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Books in Environmental sciences

The Environmental Sciences titles present critical research and insights into the complex interactions within natural ecosystems, climate systems, and human impacts on the environment. Covering areas such as biodiversity, sustainability, climate change, and resource management, these titles support scientific discovery and practical solutions for addressing today’s most pressing environmental challenges. This collection is essential for researchers, policymakers, and students dedicated to advancing environmental understanding and stewardship

  • Pollution Prevention Technology Handbook

    • 1st Edition
    • Robert Noyes
    • English
    Technical information relating to current and potential pollution prevention and waste minimization techniques in 36 industries, with many opportunities for cross-utilization. When wastes are reduced or eliminated, substantial economies can be realized by reduced expenditures for pollution control equipment, and lower treatment and disposal costs. Other considerations include lessened liability problems, and improved public image.The thousands of items of technological advice in the book make it a valuable reference source.

  • Recovery of Metals from Sludges and Wastewaters

    • 1st Edition
    • E.R. Krishnan
    • English
    State-of-the-art metals treatment and recovery technologies to assist in identifying waste management options.

  • Municipal Wastewater Treatment Technology

    Recent Developments
    • 1st Edition
    • USEPA
    • English
    Part I is a supplement to the EMSL-Cincinnati publication ""Methods for the Determination of Metals in Environmental Samples"" and was prepared to revise and place in the Environmental Monitoring Management Council (EMMC) format certain spectrochemical methods used for metals. Part II, the EMSL-Cincinnati publication ""Methods for the Determination of Inorganic Substances in Environmental Samples,"" was prepared as the continuation of an initiative to gather together a compendium of standardized laboratory analytical methods.

  • Solvent Substitution for Pollution Prevention

    • 1st Edition
    • US Dept. of US Dept. of Energy + 1 more
    • English
    Provides up-to-date information on current technologies and practices in solvent substitution for those involved in handling, using or managing hazardous and toxic solvents, based on an international workshop held in 1990. Covers a wide range of solvent substitution activities: paint stripping, coating applications, printed circuit boards, metal cleaning, metal finishing, manufacturing, hardware and weapons production and maintenance, compliance monitoring, and process control monitoring.

  • Recycling Equipment and Technology for Municipal Solid Waste

    Material Recovery Facilities
    • 1st Edition
    • Joseph T. Swartzbaugh
    • English
    This technology transfer handbook describes recycling equipment and technology for municipal solid waste (MSE) at material recovery facilities (MRFs). It gives guidance on what technically can be done and what material specifications can be achieved.

  • Wetlands

    Guide to Science, Law and Technology
    • 1st Edition
    • Tony Dennison + 1 more
    • English
    This book is intended as a practical guide to scientific, legal, and technical issues concerning wetlands. As such, it is written in the most practical terms, with numerous helpful examples and case studies of how specific issues should best be addressed. The book is organized in a way that exposes the reader in logical succession to the full gamut of complex scientific, legal, and technical aspects of wetlands. This book recognizes that wetland science, law, and technology are interdependent disciplines. Most other works focus on one of these disciplines while perhaps providing some cursory treatment of related disciplines. This book attempts to meld several different perspectives on the subject of wetlands and to show the interrelationships between the various professions that deal with wetland issues. The book is organized as a guide through the various scientific, legal, and technical components of wetlands. Within each individual chapter, extensive cross-referencing is provided to help the reader link related aspects of the issue being discussed. Further, within the presentation of each separate chapter is a discussion of how the various scientific, legal, and technical aspects of the subject interrelate. Each chapter has been written by a known authority with specialized experience in the topic being presented.

  • The Removal of Nitrogen Compounds from Wastewater

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 54
    • B. Halling-Sørensen + 1 more
    • English
    This volume gives an overview of the wide spectrum of nitrogen removal processes available today. Part A gives a brief outline of nitrogen pollution sources, the global nitrogen cycle and the treatment methods; part B presents details of all biological methods for nitrogen removal; and part C describes the physico-chemical nitrogen removal methods. Design examples relating to parts B and C are given in appendices.Design equations are given in the text, but more emphasis has been placed on the profound understanding of the biological and chemical processes and the basic factors that influence these. Parameters and regression equations for a quantitive description of these factors and their influence on the key processes are presented in several tables. This feature makes the volume a very useful handbook; it will be of great value to those environmentalists who require a record of the available nitrogen removal methods from both biological and chemical viewpoints.

  • Environmental Contamination

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 55
    • J.-P. Vernet
    • English
    This book deals with various aspects of environmental contamination.One of the fields considered in this work is atmospheric pollution. This has become a major problem of our time, and could soon develop into a scandal through the overestimation of the impact of greenhouse gases such as ozone, NOx or SO2, which allows their use as political instruments. Another growing field of importance covers the fundamental questions posed by the problem of soils and their interaction with waste from human activities, eg. sterile mining waste, sewage sludge, and contaminated dredged material. How do these different elements react and how tolerant can our system be towards them?This publication, containing a selection of the most important work presented at the 5th International Conference on Environmental Contamination, reflects some aspects of the present state of research and our society's dominant preoccupations.

  • Environmental Analysis

    Techniques, Applications and Quality Assurance
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 13
    • Damià Barceló
    • English
    Three aspects of environmental analysis are treated in this book: the use of various analytical techniques, their applications to trace analysis of pollutants, mainly organic compounds, and quality assurance aspects, including the use of certified reference materials for quality control of the whole analytical process.The book is divided into four parts. Part I considers field sampling techniques and sample handling. Matrices, such as air, water, sediments and biota, are treated in various chapters.The second part covers the application areas. Compounds of interest include PCBs, PAHs, phenolic compounds, pesticides, detergents, radionuclides, marine toxins and organometallics.Part III comprises analytical quality assurance in environmental programmes. There is an increasing demand for more reliable and accurate data. This part reflects the conflicting viewpoints of different authors and American and EEC standards.The last part of the book is devoted to the implementation of novel and emerging analytical techniques, including a variety of hyphenated methods.The book will serve as a general reference for post-graduate students as well as a practical reference for environmental chemists who need to use the analytical techniques for environmental studies. Analytical chemists needing information on the complexity of environmental sample matrices and interferences will also find this an invaluable reference.

  • Air Filtration

    An Integrated Approach to the Theory and Applications of Fibrous Filters
    • 1st Edition
    • R.C. Brown
    • English
    The need for clean air has probably never been greater. Many industrial employees need to avoid exposure to airborne particulates, while certain industrial processes demand clean air of exceptional quality. Medical and biological fields rely on sterile air, while filtration can improve air quality in offices, homes and all types of transport.Filters act in a variety of complex and subtle ways. Each chapter introduces its subject matter simply, before tackling the problem in greater depth. The book therefore provides an excellent basis for detailed study, but is also invaluable to anyone needing an overview of the subject.

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