Earth-Science/Environment

Some major developments witnessed during the 20th century have greatly impacted human beings as well as the planet Earth—the only known planet to s...

Some major developments witnessed during the 20th century have greatly impacted human beings as well as the planet Earth—the only known planet to s...

Post-Rio Earth Summit (1992), the debate on environment has moved beyond just science and scientific concerns. Today our understanding of environme...

The efforts made at the international level by the United Nations Agencies on Environmental destination problems and saving the earth from the natu...

Environmental biotechnology offers unique, efficient, eco-friendly and economically viable options for treatment of wastes in situ and conversion o...

Environmental biotechnology offers unique, efficient, eco-friendly and economically viable options for treatment of wastes in situ and conversion o...

Environmental biotechnology offers unique, efficient, eco-friendly and economically viable options for treatment of wastes in situ and conversion o...

Environmental biotechnology offers unique, efficient, eco-friendly and economically viable options for treatment of wastes in situ and conversion o...

The present book is the first of its kind covering a wide spectrum of water and wastewater analysis and treatment. It consolidates at one place the...

Every culture, irrespective of its simplicity or complexity, has its own beliefs and practices. It is, therefore, important to study in depth the v...

There is a growing concern about the change in composition of the atmosphere, depletion of the ozone shield, pollution of marines and rapid populat...

Minerals may be located very near Earth’s surface or may lie at great depths below the surface. In both cases, mining methods involve the removal o...

Remote sensing is the process of acquiring and interpreting spectral measurement at distant location to collect information about earth’s surface f...

Soil genesis that studies the evolution of soils and the changes taking place in soil bodies has received increasing interest and attention in the ...

Rocks and other parent materials weather to form soils which inherit their characteristics from their respective parent geological materials. There...

The arbitrary exploitation of natural resources and ignorance of the deleterious effects have resulted in the alarming increase of environmental po...

The book Spatial Concerns in Development: A Sri Lankan Perspective, based on analyses of experiences gained with various aspects of the development...

More than ten thousand ‘surface’ weather observing stations are currently being operated and maintained by countries all over the world. These make...

Every individual, organisation, or society uses energy in some form or the other. Increase in world population, and consequent material consumption...

For the past two centuries the basic composition of the Earth’s atmosphere has been materially altered by the fossil fuel effluvia of machine cultu...

Almost every advance in science and technology brings new and unexpected problems in its wake. Thus the motorcar, aeroplane, high-speed machine too...

Remote sensing technology in India started in the 1960s. Space technology was developed during the 1970s and 1980s to use satellites and sensors in...

With the development process, there are dangerous risks to future well-being posed by acid rain, ozone depletion and green-house effects. The time ...

Water is a prime natural resource and a basic necessity for sustaining life on earth. Supplying adequate amount of potable water to the global popu...