2013-09-10T07:00:00Z In Alternative Ecological Risk Assessment the author, Lawrence V. Tannenbaum, provides a critical review of current practices in the ecological risk assessment field and proposes alternatives that are supported by established science and keen observation. It is hoped that this approach will pave the way to a greater understanding of what appropriate an...[Read More]
200 pages , Routledge , 2012-09-10 Scientists and consultants need to estimate and map properties of the terrestrial environment. These include plant nutrients and parasites in soil, gaseous emissions from soil, pollutant metals and xenobiotics in waste and contaminated land, salt in groundwater and species abundances above ground. The scale varies from small experimenta...[Read More]
2017-11-07T08:00:00Z Many arborists learn tree work practices without fully understanding the biological and physiological principles behind them. However, outcomes for the health and longevity of trees are greatly improved when an arborist understands the science behind the care of tree root systems and crowns. In Applied Tree Biology, Drs. Hirons and Thomas draw upon their deca...[Read More]
694 pages , Jones & Bartlett Publishers , 2012-07-01 Updated with the latest data from the field, Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions, Fifth Edition explains the concepts and teaches the skills needed to understand multi-faceted, and often very complex environmental issues. The authors present the arguments, rebuttals, evidence, and counterevidence from many sid...[Read More]
2019-02-11T08:00:00Z Alles ?ber unser Lieblingsinsekt
Wer Bienen beobachtet, schaut auf einzigartige Weise dem Leben beim Leben zu. Doch auch wenn es so aussieht, als herrsche bei den Bienen vor allem anarchische Krabbelei: Sie haben einen Plan, den sie mit erstaunlichem Geschick, faszinierenden F?higkeiten und in bemerkenswerter Teamarbeit umsetzen. Wie dieses Leben in einem...[Read More]
The push towards renewable energy and the quest for greater efficiency mean that we need to find more ways of storing energy. This is part of the BBC's ...
2018-05-17T07:00:00Z Swamps and marshes once covered vast stretches of the North American landscape. The destruction of these habitats, long seen as wastelands that harbored deadly disease, accelerated in the twentieth century. Today, the majority of the original wetlands in the US have vanished, transformed into farm fields or buried under city streets.
In The Marsh Builders, Sharon ...[Read More]
2017-02-08T08:00:00Z Ecology and Evolution of Cancer is a timely work outlining ideas that not only represent a substantial and original contribution to the fields of evolution, ecology, and cancer, but also goes beyond by connecting the interfaces of these disciplines. This work engages the expertise of a multidisciplinary research team to collate and review the latest knowledge...[Read More]
2008-01-01T08:00:00Z Green Witness is a work in theological ethics, addressed primarily to theologians and seminarians, but also to clergy and church study groups. Yordy approaches the topic of Christian environmental work not from the perspective of a global crisis that must be solved, but from the perspective of God's promise of the Kingdom. She argues that Christians can and s...[Read More]
