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Land Carbon Cycle Modeling: Matrix Approach, Data Assimilation, & Ecological …
Carbon moves through the atmosphere, through the oceans, onto land, and into ecosystems. This cycling has a large effect on climate – changing geographic patterns of rainfall and the frequency of extreme weather – and is altered as the use of fossil fuels adds carbon to the cycle. The dynamics of this global carbon cycling are largely predicted over broad spatial scales and long periods of …
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781498737029, 9780429155659
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- 398
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- 574 LAN l
Contemporary Fiction and Climate Uncertainty
This open access book argues that storytelling is an important resource in coming to terms with the loss of the feeling of living a grounded existence where the future remains relatively stable and predictable. Faced with the specter of climate catastrophe, we lose confidence in the future—a well-documented response in the environmental movement, for example. Yet stories, and in particular so…
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- 9781350233911
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- 304.2
Nuclear Back-end and Transmutation Technology for Waste Disposal: Beyond the …
Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection; Nuclear Engineering; Particle and Nuclear Physics; Waste Management/Waste Technology; Industrial Pollution Prevention; Nuclear fuel cycle; Environmental radiation; Nuclear transmutation; Accelerator-driven systems (ADS); Nuclear reactor; Radioactive wastes
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783319191683
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- 341
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- 333.71 NAK n
The environmental turn in postwar Sweden A new history of knowledge
This book tells the story of how modern environmentalism emerged in postwar Sweden. It shows that the ‘environmental turn’ in Sweden occurred as early as the autumn of 1967 and that natural scientists led the way. The most influential was the chemist Hans Palmstierna, who was both an active Social Democrat and a regular contributor to the nation’s leading morning paper. Thus, he had a uni…
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- 9789198557749
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Innovative Concepts and Applications for Smart Water Cities: Towards Integrat…
Smart cities are emerging worldwide, including economic, institutional, social, and technical concepts in interaction with existing infrastructure to achieve sustainability and increase quality of life. Additionally, digitalisation projects in the field of urban water infrastructure (UWI) aim to increase capacity of existing infrastructure to deal with future challenges caused by climate change…
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- 9783991060840
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- 144
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- Forum Umwelttechnik und Wasserbau, 32
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- 574.5 OBE i
Air Quality Integrated Assessment: A European Perspective
air quality; air pollution; environmental analysis
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- 9783319333496
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Understanding and Managing Urban Water in Transition
This book examines changes and transitions in the way water is managed in urban environments. This book originated from a joint French-Australian initiative on water and land management held in Montpellier, France. The book delivers practical insights into urban water management. It links scientific insights of researchers with the practical experiences of urban water practitioners to understan…
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- 978-94-017-9801-3
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Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination: A Pakistan Perspective
This book presents an up-to-the-minute overview of arsenic and fluoride pollution of soil and groundwater in Pakistan. It includes the author’s doctoral dissertation on Lahore as a case study and describes the mechanism of pollution on the basis of the findings in that area. The book highlights the concrete situation in Pakistan – including the severity of the problem, its health effects an…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-81-322-2298-9
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- XI, 147
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- 553.79 FAR a
Marginality: Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology
Environment, general; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Environmental Economics; Social Policy
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- 9789400770607
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Himalayan Nature and Tibetan Buddhist Culture in Arunachal Pradesh, India A …
This is the first book to systematically describe the formation and historical changes of the Monpa people’s area (Monyul) through its nature, society, culture, religion, agriculture and historically deep ties with Bhutan, Tibet and the Tibetan Buddhist faith. The state of Arunachal Pradesh is located in the northeastern part of India, surrounded by the borders of Assam, Bhutan, and Tibet (Ch…
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- 978-4-431-55491-2
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- XIV, 196
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- 910
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