Large Asian Lakes In A Changing World

Author : Steffen Mischke
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030422547

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Large Asian Lakes in a Changing World by Steffen Mischke Pdf

Describing the natural state of eight important lakes in Asia and the human impact on these lake ecosystems, this book offers a valuable reference guide. Over the past several decades the Aral Sea, Dead Sea, Lake Balkhash and other major lakes in Asia have undergone significant changes with regard to their size, water level, chemical composition, and flora and fauna. Most of these changes resulted from the loss of water from tributaries (now used for irrigation farming) or increasing consumption in local industries and households. However, significant human impacts may have begun as early as 2000 years ago. In addition to the three lakes mentioned above, Lake Sevan (Armenia), the Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan), Lake Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyzstan), and Lake Lop Nur (China) are discussed as the most prominent examples of changing lake ecosystems. In contrast, an example of an almost pristine lake ecosystem is included with the report on Lake Uvs Nuur (Mongolia). For each lake, the book summarizes its origin and early geological history, and reconstructs its natural state and variability on the basis of proxy records from drilled or exposed lake sediments that have accumulated since the last ice age. The frequently observed reductions in lake level and size during most recent decades led often to significant environmental impacts in the respective lake catchments including vegetation deterioration, soil erosion and badland formation, soil salinization or the formation of sinkholes.

Author : Kim Browne,Murray Raff
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031105685

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International Law of Underwater Cultural Heritage by Kim Browne,Murray Raff Pdf

This book brings together three distinct areas of International Law – namely Environmental, Heritage and Ocean Law – to address the international legal protection of historically significant wrecks, with particular focus on the environmental hazards they may pose. The confluence of Heritage Law and the Law of the Sea with International Environmental Law represents an important development in international governance strategies for the twenty-first century, in particular those legal and administrative regimes that concern the world’s oceans and underwater cultural heritage protection. Importantly, connections between international legal regimes, such as the 1982 Law of the Sea, and institutions like the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and United Nations Education Scientific Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), can play a crucial part in governance strategies that involve the regulation of marine pollution and historic shipwrecks.

Author : James Shortle,Markku Ollikainen,Antti Iho
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030470876

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Water Quality and Agriculture by James Shortle,Markku Ollikainen,Antti Iho Pdf

Water pollution control has been a top environmental policy priority of the world’s most developed countries for decades, and the focus of significant regulation and public and private spending. Yet, significant water quality problems remain, and trends for some pollutants are in the wrong direction. This book addresses the economics of water pollution control and water pollution control policy in agriculture, with an aim towards providing students, environmental policy analysts, and other environmental professionals with economic concepts and tools essential to understanding the problem and crafting solutions that can be effective and efficient. The book will also examine existing policies and proposed reforms in the developed world. Although this book addresses and has a general applicability to major water pollutants from agriculture (e.g., pesticides, pharmaceuticals, sediments, nutrients), it will focus on the sediment and nutrient pollution problem. The economic and scientific foundations for pollution management are best developed for these pollutants, and they are currently the top priorities of policy makers. Accordingly, the authors provide both highly salient and informative cases for developing concepts and methods of general applicability, with high profile examples such as the Chesapeake Bay, Lake Erie, and the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone in the US; the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe; and Lake Taupo in New Zealand.

Author : M. Munawar,R. E. Hecky
Publisher : Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Mgmt Soc
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025773271

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The Great Lakes of the World (GLOW) by M. Munawar,R. E. Hecky Pdf

This compendium contains a wide variety of current research on temperate and tropical great lakes, with a common thread being the health and integrity of these important systems. The promise of this book is that it will enhance our understanding of how large lakes function, and thereby provide the tools necessary to ensure their continuing and viability.

Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 3070 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009445382

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Climate Change 2022 – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Pdf

The Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides a comprehensive assessment of the scientific literature relevant to climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. The report recognizes the interactions of climate, ecosystems and biodiversity, and human societies, and integrates across the natural, ecological, social and economic sciences. It emphasizes how efforts in adaptation and in reducing greenhouse gas emissions can come together in a process called climate resilient development, which enables a liveable future for biodiversity and humankind. The IPCC is the leading body for assessing climate change science. IPCC reports are produced in comprehensive, objective and transparent ways, ensuring they reflect the full range of views in the scientific literature. Novel elements include focused topical assessments, and an atlas presenting observed climate change impacts and future risks from global to regional scales. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author : Xinyi Liu,Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute,Shinya Shoda,Petra Vaiglova
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832519400

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Effects of novel environments on domesticated species by Xinyi Liu,Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute,Shinya Shoda,Petra Vaiglova Pdf

Author : Ruben Badalyan,Christine Chataigner,Armine Harutyunyan
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803270036

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The Neolithic Settlement of Aknashen (Ararat valley, Armenia) by Ruben Badalyan,Christine Chataigner,Armine Harutyunyan Pdf

This is the first monograph devoted to the Neolithic period in Armenia. The volume concerns the natural environment, material culture and subsistence economy of the populations of the first half of the 6th millennium BC, who established the first sedentary settlements in the alluvial plain of the Araxes river.

Author : Josep G. Canadell,Diane E. Pataki,Louis F. Pitelka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540327301

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Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World by Josep G. Canadell,Diane E. Pataki,Louis F. Pitelka Pdf

This book examines the impacts of global change on terrestrial ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on impacts of atmospheric, climate and land use change, and the book discusses the future challenges and the scientific frameworks to address them. Finally, the book explores fundamental new research developments and the need for stronger integration of natural and human dimensions in addressing the challenge of global change.

Author : Osvaldo E. Sala,Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-08-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0387952497

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Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment by Osvaldo E. Sala,Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald Pdf

Climatic change, conservation biology

Author : Pavel Kindlmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400718029

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Himalayan Biodiversity in the Changing World by Pavel Kindlmann Pdf

This book presents some results on selected taxa in the Himalayan region (mainly Nepal), pinpoints the threats to their survival and suggests ways how to avoid their extinction. Most chapters are based on graduate research projects – relatively long-term field studies. The data presented here can be a good source of updated information on the subject and will prove to be a very useful reference in future studies of Himalayan biodiversity. They also tend to pinpoint the existing gaps in our knowledge of this region. All the chapters are based on recent trends of biodiversity and conservation vision, so the book can be a potential alternative to the existing relatively older books with outdated vision and information. Its main goal, however, is to disseminate the information about biodiversity conservation problems in the Himalayan region among the people in the developed world.

Author : Ramesh D. Gulati,Eddy Lammens,Niels DePauw,Ellen Van Donk
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402063992

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Shallow Lakes in a Changing World by Ramesh D. Gulati,Eddy Lammens,Niels DePauw,Ellen Van Donk Pdf

This volume comprises the proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Shallow Lakes, held at Dalfsen, The Netherlands, in June 2005. The theme of the symposium was Shallow Lakes in a Changing World, and it dealt with water-quality issues, such as changes in lake limnology, especially those driven by eutrophication and pollution, increased nutrient loading and productivity, perennial blooms of cyanobacteria and loss of biodiversity.

Author : C. Hans Nelson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030718114

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Witness To A Changing Earth by C. Hans Nelson Pdf

This book is of interest to all of you willing to gain perspective both in time and in depth about the global environmental crises we are facing in the Anthropocene as well as pondering potential solutions. Humans are dominating the Earth’s environment and causing global changes in the most recent geologic time called the Anthropocene. Global changes are caused by both natural events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, or caused by humans like global warming and pollution of air, water, and soil. The author documents all types of global changes, beyond climate change, pointing out the risks for humanity when all these changes combine in time. Hans Nelson describes global changes while traveling through an earth scientist’s 60-year global journey. Throughout his memoirs, the author provides many humorous examples of adventures taking place during the scientific studies on land and at sea. He makes suggestions for a sustainable planet and shows that humans worldwide in the past, and can in the future, work together on solutions for global change problems. Students can use this book to learn about the many aspects of global change and methods that marine geologists use to obtain data on geologic hazards, resources, and environmental changes.

Author : Castanho, Rui Alexandre
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781799884842

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Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change, and Digitalization by Castanho, Rui Alexandre Pdf

In recent years, the world has been changing considerably. Within the many obstacles, barriers, and opportunities, three significant challenges should be considered for the future planning of our territories and cities: seeking to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), facing climate change, and performing a shift towards digitalization. Considering these three challenges, we can work toward a more sustainable future for the environment. The Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change, and Digitalization elaborates on sustainability issues in the planning and development field regarding the environment. This text promotes understanding about the dynamics, challenges, and opportunities for the new decade regarding our common future planning. Covering topics such as circular economy, economic-ecological principles, and sustainable resilience, this book is essential for academicians, researchers, policymakers, environmentalists, scientists, technicians, decision makers, practitioners, and students.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1597263370

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Invasive Species in a Changing World by Anonim Pdf

"Invasive Species in a Changing World provides readers with the background and knowledge they need to begin developing strategies to combat the invasive species problem, and it is essential reading for anyone concerned with the impact of invasive species on ecosystem health and functioning."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Col. Harjeet Singh (Retd)
Publisher : Pentagon Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 818274444X

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Pentagon's South Asia Defence and Strategic Year Book 2010 by Col. Harjeet Singh (Retd) Pdf

Pentagon's South Asia Defence and Strategic Yearbook is now in its fourth year of publication. It covers relevant issues of defence and security, military affairs and military technology written by experts and academicians themselves. These issues are important for defence services, foreign ministers and security experts spread among defence units, strategic think-tanks, government organisations / public sector units, national and international technology manufacturers and diplomats and bureaucrats. The book has been extremely well received and its circulation has grown tremendously in the last three years. It has been regularly reviewed in the USI Journal and other reputed journals and magazines. As The Book Review has commented: "In comparison to the other yearbooks, this book stands out due to the well documented opinion peices by the experienced people from the armed forces, think tanks and academics. It creats a space for dialogue on important topics..."