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Pedology
Eric C. Brevik, David C. Weindorf, Cynthia Stiles
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
PedologyIntroductionIn modern soil science pedology is widely viewed as the study of soils in their natural environment. Pedology has a fairly lengthy...
Periglacial Environments
Hugh French
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-09-29
Periglacial Environments Introduction Periglacial environments are cold non-glacial environments characterized by frost action. They include t...
Permafrost
Ellen Wohl
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2021-07-28
PermafrostIntroductionPermafrost is permanently frozen ground that remains continuously below 0 °C for two or more years. The upper level of permafros...
Physics, Environmental
Michael H. Unsworth
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
Environmental PhysicsIntroductionIn this article, environmental physics is defined as the branch of physics concerned with the measurement and analysi...
Psychology, Environmental
Alexander Maki
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
Environmental PsychologyIntroductionPsychology is often defined as the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Given this definition, psychology is...
Remote Sensing
Frank D. Eckardt
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Remote Sensing Introduction This article on remote sensing or earth observation focuses on mapping and monitoring systems that produce global-...
Resilience
Craig Allen, Ahjond S. Garmestani, David Angeler
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
ResilienceIntroductionResilience is an important framework for understanding and managing complex systems of people and nature that are subject to abr...
Riparian Zone
Futoshi Nakamura
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2014-10-28
Riparian ZoneIntroductionThe word “riparian” is derived from the Latin word “riparius,” meaning of or belonging to the bank of a river. “Riparian zone...
River Pollution
Ellen Wohl
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
River Pollution Introduction People who are not researchers are most likely to intersect environmental science in the context of protecting or...
Rivers
Ellen Wohl
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
Rivers Introduction River networks, and even individual river segments, are complex ecosystems that can be studied from many perspectives. Arg...
Rivers and Their Cultural Values: Assessing Cultural Water Requirements
Sue Jackson
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2021-09-22
Rivers and Their Cultural Values: Assessing Cultural Water RequirementsIntroductionWater has always been culturally significant. Throughout history, h...
Rivers, Effects of Dams on
Andrew Wilcox
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
Effects of Dams on RiversIntroductionThe focus of this annotated bibliography is on the physical and Ecological Effects of dams on rivers. Thousands o...
Rivers, Restoration of Physical Integrity of
Lina E. Polvi, Daniel W. Baker
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Restoration of Physical Integrity of RiversIntroductionPhysical integrity for rivers refers to a set of active fluvial processes and landforms wherein...
Rulemaking
Sara R. Rinfret, Jeffrey Cook
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2014-10-28
RulemakingIntroductionRulemaking is the process by which federal or state agencies translate vague congressional statues into rules of law. The federa...
Sea Level Rise
Anny Cazenave
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-04-29
Sea Level RiseIntroductionSea level is the height of the sea surface expressed either in a geocentric reference frame (absolute sea level) or with res...
Secondary Forests in Tropical Environments
Lian Pin Koh
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Secondary Forests in Tropical Environments Introduction Secondary forests are becoming a biologically and economically important land cover on...
Security, Energy
Aleh Cherp, Farhad Mukhtarov
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-03-10
Energy Security Introduction Energy security is a multidisciplinary field which overlaps with engineering and energy systems analysis, earth s...
Security, Environmental
Christopher A. Scott, Bhuwan Thapa
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Environmental Security Introduction Environmental security, as a subset of broader concerns over human security, is addressed from the discipl...
Security, Water
Farhad Mukhtarov, Aleh Cherp
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-03-10
Water Security Introduction In the post–Cold War era, the concept of water security referred to the potential dangers of conflict over water r...
Sediment Budgets and Sediment Delivery Ratios in River Systems
Gary Brierly, Jon Tunnicliffe
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2016-07-27
Sediment Budgets and Sediment Delivery Ratios in River SystemsIntroductionThe term sediment flux refers to sediment movement through landscapes. Analo...
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