This book describes how the basic building blocks of life, the amino acids, formed. After a comprehensible introduction into ...
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The book opens with papers on the evolutionary significance of bioerosion, and subsequently ventures out to explore the remarkable ...
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In practice, however, science is no less susceptible to fads, culture shifts, and pendulum swings than any other realm of ...
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Systems at the surface of the Earth are continually responding to energy inputs derived from solar radiation or from the ...
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Land-use change is one of the main drivers of many environmental change processes. It influences the basic resources of land ...
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Energy, chemistry, solvents, and habitats -- the basic elements of living systems - define the opportunities and limitations ...
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Microbial activities influence water-rock interaction processes and chemical transport between the major geochemical reservoirs ...
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This book discusses biogeochemical processes relevant to carbon and aims to provide with insight into the functioning of ...
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The present book combines three main aspects: five major mass extinctions; contributions on some other minor extinctions; ...
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This volume focuses on interaction between vegetation, relief, climate, soil and fauna in the treeline ecotone, and the effects ...
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The soil water retention curve, the saturated hydraulic conductivity and the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity function ...
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This book serve the needs of students and professionals alike interested in the subject of soil pollution. This book is a ...
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This book presents the scientific findings of this study for Germany, including the major challenges with regard to the future ...
Continue readingThis book is the comprehensive volume of the TAIGA (“a great river ” in Japanese) project. Supported by the Japanese ...
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