For millennia, Indigenous Australians have engineered the landscape with sophisticated knowledge. This book recognizes their ingenuity, grounded in sustainability and respect, and presents a much-needed challenge to a Western engineering worldview.
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges threatening Earth. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this textbook combines the scientific principles of climate change with the Water-Energy-Food-Health (WEFH) Nexus to help develop long-term strategies for the future.
This book deepens the theoretical understanding of mesoscale dynamics with new research results. By integrating theory with practice, it introduces forecast methods for rainstorms and other disastrous weathers. For operational forecasters, researchers, and students.
This book focuses on the physical processes in the World Ocean which regulate natural climate variability. It analyses Atlantic and Indo-Pacific signals and assesses the ocean’s role in the recent hiatus of global warming and the probability of abrupt climate change.
Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment
Good EIA reports are crucial for sustainable decision-making, but guidelines on quality are lacking. This book, based on a review of over 150 reports, bridges that gap. It describes the features of a good quality EIA report, with case studies to help professionals prepare them.
This book travels back in time to describe the utilization of materials both familiar and arcane. It explores their practical history in mining, metallurgy and crafts, with evidence from archaeology and geology, portraying the advances that led to modern materials science.
This book proposes a model of the global carbon cycle linking the Earth’s crust and the biosphere. It shows how periodic carbon dioxide injections from colliding tectonic plates control photosynthesis, explaining mass extinctions, “explosions of life,” and oil distribution.
Entropy, Seismology and the View of Cosmology
To understand the universe, we must look not to space, but to what is hidden under our feet. Regularities in Earth’s seismicity, revealed by new seismic parameters, lead to a theory of entropy seismology with applications in earthquake prediction and even modern physics.
Why We Study the Physics of the Ocean
This book reviews physical oceanography, from its history to its future challenges. It relates the physics of the ocean to topical issues like climate change and ocean forecasting, helping you understand how the ocean fits into the complex system of the global environment.
Geological and seismic activity alters hydrogen and methane flows from the ground, changing the air’s electrical characteristics. This book uses field observations to illustrate how atmospheric-electrical monitoring can be used to solve problems in geophysics.
The author studies dynamic processes in lithospheric plates, developing a mathematical apparatus based on Laplace and Fourier transforms. This collection of articles is for geophysics researchers and senior students, and is recommended reading for university geodynamics courses.
A Synthesis of the Galápagos
This distinctive volume synthesizes the latest evolutionary research in the Galápagos. It explores human-nature conflicts, conservation, and predicts the destiny of the islands’ biodiversity under climate change, urbanization, and tourism, illustrated with over 260 figures.
Mineral Resources in Iceland
This book honors the Icelandic coal miners who helped their nation survive the World Wars. The first overview of its kind, it covers the history of coal mining in Iceland, from the largest commercial galleries to the small pits used by local farmers.
Large Dam and River Dynamics
This book explores fluvial geomorphology and its role in floodplain management. It details quantitative and statistical techniques for analyzing river dynamics and highlights applications in managing land and water resources. For researchers, planners, and policy makers.
This book describes the physics and modeling of the near-Earth medium and its disturbances from seismic and solar sources. It explores the coupling between the Earth’s solid and gaseous shells, providing a basis for natural disaster prediction. For scientists and students.
Lost World of Rēkohu
Lost World of Rēkohu explores the extraordinary fossil record of the Chatham Islands. This ancient land was forested with dinosaurs, and its warm waters hosted the largest sea monsters that ever lived—a tale of life in Zealandia never told before.
This book presents a theory of infrasound propagation in the atmosphere’s fine-scale layered structure. It explains experimental data from pulsed sources by developing a theory of how anisotropic inhomogeneities are formed by internal gravity waves and vortex structures.
Arrivals of Life to the Galápagos
Discover the Galápagos, from its first sighting to Darwin’s famous visit, Melville’s enchanted isles, and a secret WWII military base. This work intertwines history with the geology and unique organisms of the archipelago, brought to life with over 250 figures.
These papers on northern Russia’s Ice Age reveal former arctic ice sheets and a unique Siberian glaciation. They tackle the debated size and age of the last glaciation, crucial for global climate models, early human migration, and even the distribution of petroleum reserves.
Reflecting on our Changing Climate, from Fear to Facts
This book reflects on how “climate change” has become a euphemism for “carbon dioxide emissions.” Focusing solely on CO2 overlooks other complex factors contributing to extreme weather. It argues for a broader view, useful for students, researchers and policy makers.