The Rhetorical Construction of Vegetarianism
This book explores themes in the rhetoric of vegetarian discourse. A vegan practice may help mitigate crises such as climate change, global health challenges, and sharpening socioeconomic disparities, by ensuring both fairness in the treatment of animals and food justice for marginalized populations.
Geothermal Energy
This book focuses on usage of geothermal energy in countries with low enthalpy reservoirs. It covers fundamentals of geothermal energy, classification of geothermal resources and their importance including reaction, production, potential assessment, perspective analysis, life cycle and environment assessments of Enhanced Geothermal Systems.
Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Invasive Aquatic Plants
This work tells us about the dynamics of the proliferation of invasive plants in the riverbed in the District of Bamako (Mali). The study aims to analyze the spatio-temporal dynamics of EABs in the Niger River bed at Bamako level between 2000 and 2018. The study also aims to assess the impact of VAE on river flow from 2000 to 2018. The methodological approach relies essentially on remote sensing through the acquisition of Landsat ETM+ and OLI satellite images via "earthexplorer.usgs.gov" and their processing for cartographic rendering. Based on a multi-date diachronic analysis, the study shows that the dynamics of VAE proliferation on the river are contrasted from one year to the next. Over the period 2000 - 2018, the study shows a decrease in VAE from March to September, but also inter-annual growth, with a spatial expansion rate of 15.50%.
Rivers, Mountains, Sky and Sea
Rivers, Mountains, Sky and Sea: The Materiality of Spirit and Place explores the many ways that human lives are shaped through association with the total environment - with land, sea and sky. At a time when environmental issues are top of the global agenda it is essential to understand how nature is imagined, how natural spaces are used and represented, and how we attribute value to the built environment.The chapters in this book are all based on material originally presented at a conference at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. They offer a timely reminder of the essential role that the natural world plays in determining how lives can be lived, drawing on a rich variety of locations and cultures. Together they demonstrate how environmental relationships are have always been fundamental to the creation of both sacred and mundane cultural spaces and places. In doing so, they form a celebration of people's relationships and conceptions of the world they dwell with and provide a reminder of our fundamental reliance on worldly materials. The book is aimed both at the general reader, along with students of ecology and the environment.
Climate Governance in China
This book explores how and why innovative climate policies spread across sub-national regions and between governance levels in China.
Higher Education and Sdg14
With sea levels rising, marine life disappearing, and global temperatures still climbing, the challenges of SDG14 are as vast and wide as the oceans themselves. Featuring timely work from leading universities, Higher Education and SDG14 offers a 'deep dive' into current geopolitical and sustainable affairs, as well as the critical role the higher education community can play in identifying and implementing planet-saving solutions. Addressing issues such as climate change, aquatic life, habitat management, and conservation, chapters offer key insights, including firsthand accounts from students, into universities' creative, mission-driven teaching and research. Showcasing the commitment of the aquatic and marine science agenda to fulfilling the core values of SDG14, the authors approach sustainability holistically with a special focus on environmental stewardship and responsibility. Uniting real-world crises with everyday research and learning, this pioneering work champions the importance of governance and global cooperation for enacting era-defining change and sustaining and protecting life below water. Higher Education and the Sustainable Development Goals is a series of 17 books that address each of the SDGs through the lens of higher education. Adopting a solutions-based approach, each book focuses on how higher education is advancing delivery of Agenda 2030. The series is edited by Wendy Purcell, Professor with Rutgers University and Academic Research Scholar with Harvard University; Emeritus Professor and University President Emerita.
Lahore in the 21st Century
Analysing the evolution of Lahore's social organization, culture and ideologies since Pakistan's independence in 1947, this book explores how social and cultural changes affect the social economy, spatial structure and the urban environment. It uncovers the internal dynamics and functional order of the city that sustain everyday life, despite its challenges and seemingly disorderly institutions. The book offers a strategic vision for the city's development that emphasizes equitable policies for public utilities and the built environment. In addition, the author proposes a complementary programme for social development and civic ethos.This book will be a valuable resource for academics and students in the fields of urban planning, geography, urban studies and sociology and those interested in the urbanism of the global south, particularly Pakistan.
Mainstreaming Gender in Global Climate Governance
This book explores the role of feminist activists in The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and highlights the progress they have made in mainstreaming gender as a key issue in global climate governance.
Smart Water Management
This book contributes to the debate about the suitability and challenges of the Smart Water Management approach. It includes examples of SWM systems in practice in diverse locations from Korea, Mexico, Paris, the Canary Islands and southern Africa, aimed at addressing a diverse set of problems, including monitoring water supply to refugees.
Life Cycle Assessment
This book offers an itemized analysis of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), for use in any processes, products, services, industries, organizations and so forth. Various challenges faced during applications of LCA, and its extension are discussed including their benefits. Further, the book provides practical examples of LCA in different core sectors, such as cement and construction. Each chapter functions as a stand-alone unit within the book and defines its individual role within the overall concept of LCA. Features: Covers Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and future challenges including its practical applications as climate change tool. Connects life cycle management and LCA/environmental management. Explains benefits of LCA studies for both internal and external purpose in terms of various impact parameters. Identifies different raw materials or alternate energy mediums for changing inputs to reduce environmental impacts. Discusses extension of LCA concept like LCC, LCSA, SCLA, and OLCA. This book is aimed at professionals in all engineering areas and environmental studies.
Development and Modification of New or Recycled Materials and Technological Processes toward Sustainable Development
LiptaiNumerous researchers are attempting to develop various recycling technologies to recover high-quality raw materials, while others are working on methods to reduce or prevent waste, or developing technologies to eliminate water, soil or air pollution. Many are looking for strategies to optimize technological processes to minimize their environmental impact or ensure that the outputs of these processes are products that will be efficiently recycled at the end of their life cycle. However, it should be noted that for these efforts to be impactful, collective contributions are necessary rather than relying on others to solve the problems.
Sacred Geography
Sacred Geography: Conversations with Place considers the meaning and nature of sacred spaces and landscapes. It asks profound questions, weaving together historical insights, philosophical musings, and contemporary studies to explore the sacredness embedded within our environments. In this volume, contributors explore these themes with a phenomenological approach, allowing places to speak for themselves. They ask: What draws life to a particular place? How do places maintain their identity and resist change? What sacredness do they hold, whether in the quiet solitude of a mountain or the bustling energy of a city street? Sacred Geography invites readers to view their surroundings with fresh eyes, to recognize the sacred in the mundane, and to appreciate the deep connections between land, sky, and human existence. Whether through ancient rituals or modern urban planning, this book offers a rich tapestry of thought, urging us to listen to the landscapes that shape our lives.
L'Eau Et l'Environnement Des Espaces Phoenicicoles
Cette 矇tude s'inscrit dans la probl矇matique de la d矇gradation des 矇cosyst癡mes fragiles et vuln矇rables face aux fluctuations climatiques et aux interventions humaines irrationnelles. Elle vise ? inventorier les acteurs institutionnels et les habitats de l'oasis de Tilouine au niveau du moyen Rh矇ris. La m矇thodologie adopt矇e se fonde sur l'矇laboration d'une probl矇matique, des lectures th矇oriques et des sorties exploratoires, des entretiens avec les acteurs et la collecte de donn矇es. L'analyse montre que la zone d'矇tude est marqu矇e par une diversit矇 topographique, g矇ologique et g矇omorphologique, impos矇e par sa situation g矇ographique, et un climat aride avec de faibles pr矇cipitations et de fortes temp矇ratures, entrainant la raret矇 de l'eau. L'homme s'est adapt矇 ? ces conditions par le d矇veloppement d'une activit矇 agricole oasienne durable. Cependant, l'analyse de la d矇mographie actuelle r矇v癡le des reculs pr矇occupants de la population et des mutations sociales, aggrav矇s par l'immigration continue et des infrastructures rudimentaires. L'矇tude montre aussi que la zone a 矇t矇 fortement affect矇e par des fluctuations climatiques instables et irr矇guli癡res, et tr癡s vuln矇rable.
Urban and peri-urban community gardening
The main aim of this work is to analyse how urban agriculture works, with an emphasis on community gardens, and to see if they are within the logic of the Solidarity Economy. The work also briefly discusses the definition of the concept of urban agriculture based on a theoretical foundation, defining the main advantages and disadvantages of the practice with a case study in Campinas. The specific objective was to understand the practices of self-management of resources at community level, analysing under the principles of solidarity and cooperation, how social and economic relations take place and how they requalify the meanings of work.
Natural phenomena in oil and gas fields
Accumulations of oil and gas are confined to natural traps, which are characterized by a complex internal structure, the fluid flow in which cannot be described within the framework of Darcy's law. When hydrocarbons penetrate into permeable sediments, heavy hydrocarbon fractions interact with porous media. The exploration and development systems used do not take these natural phenomena into account that causes a low completeness of oil and gas recovery and low reliability of oil and gas reserve estimates.
Lower G獺vea
The city of Rio de Janeiro has many forms of entertainment, including the gathering of friends around a table in a bar or restaurant. This activity, like other forms of leisure, leaves its mark and disposition in a certain space, among which the neighbourhood of G獺vea stands out, where it is customary to hold bohemian gatherings in Pra癟a Santos Dumont, popularly known as Baixo G獺vea. By investigating this agglomeration of bars, our aim is to unveil Baixo G獺vea through a geographical lens.
Strata
The epic stories of our planet's 4.54-billion-year history are written in strata--ages-old remnants of ancient seafloors, desert dunes, and riverbeds striping landscapes around the world. In this brilliantly original debut work, science writer Laura Poppick decodes strata to lead us on a journey through four global transformations that made our lives on Earth possible: the first accumulations of oxygen in the atmosphere; the deep freezes of "Snowball Earth"; the rise of mud on land and accompanying proliferation of plants; and the dinosaurs' reign on a hothouse planetPoppick introduces us to the researchers who have devoted their careers to understanding the events of deep time, including the world's leading stegosaur scientist. She travels to sites as various as a Minnesotan iron mine that runs half a mile deep and a corner of the Australian Outback where glacial deposits date from the coldest times on Earth. Ultimately, she demonstrates that the planet's oceans, continents, atmosphere, life, and ice have always conspired to bring stability to Earth, even if we are only just beginning to understand how these different facets interact.A work in the tradition of John McPhee, Strata allows us to observe how the planet has responded to past periods of environmental upheaval, and shows how Earth's ancient narratives could hold lessons for our present and future.
Bangladesh Geosciences and Resources Potential
This book comprehensively describes the depositional environments, current status and future prospect of the potential natural resources of Bangladesh. Individual chapters outline potential resources, including metallic minerals, coal, limestone, hydrocarbon, peat, placer deposits, surface and groundwater, and provide relevant references.
The Cultural Politics of Anti-Elitism
This book examines the highly ambivalent implications and effects of anti-elitism. It draws on this theme as a cross cutting entry point to provide transdisciplinary analysis of current conjunctures and their contradictions, drawing on examples from popular culture and media, politics, fashion, labour, and spatial arrangements.
Traffic volume study in the central region of Campo Grande
Population growth is constantly increasing exponentially, along with the number of cars in large cities. This means that traffic jams and accidents are frequent problems. This research was carried out in Campo Grande, the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul, which has one of the highest rates of vehicles per inhabitant. It analysed the city's most important roads, their capacity and the number of vehicles passing through each traffic light cycle.
The Dark Frontier
An awe-inspiring investigation into the hidden world of the deep sea--the most mysterious, unforgiving environment on Earth--whose secrets can radically revise our understanding of life itself and chart our planetary future. "A brilliant scientist and storyteller, Jeffrey Marlow takes us on a page-turning descent into the deepest mysteries on the planet."--Jack E. Davis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea The deep sea is our planet's last frontier. For most of human history, it was a vast, unknown realm that invoked awe and terror. And despite how much we've learned, it remains largely unexplored. In The Dark Frontier, marine microbiologist and explorer Jeffrey Marlow offers a new perspective on the power and beauty of the deep sea, beginning with the nineteenth-century discovery that the ocean's depths were teeming with life and shifting to more recent investigations of the kaleidoscopic ecology of hydrothermal vents, methane seeps, and whale falls. Marlow illuminates the ocean's scientific marvels, including microbes that breathe metal and fish that withstand crushing pressures, as well as theories about how underwater habitats may have been the cradle of life on Earth. He reveals the deep sea's microbial universes, worlds within worlds that have opened new possibilities of survival in extreme environments. The Dark Frontier is an engaging narrative journey grounded in Marlow's research and wide-ranging knowledge, together with insights from hundreds of experts, from deep-sea scientists to conservationists and UN diplomats. The book considers the twinned forces of exploration and exploitation, shining a light on deep-sea drilling and mining as well as the complexity of governing the high seas and their precious resources. In this authoritative and accessible account of ocean exploration, Marlow captures the wonder and potential of the deep sea, teaching us lessons that help navigate the future--not just for the remarkable creatures that live there but for those of us on the surface as well.
Mountainous West
Mountainous West, Denali to Pico de Orizaba includes the author's personal experiences within many of North America's highest mountains. They include Alaska's Denali; Rocky Mountain's Mount Revelstoke, The Whistlers, and the Grand Tetons; Cascade's magnificent Mount Rainier, Lassen, and Shasta; Death Valley's Panamint Mountains; Sky Islands include the Chiricahua, Santa Rita, and Chisos mountains; and also, Mexico's Pico de Orizaba, Volcan Fuego, and the Sierra Madre Chiapas.A number of wildlife encounters are included as well: Lynx at Denali; Bison at Yellowstone; Osprey and Moose at Grand Teton; White-tailed Ptarmigan at Rocky Mountain; Mexican Jay in the Santa Ritas, Montezuma Quail in the Davis Mountains, and Peregrine Falcon in Mexico's Maderas del Carmen.
Safety Evaluation of Dam and Geotechnical Engineering
Many dams and geotechnical engineering structures are built for hydraulic engineering purposes. Therefore, the safety of dams and geotechnical engineering structures is particularly important when it comes to the normal engineering operation. This Special Issue focuses on the safety evaluation of dams and geotechnical engineering structures in the hydraulics and hydrodynamics field. The relevant topics include static and dynamic analysis; reliability analysis; risk analysis; seismic analysis; safety precautions; safety monitoring; safety operation; and safety evaluation methods.
Feature Papers for Land Systems and Global Change Section
The aim of the following reprint is to provide a collection of seminal works that delve into the dynamics of land systems. The ten feature papers included offer a multifaceted exploration of the critical issues shaping our planet's landscapes. This reprint is an invaluable resource for academics, practitioners, and policymakers, containing the depth and breadth of research on land systems and global change and inspiring a collective quest for sustainable solutions.
Temporal Resolution, a Key Factor in Environmental Risk Assessment
The field of geomatics, which encompasses a range of techniques for the collection, analysis, and interpretation of spatial data, is undergoing a period of rapid growth. In recent years, spatial analysis tools have diversified and technologically advanced, allowing us to use satellite images with superior spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions. High-quality satellite images with excellent temporal resolution have enabled scientists to evaluate the effects of droughts, hailstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, deforestation, forest fires, mining accidents, pollution, hazardous material accidents, land-use changes, social events, urbanization, wars, and more. Moreover, a consistent long-term database of satellite images has provided researchers the opportunity to analyze these phenomena historically, facilitating the evaluation of long-term changes in local natural parameters in relation to recent global environmental changes.The research published in this reprint investigates critical environmental phenomena, including ecological vulnerability (assessing ecosystems' sensitivity to stressors), flood risk modeling, the analysis of urban development impacts, monitoring glacier shrinkage and associated hazards, evaluating arable land vulnerability to drought, identifying fire-affected regions, and understanding dynamics in coastal areas. The solutions developed here can be used in environmental management practices worldwide. In summary, geospatial technologies serve as powerful tools for unraveling the intricate dynamics of our planet, contributing to sustainable practices and informed decision-making across borders.
Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling during Earthquake Preparation
This Reprint is concerned with the problems of earthquake (EQ) precursors, short-term EQ prediction, and related fundamental scientific physics. EQ prediction (especially short-term prediction) is one of the most challenging subjects in the field of geosciences, and in the last few decades, researchers have achieved a lot of significant progress in various EQ precursors found not only in the lithosphere but also in the atmosphere and ionosphere. Further, the uppermost layer of ionosphere is found to be very sensitive to pre-EQ lithospheric activity, according to data from subionospheric VLF/LF propagation, ionosonde, and TEC observations, as well as satellite in situ observations, leading to the generation of a new intrinsic concept of lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere coupling (LAIC). Several hypotheses have already been proposed to explain the LAIC process by making full use of satellite- and ground-based multi-parameter observations, but we are still far from having a complete understanding, and this topic needs further extensive investigation. This Reprint offers new contributions to the LAIC process by presenting 12 papers, most of which deal with the latest findings and achievements related to the study of the LAIC process based on multi-parameter and multi-layer observations, and one of them recommends the use of artificial intelligence in the identification of EQ precursors. We hope that this Reprint will provide you with a new direction for short-term EQ prediction studies and encourage the production of further extensive seismo-electromagnetic studies in the future.
Advanced Research on the Sustainable Maritime Transportation
This Reprint provided a platform for researchers to share their latest findings and insights on sustainable maritime transportation. It covers a wide range of topics related to sustainable maritime transportation, including the following: Green shipping technologies: it explores the latest developments in green shipping technologies, such as alternative fuels, energy-efficient propulsion systems, and emission reduction technologies. Maritime safety: It refers to the measures and practices that are put in place to prevent accidents and incidents at sea. One of the key areas is the use of autonomous vessels. Another area is the use of data analytics. Sustainable port operations: this Special Issue also covers sustainable port operations, including the use of renewable energy sources, waste management, and sustainable logistics. Environmental impact assessment: this Special Issue includes studies on the environmental impact of maritime transportation, such as the impact of shipping on marine ecosystems and the effects of climate change on shipping. Overall, this Special Issue provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research on sustainable maritime transportation and highlights the importance of sustainable practices in the maritime industry.
The Dynamics of E-waste Disposal
The intensification of production and the use of technology, fostered by the industrial revolutions, has increased access to the consumption of technological products. Thus, with a view to dealing with solid waste, including electronic waste, in 2010 Brazil implemented Law 12.305, which established the national solid waste policy and enabled the creation of municipal policies. In this sense, the municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes instituted its municipal solid waste policy in 2011 by means of Law 8.232. The aim of this study is therefore to analyze the dynamics of dumping and collecting e-waste at the public points specified by the municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes. In order to achieve the proposed objective, a quantitative-qualitative study was carried out, in which national and municipal legislation relating to e-waste was analyzed. Visits were also made to the municipality's collection points and questionnaires were administered via Google forms to the population living in the municipality's main district, using snowball sampling. The work revealed that there is a need to expand e-waste collection points in Campos dos Goytacazes.
Climate change
According to recent World Bank studies, climate change could cause the displacement of 216 million people within their respective countries by 2050; and that climate change could reduce crop yields, generating food insecurity; the agricultural sector being considered as fundamental to address climate change. The COP28 climate summit in Dubai concluded with a historic agreement that marks a significant step forward in the fight against climate change. The agreement, reached after days of negotiations, calls on all nations to abandon fossil fuels, measures aimed at limiting temperature rise to 1.5簞C above pre-industrial levels. EuroNews (2023).the work will be addressed through the review of documents related to the Research Topic.
Governing Climate
After decades of debate about global warming, the fact of the climate crisis is finally widely accepted. People at all scales--from the household to the global market--are attempting to govern climate to deal with its causes and impacts. Although the stakes are different now, governing climate is centuries old. In this book, Zeke Baker develops a genealogy of climate science that traces the relationship between those who have created knowledge of the climate and those who have attempted to gain power and govern society, right up to the present, historic moment. Baker draws together over two centuries of science, politics, and environmental change to demonstrate the "co-production" of climate knowledge and power-seeking activity, with a focus on the United States. This book provides a fresh account of contemporary issues transecting science and climate politics, specifically the rise of "climate security," and examines how climate science can either facilitate or reconcile the unequal distribution of power and resources.
Urban resilience in Morocco in the face of of globalization
This book offers a multiscalar, transdisciplinary analysis of urban resilience in Morocco, drawing on the most recent theoretical and methodological contributions to this rapidly expanding field of research. It aims to decipher the complex mechanisms underlying the capacity of Moroccan cities to absorb shocks, adapt to change and transform in the face of the challenges of globalization.Using a systemic approach, it explores the interactions between the various components of urban resilience and the strategies implemented by local players to enhance the robustness and flexibility of urban systems.
The Yosemite
'All these colours, from the blue sky to the yellow valley smoothly blending as they do in a rainbow, making a wall of light ineffably fine.'Having spent significant time obsessively exploring and learning about the Sierra, John Muir's passion for and belief in preserving the wilderness steadily grew. He believed that excessive grazing and logging would result in its eventual destruction, and so campaigned to designate the area as a protected national park.In 1890, the US Congress passed the National Park Bill, and the Yosemite and Sequoia national parks were established. At the time of writing, Muir's views on conservation of the wilderness were totally radical; today, environmental activists are too often brushed aside in favour of something faster, easier, and cheaper.Muir not only educates us in the particulars of the botanicals of this spectacular landscape, but also inadvertently traps us in his web of enthusiasm for the beauty and significance of Mother Nature. The Yosemite gives us the tools to construct a detailed mental map of the Sierra, and leaves us with the resolution to be more compassionate and environmentally mindful.First published in 1912, and with a new introduction from Muir authority Terry Gifford, the message in The Yosemite is perhaps more pertinent now than it ever was. There is a lot to thank Muir for, not least opening our eyes to the earth beneath our feet.
The Mountains of California
'How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! To behold this alone is worth the pains of any excursion a thousand times over.'John Muir is known internationally for his dedication to protecting the environment and for founding The Sierra Club in 1892. His first book, as Muir authority Terry Gifford writes in the foreword, 'became the bible of the fledgling Sierra Club, which is now a major national environmental activists' organisation with branches in every corner of America'.The Mountains of California not only details Muir's visits to the magnificent mountains along the Sierra Nevada Range, which he affectionately calls 'The Range of Light', but also the stunning glaciers, forests and landscapes that he encounters: 'Climbing higher, I saw for the first time the gradual dwarfing of the pines in compliance with climate ... patches of the dwarf vaccinium with its round flowers sprinkled in the grass like purple hail; while in every direction the landscape stretched sublimely away in fresh wildness: a manuscript written by the hand of nature alone.'Throughout the book, Muir's philosophy of nature's ability to soothe and amaze is evident. He heart-warmingly discusses at length how his encounters with animals, such as the Douglas squirrel, cheered him so. This is a truly beautiful read; Muir's writing, embedded with emotion, wit, and at times, humour, will never fail to speak to his reader.The enthusiasm contained within these pages is infectious, and as well as making a powerful read, Muir will inspire you, too, to 'come and see' the innumerable delights that nature can offer: 'The best words only hint at [California's] charms. Come to the mountains and see.'
My First Summer in the Sierra
'Divine beauty all. Here I could stay tethered forever with just bread and water, nor would I be lonely.' In the summer of 1869, John Muir joined a group of shepherds in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains, that he might study and expand his knowledge of the plants, animals and rocks he found there. My First Summer in the Sierra - first published in 1911 - is the detailed and colourful diary he kept while tending sheep and exploring the wilderness. Muir's account tracks his experiences in the Yosemite Valley and the High Sierra alongside faithful companion Carlo the St Bernard, describing the majestic landscapes and the flora and fauna of the area with the excitement and wonder of a child. From sleeping on silver-fir-bough mattresses to goading wild bears, and valuing everything from tiny pebbles to giant sequoia, he truly immerses himself and falls in love with the wilderness. Muir's enthusiasm is infectious, and over 100 years on his environmental message is more pertinent than ever. With a new introduction from Muir authority Terry Gifford, My First Summer in the Sierra is an enchanting and informative read for anyone passionate about the natural world and its splendours.
Daraban Leucogranite
Daraban Leucogranite rocks are cropped out in different locations within the host harzburgite ultramafic rock units of Mawat ophiolite complex, within the Zagros Suture Zone of northeastern Iraq. They are appeared as small discontinuous dikes or boss like. Petrographically, they have the composition of granite. Potassium feldspar, quartz, plagioclase, muscovite and tourmaline are the major phases, and the accessory minerals are biotite, zircon, monazite, apatite, xenotime and Fe-Ti oxides. In the Daraban Leucogranite, potassium feldspar is orthoclase and microcline, and plagioclase is albite (An0-5). For the first time tourmaline has been recorded and classified as dravite to schorlite type. Muscovite is of primary muscovite type i.e. it is magmatic muscovite. Biotite grains are meroxene in the core of the body with syn-serpentinization phlogopite along the contact of Daraban Leucogranite with host rocks.
Why Trees?
Trees are both amazing and vital. Their intricate, complex processes benefit humanity in so many ways, especially in cities, where populations are on the rise. Why Trees? is a non-fiction book about how to keep our urban trees healthy. It is an engaging, pleasurable read, packed with information about these endangered climate champions. Trees are beacons of hope for our future. We must reframe how we view these magnifient structures so they are given a higher priority. A short collection of captivating articles takes the reader on a journey through the many wonders and benefits of living with trees in an urban environment. The author highlights the fundamental needs that must be met for young trees to grow a healthy root system. With that strong foundation, they can thrive, live their full lifespan, and provide us with a healthy urban canopy and ecosystem. Readers will be informed, educated, and motivated to recognize and share the wonder and importance of trees and their role in the future.
Sand Up Close
Sand Up Close: Aesthetics, Philosophy, and Science explores microscopical pictures of sand grains worldwide, blending scientific rigor, personal anecdotes, and cultural insights. Richly illustrated, the book offers unique perspectives on sand's beauty and diverse landscapes. Features: Over 700 microphotographs showcasing sand grains' beauty. Information on the cosmic origins of sand. Detailed exploration of sand's origins, environmental impact, and cultural significance. Examination of sand's composition, including grain size, density, mineral content, and formation. Insights into sand's landscapes, from deserts to beaches to glacial terrains. Discussion of living organisms in relation to sand. Thought-provoking essays blending scientific observation with cultural commentary and reflections on Goethe's philosophy of the interconnectedness of nature. Appeals to natural-history enthusiasts, artists, and beachgoers curious about sand. Perfect as a coffee-table book or sedimentology primer.
Crossings
Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they're practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In Crossings, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb travels throughout the United States and around the world to investigate how roads have transformed our planet. A million animals are killed by cars each day in the U.S. alone, but as the new science of road ecology shows, the harms of highways extend far beyond roadkill. Creatures from antelope to salmon are losing their ability to migrate in search of food and mates; invasive plants hitch rides in tire treads; road salt contaminates lakes and rivers; and the very noise of traffic chases songbirds from vast swaths of habitat.Yet road ecologists are also seeking to blunt the destruction through innovative solutions. Goldfarb meets with conservationists building bridges for California's mountain lions and tunnels for English toads, engineers deconstructing the labyrinth of logging roads that web national forests, animal rehabbers caring for Tasmania's car-orphaned wallabies, and community organizers working to undo the havoc highways have wreaked upon American cities.Today, as our planet's road network continues to grow exponentially, the science of road ecology has become increasingly vital. Written with passion and curiosity, Crossings is a sweeping, spirited, and timely investigation into how humans have altered the natural world--and how we can create a better future for all living beings.
Why Trees?
Trees are both amazing and vital. Their intricate, complex processes benefit humanity in so many ways, especially in cities, where populations are on the rise. Why Trees? is a non-fiction book about how to keep our urban trees healthy. It is an engaging, pleasurable read, packed with information about these endangered climate champions. Trees are beacons of hope for our future. We must reframe how we view these magnifient structures so they are given a higher priority. A short collection of captivating articles takes the reader on a journey through the many wonders and benefits of living with trees in an urban environment. The author highlights the fundamental needs that must be met for young trees to grow a healthy root system. With that strong foundation, they can thrive, live their full lifespan, and provide us with a healthy urban canopy and ecosystem. Readers will be informed, educated, and motivated to recognize and share the wonder and importance of trees and their role in the future.
Repairing the Climate
Climate change is triggered by a too high concentration of greenhouse gases in the air, carbon dioxide in particular, primarily originating from fossil fuel-burning. Since such burning will not stop any time soon, the concentration will undoubtedly rise further, exacerbating climate change.
Surface Waves and Discontinuities
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Climate seasonality and respiratory diseases
The seasonal nature of the climate, combined with unhealthy air conditions such as low relative humidity, particulate matter and aerosol gases, are the main preponderant factors for the occurrence of respiratory diseases in the city of Barreiras, especially in the drier months from July to October, when the population is exposed to the most critical conditions. The aim is to understand how the occurrence of respiratory diseases is related to the weather conditions produced by the seasonal climate.
Protected Species and Biodiversity
This book looks at the need for properly collected protected species surveys data to accompany planning applications. In the detailed tables that fill half of the book, it provides a single source of guidance suitable for use by planners, householders and ecological consultants alike.
The environmental issue in Belo Horizonte's Master Plan
The environmental issue is becoming increasingly important in the contemporary world, due to the environmental impacts of urban-industrial society. In this context, urban planning, with the Masterplan as an essential instrument, is important for land-use planning and improving the population's quality of life through the sustainable development of the urban environment. However, in order to understand the environmental issue within a city, it is necessary to go much further than what is described in the Masterplan. It is necessary to understand the origin of the municipality and how urban space was appropriated and planned. In addition, it is also necessary to analyse the relationship that people have with the urban environment, with the natural environment within it and its importance for society. These are the topics that this book aims to address, as well as critically analysing how the environment is addressed within a city's Master Plan, specifically here, the city of Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais.
The Spatial Dynamics and Materialisation of German Culture in Feliz/RS
Various authors point out that all geographical facts have a cultural contribution. In this context, this research study focused on the municipality of Feliz/RS, which is characterised by the significant presence of German descendants. In this way, this work was established as a way of approaching the cultural theme within the academic field, providing new questions about this topic, which is relevant in the studies and research of Cultural Geography.
Reallocating natural ecosystems
Reallocation is a technique applied to natural ecosystems that have reached the irreversible threshold (degraded or desertified ecosystems) at which restoration or rehabilitation cannot rebuild the original ecosystem. This technique is based on the introduction of allochthonous species, and generally leads to a new ecosystem different from the pre-existing one, known as a "constructed ecosystem". In the arid and desert zones of Tunisia, under the arid Mediterranean and Saharan bioclimate, the degradation of natural ecosystems has reached the irreversibility threshold, and restoration or rehabilitation techniques can no longer return these ecosystems to their initial state. The bioclimatic limit for successful rehabilitation of natural ecosystems in Tunisia's arid and desert zones is the lower understorey of the Mediterranean arid bioclimate. The climatic limit is an annual rainfall of at least 150 mm.
The Rare Metals War
The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth's most precious metals -- but they are running out. And what will happen when they do? The green-tech revolution has been lauded as the silver bullet to a new world. One that is at last free of oil, pollution, shortages, and cross-border tensions. Now updated after several years of research across a dozen countries, this book cuts across conventional green thinking to probe the hidden, dark side of green technology. By breaking free of fossil fuels, we are in fact setting ourselves up for a new dependence -- on rare metals such as cobalt, gold, and palladium. They are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels, our smartphones, computers, tablets, and other everyday connected objects. China has captured the lion's share of the rare metals industry, but consumers know very little about how they are mined and traded, or their environmental, economic, and geopolitical costs. The Rare Metals War is a vital expos矇 of the ticking time-bomb that lies beneath our new technological order. It uncovers the reality of our lavish and ambitious environmental quest that involves risks as formidable as those it seeks to resolve.
False Alarm
An "essential" (Times UK) and "meticulously researched" (Forbes) book by "the skeptical environmentalist" argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Arctic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children panic about their future, and adults wonder if it is even ethical to bring new life into the world. Enough, argues bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg. Climate change is real, but it's not the apocalyptic threat that we've been told it is. Projections of Earth's imminent demise are based on bad science and even worse economics. In panic, world leaders have committed to wildly expensive but largely ineffective policies that hamper growth and crowd out more pressing investments in human capital, from immunization to education. In a new epilogue, Lomborg brings the story up to date, showing the ineffective and costly environmental policies of the Biden administration. False Alarm will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong. It points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all.
