Handbook of Environmental Research, Hardcover by Edelstein, Aurel (EDT); Bar,...

Handbook of Environmental Research, Hardcover by Edelstein, Aurel (EDT); Bar, Dagmar (EDT), ISBN 1607414929, ISBN-13 9781607414926, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UKDespite what the title might suggest, the 22 studies describe not methods for environmental research, but from findings from it. Scientists and some engineers from formal environmental sciences, but also those investigating environmental issues from the perspective of natural or biological sciences, either report the results of original research, or review the literature on particular questions. Among the topics are research studies on exhaust emission from the heavy duty diesel engine fueled by biodiesel, lessons from genetics on preserving the biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems in a scenario of increasing desertification, how phytocaps reduce methane emission from landfills, internalizing externalities of energy systems in a comprehensive modeling approach to re-orienting the choices of energy-economics markets, assessment and monitoring tools for urban and forest trees, the role of salt marsh plants and microorganisms in sediment metal biogeochemistry, and using ground-penetrating radar to investigate pollutant leakage at Songshuling Landfill in Huzhou. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()