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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...
Sediment Regime and River Morphodynamics
Jon Tunnicliffe, Gary Brierly
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2016-10-27
Sediment Regime and River MorphodynamicsIntroductionMorphodynamics is the study of the feedbacks between the geomorphic processes that transfer sedime...
Semiarid Environments
Sharon E. Nicholson
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Semiarid Environments Introduction The world’s semi-arid regions are expected to be among those most sensitive to future climate change and in...
Soil Salinization
Pichu Rengasamy
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2014-11-25
Soil Salinization Introduction Soils are made up of inorganic and organic compounds inclusive of living organisms. Soil salinization is the ac...
Soils as an Environmental System
Eldor Paul, Sherri Morris
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-11-30
Soils as an Environmental System Introduction Soil, the living surface of planet Earth, sustains nearly all life on the terrestrial surface. I...
Spatial Statistics
Daniel A. Griffith, Yongwan Chun
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2019-11-26
Spatial StatisticsIntroductionSpatial statistics (SS)—statistics that address and account for the correlations among georeferenced observations arisin...
Stream Mitigation Banking
Rebecca Lave
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2021-03-24
Stream Mitigation BankingIntroductionStream mitigation banking is a market-based approach for managing negative impacts on fluvial systems under Secti...
Sustainable Finance
Matthew Archer
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2019-07-31
Sustainable FinanceIntroductionSustainable finance refers to the integration of environmental, social, and governance (or ESG) considerations in proce...
Sustainable Forestry, Economics of
Roger A. Sedjo
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
Economics of Sustainable ForestryIntroductionThe concept of sustainable forest systems finds its origins in the European concept of sustainable yield ...
Technological and Hybrid Disasters
Matthias Beck
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2019-08-28
Technological and Hybrid DisastersIntroductionTechnological disasters are typically defined as events caused by the malfunctioning of a technological ...
The Key Role of Energy in Economic Growth
Robert U. Ayres, Paul E. Brockway, Emmanuel Aramendia
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2019-09-25
The Key Role of Energy in Economic GrowthIntroductionMost articles on energy and economics focus on aspects such as the price of petroleum, the cost o...
Thresholds and Tipping Points
Vasilis Dakos
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Ecological Transitions: Regime Shifts, Thresholds and Tipping PointsIntroductionRegime shifts, ecological thresholds, and tipping points are increasin...
Treaties, Environmental
Saleem Ali, Rebecca Pincus
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2015-08-31
Environmental Treaties Introduction Environmental issues inherently transcend geopolitical boundaries, and the need for international mechanis...
Tropical Southeast Asia
Avijit Gupta
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2014-11-25
Tropical Southeast Asia Introduction The world region of Southeast Asia is separated from the rest of the continent by a vast area of high mou...
Use of GIS in Environmental Science
Karam Ahmad, Melinda Laituri
Subject: Environmental Science »
Date Added: 2017-09-27
Use of GIS in Environmental ScienceIntroductionThe use of geographic information systems (GIS) in environmental science is a complex, multifaceted, an...
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