Environmental Science
Environmental Science

Author: Travis P. Wagner

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-01-27

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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One of the few lab books available in the field, Environmental Science is designed to provide environmental scientists with active learning situations that demonstrate the impacts of interactions between humans and the environment. It encourages readers to reflect on real life conditions and the connection to the environment and sustainability. Emphasis is placed on writing and communication through lab reports, presentations, and real-world scenarios. Environmental scientists will be able to apply concepts in the lab and gain a stronger understanding of the field.

Experiments in Environmental Chemistry
Experiments in Environmental Chemistry

Author: P D Vowles

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-02

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1483137481

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Experiments in Environmental Chemistry presents experimental activities that provide practical, first hand experience in the observation of chemical processes occurring in the environment. A variety of techniques with applications in governmental laboratories, industry, and research are described. The experiments are divided into five parts: biochemical processes in aquatic systems; toxic substances in the environment; food additives and contaminants; chemical ecology; and field surveys. This book is divided into five sections and begins with a discussion on the transformations of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and energy in aquatic systems. Various aspects of environmental chemistry including photosynthesis, respiration, biogeochemical cycling, primary production, plant nutrients, water quality, eutrophication, and wastewater treatment are considered. The next section focuses on a wide assortment of environmental contaminants in terms of their behavior and occurrence in various sectors of the environment. In this section, the reader is introduced to gas chromatography, atomic absorption spectroscopy, thin layer chromotography, column chromatography, and techniques for the measurement of atmospheric contaminants. Food and the occurrence of foreign substances that result from deliberate additions or other processes are also analyzed, along with chemical compounds such as allelochemicals, pheromones, and chemical defense substances. This monograph will be a valuable resource for environmental chemists.

Environmental Laboratory Exercises for Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Laboratory Exercises for Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry

Author: Frank M. Dunnivant

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2004-11-26

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0471660272

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A comprehensive set of real-world environmental laboratoryexperiments This complete summary of laboratory work presents a richlydetailed set of classroom-tested experiments along with backgroundinformation, safety and hazard notes, a list of chemicals andsolutions needed, data collection sheets, and blank pages forcompiling results and findings. This useful resource also: Focuses on environmental, i.e., "dirty" samples Stresses critical concepts like analysis techniques anddocumentation Includes water, air, and sediment experiments Includes an interactive software package for pollutant fate andtransport modeling exercises Functions as a student portfolio of documentationabilities Offers instructors actual samples of student work fortroubleshooting, notes on each procedure, and procedures forsolutions preparation.

Science for Environmental Protection
Science for Environmental Protection

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2012-12-21

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 0309264898

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In anticipation of future environmental science and engineering challenges and technologic advances, EPA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to assess the overall capabilities of the agency to develop, obtain, and use the best available scientific and technologic information and tools to meet persistent, emerging, and future mission challenges and opportunities. Although the committee cannot predict with certainty what new environmental problems EPA will face in the next 10 years or more, it worked to identify some of the common drivers and common characteristics of problems that are likely to occur. Tensions inherent to the structure of EPA's work contribute to the current and persistent challenges faced by the agency, and meeting those challenges will require development of leading-edge scientific methods, tools, and technologies, and a more deliberate approach to systems thinking and interdisciplinary science. Science for Environmental Protection: The Road Ahead outlines a framework for building science for environmental protection in the 21st century and identified key areas where enhanced leadership and capacity can strengthen the agency's abilities to address current and emerging environmental challenges as well as take advantage of new tools and technologies to address them. The foundation of EPA science is strong, but the agency needs to continue to address numerous present and future challenges if it is to maintain its science leadership and meet its expanding mandates.

Plants for Environmental Studies
Plants for Environmental Studies

Author: Wuncheng (Woodrow) Wang

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-02-10

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 9781420048711

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One of the problems of using plants in environmental studies is finding current information. Because plants play a key role in environmental studies, from the greenhouse effect to environmental toxicological studies, information is widely scattered over many different fields and in many different sources. Plants for Environmental Studies solves that problem with a single, comprehensive source of information on the many ways plants are used in environmental studies. Written by experts from around the world and edited by a team of prominent environmental specialists, this book is the only source of complete information on environmental impacts, mutation, statistical analyses, relationships between plants and water, algae, plants in ecological risk assessment, compound accumulations, and more. Encompassing algae and vascular plants in both aquatic and terrestrial environments, this book contains a diverse collection of laboratory and in situ studies, methods, and procedures using plants to evaluate air, water, wastewater, sediment, and soil.