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Ecology and Applied Environmental Science addresses the impact of contemporary environmental problems by using the main principles of scientific ecology. It offers a brief yet comprehensive explanation of ecosystems based on energy, populations, and cycles of chemical elements. The book presents a variety of scientific ecological issues and uses these to examine a range of environmental problems while considering potential engineering, scientific, and managerial solutions. It takes an engineering approach and avoids excessive biological detail, while introducing ecology with a systemic approach. The book examines categories of organisms as well as the physical and chemical processes that affect them. It refers to the dynamics of populations and analysis of their major mutual influences, elaborates on the roles of primary production, limiting factors, energy flow, and circulation of chemical substances in the ecosystems, and presents the basic functions of aquatic ecosystems.

Ecology. --- Environmental sciences. --- Environmental engineering. --- Environmental control --- Environmental effects --- Environmental stresses --- Engineering --- Environmental health --- Environmental protection --- Pollution --- Sustainable engineering --- Environmental science --- Science --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Ecology --- Biodiversity and Landscape Protection --- Ecological Systems --- Environment and Development --- Fundamentals of Environmental Problems --- Management of Environmental Problems

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The widespread appearance of frogs with deformed bodies has generated much press coverage over the past decade. Frogs with extra limbs or digits, missing limbs or digits, or misaligned appendages raise an alarming question: "Are deformed humans next?" Taking a fresh look at this disturbing environmental problem, this reference provides a balanced overview of the science behind the malformed frog phenomenon. Bringing together data from ecology, parasitology, and other disciplines, Michael Lannoo considers the possible causes of these deformities, tells which frogs have been affected, and addresses questions about what these malformations might mean to human populations. Featuring high-quality radiographic images, Malformed Frogs suggests that our focus should be on finding practical solutions, a key component of which will be controlling chemical, nutrient, and pesticide runoff into wetlands.

Frogs --- Anura --- Research. --- Abnormalities. --- aquatic ecosystems. --- chemical runoff. --- collapsed ecosystems. --- deformed animals. --- deformity. --- ecology. --- environmental conservation protection. --- environmental problems. --- evolution. --- extra digits. --- extra limbs. --- frogs. --- healthy ecosystems. --- human populations. --- life sciences. --- malformed frogs. --- misaligned legs. --- missing digits. --- missing limbs. --- natural phenomenon. --- nonfiction. --- nutrients. --- parasitology. --- pesticide runoff. --- practical solutions. --- radiographic images. --- scientists. --- wetland ecology.

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If they are to survive, cities need healthy chunks of the world's ecosystems to persist; yet cities, like parasites, grow and prosper by local destruction of these very ecosystems. In this absorbing and wide-ranging book, Eldredge and Horenstein use New York City as a microcosm to explore both the positive and the negative sides of the relationship between cities, the environment, and the future of global biodiversity. They illuminate the mass of contradictions that cities present in embodying the best and the worst of human existence. The authors demonstrate that, though cities have voracious appetites for resources such as food and water, they also represent the last hope for conserving healthy remnants of the world's ecosystems and species. With their concentration of human beings, cities bring together centers of learning, research, government, finance, and media-institutions that increasingly play active roles in solving environmental problems. Some of the topics covered in Concrete Jungle: --The geological history of the New York region, including remnant glacial features visible today --The early days of urbanization on Manhattan Island, focusing on the history of Central Park, Collect Pond, and Manhattan Square --The history of early railway lines and the development of New York's iconic subway system --The problem of producing enough safe drinking water for an ever-expanding population --Prominent civic institutions, including universities, museums, and zoos

Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Urban geography --- Environmental degradation --- Biodiversity --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Degradation, Environmental --- Destruction, Environmental --- Deterioration, Environmental --- Environmental destruction --- Environmental deterioration --- Natural disasters --- Environmental quality --- Geography --- Cities and towns --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban --- Environmental aspects --- american cities. --- biodiversity. --- central park. --- cities and natural environment. --- city life. --- collect pond. --- concentrated humans. --- contradictions. --- crowded cities. --- early railways. --- ecosystems. --- environmental studies. --- environments. --- future of global biodiversity. --- geological history. --- glacial features. --- human existence. --- manhattan island. --- manhattan square. --- microcosm. --- nature. --- new york city. --- new york. --- political. --- politics. --- railroads. --- realistic. --- solving environmental problems. --- subway system. --- survival. --- urban areas. --- urban studies. --- urbanization.

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Archaeological data now show that relatively intense human adaptations to coastal environments developed much earlier than once believed-more than 125,000 years ago. With our oceans and marine fisheries currently in a state of crisis, coastal archaeological sites contain a wealth of data that can shed light on the history of human exploitation of marine ecosystems. In eleven case studies from the Americas, Pacific Islands, North Sea, Caribbean, Europe, and Africa, leading researchers working in coastal areas around the world cover diverse marine ecosystems, reaching into deep history to discover how humans interacted with and impacted these aquatic environments and shedding new light on our understanding of contemporary environmental problems.

Marine mammal remains (Archaeology) --- Marine mammals --- Nature --- Fishing, Prehistoric. --- Prehistoric peoples. --- Underwater archaeology --- Coastal archaeology --- Effect of human beings on. --- Marine mammals in archaeology --- Archaeology --- Mammal remains (Archaeology) --- Aquatic mammals --- Marine animals --- Anthropogenic effects on nature --- Ecological footprint --- Human beings --- Anthropogenic soils --- Human ecology --- Prehistoric fishing --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Archaeology, Submarine --- Marine archaeology --- Maritime archaeology --- Nautical archaeology --- Submarine archaeology --- Underwater exploration --- Marine archaeologists --- Coastal sites (Archaeology) --- Coasts --- Methodology --- Antiquities --- Primitive societies --- aquatic environments. --- archaeologist. --- archaeology. --- caribbean. --- case studies. --- climate change. --- coastal archaeology. --- coastal environment. --- conservationism. --- conservationists. --- contemporary environmental problems. --- human adaptation. --- human exploitation. --- marine biologist. --- marine biology. --- marine fisheries. --- north sea. --- polar ice caps.

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The purpose of the Special Issue was to collect the results of research and experience on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the energy sector and the energy market, broadly understood, that were visible after a year. In particular, the impact of COVID-19 on the energy sector in the EU, including Poland, and the US was examined. The topics concerned various issues, e.g., the situation of energy companies, including those listed on the stock exchange, mining companies, and those dealing with renewable energy. The topics related to the development of electromobility, managerial competences, energy expenditure of local government units, sustainable development of energy, and energy poverty during a pandemic were also discussed.

Research & information: general --- Physics --- energy manager --- competences --- labor market --- energy industry --- COVID-19 --- decarbonizing transport --- energy efficiency --- electrify transport --- zero-emissions vehicles --- sustainable transport --- electric car charging points --- novel coronavirus pandemic --- alternative energy --- stock market sectors --- stock market companies --- energy --- energy company --- efficiency --- financial analysis --- pandemic --- environmental protection --- environmental problems --- greenhouse gas --- particulate matter (PM) --- renewable energy --- corruption --- electromobility --- companies in the Transport-Shipping-Logistics Sector --- pandemic-COVID-19 --- development --- self-government units --- energy consumption --- monitoring --- energy consumption effectiveness --- sustainable energy development --- households --- OPEC --- crude price --- volatility --- storage crisis --- futures --- shale --- electric vehicles market and policy --- electric vehicles --- purchase intention --- e-mobility --- consumers preferences --- consumer decision making --- social values --- delay discounting --- cultural factors --- economic factors --- machine learning methods --- sustainability --- energy poverty --- economic uncertainty --- energy policy --- policy measures --- reducing energy intensity --- ranking of countries’ energy intensity --- multi-criteria analysis --- sectors of the economy --- economic effects of the pandemic --- social effects of the pandemic --- countries of Western Europe --- countries of Central and Eastern Europe --- mining sector --- initiatives and adaptation measures --- economic situation --- COVID-19 pandemic --- fossil fuel energy --- carbon dioxide emissions --- nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag model --- frequency domain causality test --- Markow switching regression --- photovoltaics --- pandemics --- changes in energetic balance due to COVID-19 --- renewable sources of energy during pandemics --- United States --- energy sector --- fossil fuel --- emissions --- expenditures