Category Archives: Natural Disasters

Marine Organic Matter: Biomarkers, Isotopes and DNA (The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry / Reactions and Processes)

The oceans contain a great biodiversity of marine organisms. They include a rich variety of unusual genes and biochemistries and hence a diverse array of organic compounds ranging from colourful carotenoids and chlorophylls to lipids with structures ranging from the … Continue reading

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Ecology of Baltic Coastal Waters (Ecological Studies)

The first comprehensive overview of the enormous ecological diversity of Baltic coastal ecosystems is presented in this volume provides. A short introduction into the Baltic Sea as a reference ecosystem is followed by detailed descriptions of the characteristics of coastal … Continue reading

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Air-Ice-Ocean Interaction: Turbulent Ocean Boundary Layer Exchange Processes

At a time when the polar regions are undergoing rapid and unprecedented change, understanding exchanges of momentum, heat and salt at the ice-ocean interface is critical for realistically predicting the future state of sea ice. By offering a measurement platform … Continue reading

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Global Catastrophes: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Life on earth will come to an end. It’s just a matter of when. Global Catastrophes: A Very Short Introduction focuses on the many potential catastrophes facing our planet and our species in the future, and looks at both the … Continue reading

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Climate Change Science Compendium 2009

“The Climate Change Science Compendium” is a review of some 400 major scientific contributions to our understanding of Earth Systems and climate that have been released through peer-reviewed literature or from research institutions over the last three years, since the … Continue reading

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Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation: Policy Guidance

The negative impacts of climate change will hit poor people and poor countries disproportionately, and further compromise the achievement of their development objectives. Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Co-operation provides essential information and advice on how to facilitate the … Continue reading

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Grassfires: Fuel, Weather and Fire Behaviour

Grassfires presents the latest information from CSIRO on the behavior and spread of fires in grasslands. This second edition follows ten years of research aimed at improving the understanding of fundamental processes involved in the behavior of bushfires and grassfires. … Continue reading

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Decision Support for Natural Disasters and Intentional Threats to Water Security (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security)

These proceedings summarize the results of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on water security. Multiple, disparate threats to water security exist. Decision support structures that provide effective means for avoiding and responding to potential or actual situations exist or are … Continue reading

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Why New Orleans Matters

In the aftermath of Katrina and the disaster that followed, promises were made, forgotten, and renewed. Now what will become of New Orleans in the years ahead? What do this proud, battered city and its people mean to America and … Continue reading

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Notable Natural Disasters (Magill’s Choice)

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