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A strongly interdisciplinary and wide-ranging survey of the environment of life on Earth: the most authoritative and comprehensive source on environmental science to be collected together in a single volume. Unique in presenting both a basic overview and detailed information on environmental topics. Entries are arranged in an encyclopedic A-Z format and contain extensive cross-references to related entries, as well as references to primary and secondary literature. Over 370 separate entries prepared by 228 leading experts from 25 countries. Incorporates 25 substantial in-depth treatments of key areas and also includes biographies of leading scientists and environmentalists. Contains a comprehensive subject index and a citation index of all referenced authors. The Encyclopedia of Environmental Science is a multidisciplinary reference work, which crosses many fields of interest and includes a wide variety of scholarly and authoritative articles on mankind's environment. It provides information on the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and geosphere and is careful to focus on the connections between these realms and the Earth as a whole. Taken as a whole, the Encyclopedia surveys basic environmental science and applied areas of study, and is drawn from the physical sciences, life sciences and social sciences. The 228 authors from 25 different countries, many of whom are the leading authorities in their field, include biologists, ecologists, geographers, geologists, political scientists, soil scientists, hydrologists, climatologists, and representatives of many other disciplines and academic specialties. The work, which is amply referenced and cross-referenced, consists of substantial essays on major topics, medium-sized entries and short definitional entries. The shorter entries include useful biographies of leading scientists and environmentalists. The Encyclopedia will be invaluable to all readers interested in the environment of life on Earth, its past, present and future, and its physical and social dimensions. The text provides a source of well-classified basic information as well as covering the leading theories and important debates in the environmental sciences. In addition, the book also includes assessments of the future prospects for the Earth's environment in the face of pollution, population increases and the accelerating transformation of land, air, water and vegetational systems. The Encyclopedia is unique in presenting both a basic overview and detailed information on environmental topics and is suitable for the general scientific reader and the specialized environmental scientist in academic institutions, research laboratories or private practice.

The mining environment, medical geology and urban geochemistry form a group of related scientific disciplines that have developed strongly during recent years in the Nordic countries. Modern legislation controls the environmental issues. Close co-operation of researchers and legislators has improved the quality and safety of life in the societies of the Nordic countries. In mining environmental studies, methods that are suitable in Arctic conditions have been developed; in medical geology, the input from the Nordic countries has made it an appreciated scientific discipline throughout the world, and in the case of the urban environment, methods developed by our geochemists have especially improved the health conditions, particularly of children. ; Validerad; 2008; 20080825 (ysko)

"This handbook presents 10 years of research on contaminants affecting lands and waters within heavily urbanized. It integrates research and professional practice from the fields of environmental geology, geochemistry, risk analysis, hydrology, and urban planning and offers knowledge on improving watershed management practices and urban development. It explains different aspects of urban land and water contamination; including sources, extents, and risks. The text includes case studies on successful and unsuccessful approaches to contaminant remediation, as well as practical methods for environmental risk assessment"--

Intro -- MOUNTAINS: GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS -- MOUNTAINS: GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: REVISITING MOUNTAIN AREAS -- ABSTRACT -- MOUNTAIN AREAS IN THE GLOBAL AGENDA: IMPORTANCE AND RAISING AWARENESS -- CONCEPTUALIZING MOUNTAIN AREAS -- EUROPEAN MOUNTAIN AREAS -- PORTUGAL'S MOUNTAIN AREAS -- DEFENDING THE MOUNTAIN AGENDA: TURNING SPECIFICITIES INTO STRENGTHS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: THE USE OF REMOTE SENSING FOR ANALYZING GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN MOUNTAINS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- REMOTE SENSING DATA AND METHODS -- THE AREA OF INTEREST -- ANALYZING GEOLOGY BASED ON REMOTE SENSING DATA -- ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN MOUNTAINS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: SIERRA NEVADA RANGE, THE BIODIVERSITY LEGACY OF THE SOUTHERNMOST EUROPEAN GLACIATED MOUNTAIN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SIERRA NEVADA: THE SOUTHERNMOST GLACIER IN EUROPE -- CHARACTERISTICS OF SIERRA NEVADA HIGH-MOUNTAIN LAKES -- HOLOCENE VEGETATION AND CLIMATE IN SIERRA NEVADA -- THE ORIGIN OF SIERRA NEVADA PLANT BIODIVERSITY -- CURRENT VEGETATION OF THE SIERRA NEVADA -- LIKELY DYNAMICS OF SCOTS PINE AT ITS SOUTHERNMOSTRANGE LIMIT (SIERRA NEVADA) IN THE SOUTHERN IBERIANPENINSULA UNDER A GLOBAL-CHANGE SCENARIO -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: CLIMATE OR TOPOGRAPHY: TOPOGRAPHYOF MOUNTAINS AS BASIS OF MODERN GLACIERVARIATIONS, EXEMPLIFIED BY 6500 UP TO 8000MHIGH SUMMITS IN HIGH ASIA - EVIDENCESOF HOLOCENE AND HISTORY AS WELLAS CURRENT GLACIAL STAGES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION: TOPOGRAPHY AND GLACIERS AS WELL AS GLACIERS AND CLIMATE -- 2. THE EMPIRICAL EXAMPLES OF HIGH LARGE MOUNTAINS AS GLACIER NOURISHING AREAS IN DIFFERENT CLIMATE REGIONS OF HIGH ASIA.