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Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences Serie de eBooks

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  • The Fly River, Papua New Guinea

    Environmental Studies in an Impacted Tropical River System

    Edición de Barrie R. Bolton ...
    Series Libro 9 - Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences
    In 1984 the OK Tedi Mining Company Limited began mining copper and gold mineralization from Mt. Fubilan, which is located at the headwaters of the OK Tedi. Subsequent mining in the region followed in 1990. Since this time there has been intense monitoring of the environment undertaken by those in the field in order to better understand the possible impact of mining. This book assembles and ... Leer más

    $2,333 MXN

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  • The Columbia River Treaty

    A Primer

    Series series An RMB Manifesto
    Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.The Columbia River Treaty ratification in 1964 created the largest hydropower project in North America, with additional emphasis on flood protection for the United States. As the treaty approaches its 60th anniversary, and the first opportunity for modification, ... Leer más

    $124 MXN

  • Water Is...

    The Meaning of Water

    de Nina Munteanu ...
    In this fascinating meditation on water, internationally published limnologist, Nina Munteanu, draws inspiration from some of the world’s greatest thinkers, artists and scientists, and a lifetime dedicated to water, into a spectacular gift for hydrophilics.Part history, part science and part philosophy and spirituality, "Water Is..." combines personal journey with scientific discovery that ... Leer más

    $117 MXN

  • A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration

    New Hope for Arid Lands

    Series series Science Practice Ecological Restoration
    Dryland degradation and desertification now affect almost a billion people around the world. Tragically, the biological resources and productivity of millions of acres of land are lost to desertification each year because people remain unaware of strategies and techniques that could improve yields, reduce risk, and begin healing the world's deserts. A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration is ... Leer más

    $647 MXN

  • Where the River Flows

    Scientific Reflections on Earth's Waterways

    The vital interconnections that rivers share with the land, the sky, and usRivers are essential to civilization and even life itself, yet how many of us truly understand how they work? Why do rivers run where they do? Where do their waters actually come from? How can the same river flood one year and then dry up the next? Where the River Flows takes you on a majestic journey along the planet's ... Leer más

    Antes $560 MXN Ahora $298 MXN

  • Lakes

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    From the mysterious depths of Lake Vostok, Antarctica, to tropical floodplain lakes, inland seas, hydro-reservoirs and the variety of waterbodies in our local environment, lakes encompass a huge diversity of shapes, sizes, depths, colours, and even salinities. Often very large and very deep, they sustain important and unique ecosystems which can be hotspots of biodiversity, and are used by humans ... Leer más

    $138 MXN

  • Hydrology

    An Introduction

    Water in its different forms has always been a source of wonder, curiosity and practical concern for humans everywhere. Hydrology: An Introduction presents a coherent introduction to the fundamental principles of hydrology, based on the course that Wilfried Brutsaert has taught at Cornell University for the last thirty years. Hydrologic phenomena are dealt with at spatial and temporal scales at ... Leer más

    $1,461 MXN

  • What Is Water?

    The History of a Modern Abstraction

    de Jamie Linton ...
    Series series Nature | History | Society
    We all know what water is, and we often take it for granted. Because it seems so natural, we seldom question how we see water. But the spectre of a worldwide water crisis suggests that there might be something fundamentally wrong with the way we think about water.Jamie Linton dives into the history of the modern concept of water, that water can be stripped of its wider environmental, social, and ... Leer más

    $471 MXN

  • Rivers of North America

    AWARDS:2006 Outstanding Academic Title, by CHOICEThe 2005 Award for Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) Best Reference 2005, by the Library JournalRivers of North America is an important reference for scientists, ecologists, and students studying rivers and their ecosystems. It brings together information from several regional ... Leer más

    $1,591 MXN

  • Marine Ecological Processes

    de Ivan Valiela ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The oceans represent a vast, complex and poorly understood ecosystem. Marine Ecological Processes is a modern review and synthesis of marine ecology that provides the reader with a lucid introduction to the intellectual concepts, approaches, and methods of this evolving discipline. Comprehensive in its coverage, this book focuses on the processes controlling marine ecosystems, communities, and ... Leer más

    $1,541 MXN

  • Principles of Snow Hydrology

    Principles of Snow Hydrology describes the factors that control the accumulation, melting and runoff of water from seasonal snowpacks over the surface of the earth. The book addresses not only the basic principles governing snow in the hydrologic cycle, but also the latest applications of remote sensing, and techniques for modeling streamflow from snowmelt across large mixed land-use river basins. ... Leer más

    $1,049 MXN

  • How Water Influences Our Lives

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This beautifully illustrated book explains how water influences our culture; the many phases of water from ice to gas, its simple but still so unpredictable nature, and water resources on Earth; how water is distributed in ice, oceans, rivers, lakes and more; how it creates transport possibilities; how it produces and absorbs energy; how it is constantly changing the surface of the Earth; how ... Leer más

    $816 MXN