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Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya

This book complements “Halophilic Microorganisms”, edited by A. Ventosa and published by Springer-Verlag (2004), “Halophilic ...

Advances in the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide

As is now generally accepted mankind’s burning of fossil fuels has resulted in the mass transfer of greenhouse gases to ...

Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements in Arid Environments

Global warming has worsened the water resource crisis in many arid zones worldwide, from Africa to Asia, affecting millions ...

Boreal Peatland Ecosystems

This volume adopts an ecosystems approach to understanding the world's boreal peatlands. It focuses on biogeochemical patterns ...

Carbon and Its Domestication

Carbon is chemically versatile and is thus the body and soul of biological, geological, ecological and economic systems. ...

Carbon in the Geobiosphere

Carbon and carbon dioxide always played an important role in the geobiosphere that is part of the Earth’s outer shell and ...

Chemolithoautotrophic Bacteria

Covers in detail advances in the biochemistry and physiology of several chemolithoautotrophic bacteria as well as their relationship ...

Coal Combustion Byproducts and Environmental Issues

Coal Combustion Byproducts and Environmental Issues addresses the major implications and critical issues surrounding coal ...

Cold Aqueous Planetary Geochemistry with FREZCHEM : From Modeling to the Search for Life at the Limits

At the core of the technical chapters is the FREZCHEM model, initially developed over many years by one of the authors to ...

Contaminant Geochemistry : Interactions and Transport in the Subsurface Environment

This book combines earth science, subsurface hydrology and environmental geochemistry, providing a comprehensive background ...

Deep-water Coral Reefs

Provides a useful overview of various aspects of deep-water coral reefs and carbonate mounds, providing insights into the ...

Demands of Expanding Populations and Development Planning : Clean Air, Safe Water, Fertile Soils

This book brings together three topics that interact to affect the quality of life on Earth. First, it examines expanding ...

Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy : Principles and Applications

This book reviews the basics of atmospheric chemistry, radiation transport, and optical spectroscopy before detailing the ...

Dynamics of Complex Intracontinental Basins : The Central European Basin System

This book documents how researchers from different geo-scientific disciplines have jointly analysed the structural, thermal, ...

Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Swamps of the Southeastern United States

This book draws together the latest findings from investigators focusing on the hydrological processes, community organization, ...

Ecology, Planning, and Management of Urban Forests

Ecology, Planning, and Management of Urban Forests contains studies and perspectives on urban forests from a broad array ...

Environmental Geology

As earth’s population continues to grow and the detrimental aftereffects of industrialization and environmental negligence ...

Estuaries

Aspects of the biogeochemistry of estuaries from a variety of environments, from the tropics to the Arctic, are discussed. ...

Eutrophication of Shallow Lakes with Special Reference to Lake Taihu

Eutrophication and algal blooms are worldwide environmental issues in lakes. The eutrophication process and formation mechanisms ...

Forest and Rangeland Soils of the United States Under Changing Conditions A Comprehensive Science Synthesis

This book synthesizes leading-edge science and management information about forest and rangeland soils of the United States. ...

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