Electronic Books

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A History of Atmospheric CO2 and Its Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems

the authors address the future role of atmospheric CO2 and its likely effects on ecosystems. This book incorporates the advances ...

Biosphere Origin and Evolution

The book covers notions by scientists of various branches on the evolutionary relationship between the biosphere and geosphere, ...

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 ...

Coastal Fluxes in the Anthropocene

In global coastal zones, the major fabric of goods and services for human welfare as well as global changes are extraordinarily ...

Continental Scientific Drilling

Scientific drilling is an indispensable tool of modern Earth science - search, as it provides the only means of obtaining ...

Coupled Models for the Hydrological Cycle

Hydrologists, climatologists, soil scientists and environmental engineers are frequently asked to analyse complex environmental ...

Cross-border Governance and Sustainable Spatial Development : Mind the Gaps!

Border regions in Central Europe undergo tremendous changes due to the enlargement of the European Union and the related ...

Diapause in Aquatic Invertebrates

Contributors to this new book are leaders in the field of diapause studies, and many authors were participants at a recent ...

Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity Theory, Tools and Applications

Aquatic ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and home to a diverse array of species and habitats, providing a wide variety ...

Environmental Security and Sustainable Land Use - with special reference to Central Asia

This book presents important aspects of environmental security and sustainable land use in general and in particular for ...

Full of Life

UNESCO biosphere reserves are full of life. Here, people put sustainable development into practice: economic, ecological, ...

Global Climatology and Ecodynamics : Anthropogenic Changes to Planet Earth

The purpose of the book is to summarize existing information and assess the level of these uncertainties. We want to stimulate ...

Groundwater Recharge from Run-off, Infiltration and Percolation

This book first discusses the recharge fluxes relating both to the quantity and quality of groundwater. In order to face ...

Human Exploitation and Biodiversity Conservation

The sustainable use of biodiversity is one of the three key objectives of the 1992 "Convention on Biological Diversity". ...

Land-Use and Land-Cover Change

The book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land classes such as forest, cropland and pasture. Among ...

Legitimacy In European Nature Conservation Policy : Case Studies In Multilevel Governance

This volume focuses on the issue of legitimacy in the context of European nature conservation policy. It provides insights ...

Links Between Geological Processes, Microbial Activities&Evolution of Life : Microbes and Geology

Microbial activities influence water-rock interaction processes and chemical transport between the major geochemical reservoirs ...

Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Production of Entropy

The present volume studies the application of concepts from non-equilibrium thermodynamics to a variety of research topics. ...

Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Change

The main force behind climate change is the elevated concentration of CO2 in the at mosphere. Carbon dioxide and air pollutants ...

Plants and Climate Change

The book Plants and Climate Change focuses on how climate affects or affected the biosphere and vice versa both in the present ...

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