides and landscapes, rainfall trend patterns, drought vulnerability; ecology, vegetation/forest, carbon and biomass management of Nigeria were investigated. Finally, the problems of climate change in semi-arid and arid regions (with special emphasis on Nigeria) and possible solutions for sustainable development under the changing climate were discussed in this book. Advanced technologies, such as remote sensing, GIS, multivariate analytical tools, and machine learning techniques, were utilized in the exploration and analysis of the themes of this book. Thus, this book is a very important product for point of view researchers, scientists, NGOs, and university communities on the Nigerian climate change. This book is a useful interdisciplinary tool, cutting across various disciplines such as earth sciences, hydrology, environmental sciences, soil science, engineering, remote sensing, natural resources management, and public health management, etc.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 584 p. 177 illus., 165 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031210075
    Series Statement: Springer Climate,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21007-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-21007-5
    DDC: 551.6
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    Progresses in European Earthquake Engineering and Seismology : Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology – Bucharest, 2022 (2022)
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    Keywords: Physical geography. ; Geophysics. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Geomorphology. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Geophysics. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Geomorphology.
    Description / Table of Contents: The 2020 European Seismic Hazard Model: Milestones and Lessons Learned -- Developments relating to seismic action in the Eurocode 8 of next generation -- Hard as a rock? Reconsidering rock-site seismic response and reference ground motions -- Tomb Raiders of the Lost Accelerogram: A Fresh Look on a Stale Problem -- Mars from the InSight: Seismology beyond Earth -- GMPEs for Romania’s Vrancea intermediate depth seismic source -- Reliability-Based Liquefaction Triggering Assessment Framework: A Unified Approach for SPT-CPT-Vs -- Seismic detection efficiency of a new inexpensive MEMS sensor prototype: Application to micro-seismicity and distant moderate earthquakes.
    Abstract: This book encompasses the most challenging topics in earthquake engineering and seismology aiming at seismic risk reduction and reveals the outstanding progresses made in Europe in the past four years. Earthquakes pose a significant threat to countries around the world. But, equipped with the right knowledge and tools, engineers and seismologists can support policy and decision makers and building officials in creating a safer future for all of us. In this paradigm, the Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (3ECEES) is organized in Bucharest (Romania) in September 2022 by the Romanian Association for Earthquake Engineering, Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest and National Institute for Earth Physics. This outstanding scientific event is the third in a series started in 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland and continued in 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey. The papers included in this book are written by the most prominent contemporary European scholars in the two-folded fields of 3ECEES. The Distinguished Nicholas Ambraseys, along with 28 invited lectures providing the best knowledge in the fields of earthquake engineering and seismology, are shared with the general readership of this book. The book is organized in three parts, as follows: (1) Seismicity, engineering seismology and seismic hazard, (2) Seismic risk assessment and mitigation, and (3) Structural earthquake engineering. The 29 contributed papers for this book are shared among these three parts almost equally. Chapter “The Challenge of the Integrated Seismic Strengthening and Environmental Upgrading of Existing Buildings” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 488 p. 244 illus., 201 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031151040
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15104-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15104-0
    DDC: 550
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