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In Assembling Life, David Deamer addresses questions that are the cutting edge of research on the origin of life. For instance, how did non-living organic compounds assemble into the first forms of primitive cellular life? What was the source of those compounds and the energy that produced the first nucleic acids? Did life begin in the ocean or in fresh water on terrestrial land masses? Could life have begun on Mars? The book provides an overview of conditions on the early Earth four billion years ago and explains why fresh water hot springs are a plausible alternative to salty seawater as a site where life can begin. Deamer describes his studies of organic compounds that were likely to be available in the prebiotic environment and the volcanic conditions that can drive chemical evolution toward the origin of life. The book is not exclusively Earth-centric, but instead considers whether life could begin elsewhere in our solar system. Deamer does not propose how life did begin, because we can never know that with certainty. Instead, his goal is to understand how life can begin on any habitable planet, with Earth so far being the only known example.

Life --- Evolution (Biology) --- Life on other planets. --- Geochemistry. --- Origin of Life. --- Biological Evolution. --- Exobiology. --- Biochemical Phenomena. --- Geological Phenomena. --- Vie (biologie) --- Origine de la vie. --- Évolution (biologie) --- Exobiologie. --- Vie extraterrestre --- Géochimie --- Origin. --- Vie extraterrestre. --- Géochimie. --- Origin of Life --- Biological Evolution --- Exobiology --- Biochemical Phenomena --- Geological Phenomena --- Origin --- Life - Origin --- Évolution (biologie) --- Géochimie.

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This volume presents the recent developments in the field of arsenic in soil and groundwater. Arranged into nine sections, the text emphasizes the global occurrences of arsenic in the environment, particularly on its source, pathways, behavior, and effects it has on soils, plants, water, animals, and humans. It also covers the diverse issues of arsenic in the mining environment, arsenic emanating from hydrothermal springs, and the geochemical modeling of arsenic adsorption to oxide surfaces. Finally, the text includes different cost effective removal mechanisms of arsenic from drinking water

Arsenic. --- Arsenic compounds. --- Soil pollution. --- Water. --- Arsenic --- Arsenic compounds --- Soil pollution --- Water --- Geological Phenomena --- Environment --- Public Health --- Elements --- Organometallic Compounds --- Metalloids --- Inorganic Chemicals --- Complex Mixtures --- Environment and Public Health --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Ecological and Environmental Phenomena --- Organic Chemicals --- Physical Phenomena --- Health Care --- Phenomena and Processes --- Biological Phenomena --- Arsenicals --- Soil --- Environmental Pollution --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Environmental Engineering --- Pollution --- Environmental aspects --- Chemicals --- Group 15 elements --- Native element minerals --- Nonmetals --- Groundwater environment --- Trace elements --- Biogeochemistry

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When did life first appear on Earth and what form did it take? The answer to this intriguing and fundamentally important question lies somewhere within the early Archean rock record. The young Earth was, however, a very different place to that we know today and numerous pitfalls await our interpretation of these most ancient rocks. The first half of this practical guide equips the reader with the background knowledge to successfully evaluate new potentially biological finds from the Archean rock record. Successive steps are covered, from locating promising samples in the field, through standard petrography and evaluation of antiquity and biogenicity criteria, to the latest state of the art geochemical techniques. The second half of the guide uniquely brings together all the materials that have been claimed to comprise the earliest fossil record into an easily accessible, fully illustrated format. This will be a handbook that every Archean geologist, palaeobiologist and astrobiologist will wish to have in their backpack or on their lab-bench.

Geology, Stratigraphic. --- Geology, Stratigraphic --- Life --- Biogenesis --- Geological Processes --- Physical Processes --- Biological Processes --- Geological Phenomena --- Physical Phenomena --- Biological Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Stratigraphy --- Paleontology --- Geology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Origin --- Evolutionary paleobiology. --- Paleontology. --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Evolutionary palaeobiology --- Earth sciences. --- Geochemistry. --- Geobiology. --- Biochemistry. --- Astrobiology. --- Earth Sciences. --- Biogeosciences. --- Biochemistry, general. --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Evolution (Biology) --- Paleobiology --- Paleontology . --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Earth sciences --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Biology --- Medical sciences --- Astrobiology --- Habitable planets --- Composition --- Biosphere

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'The Reformation of the Landscape' is a richly detailed and original study of the relationship between the landscape of Britain and Ireland and the tumultuous religious changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Landscapes --- Irlande --- Reformation --- Protestant Reformation --- Church history --- Counter-Reformation --- Protestantism --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- Religious aspects --- History --- Great Britain --- Ireland --- Irish Free State --- Intellectual life --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- Christian church history --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Réforme (Christianisme) --- Paysages --- Religious aspects. --- Aspect religieux --- Grande-Bretagne --- Vie intellectuelle --- Intellectual life. --- Landscapes. --- Landschaftsentwicklung. --- Landskap --- Reformation. --- Reformationen --- Religion. --- Religionsgeografie. --- Religionsgeographie. --- Religiöser Wandel. --- Religiösa aspekter --- Historia --- 1500-1599. --- Great Britain. --- Gro�britannien. --- Ireland. --- Irland. --- History, Modern 1601 --- -Physical Therapy Modalities --- History, Early Modern 1451-1600 --- Ecological and Environmental Phenomena --- Environment and Public Health --- Religion --- Geological Phenomena --- Therapeutics --- Physical Phenomena --- Health Care --- Biological Phenomena --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Humanities --- Phenomena and Processes --- Balneology --- Hot Springs --- Environment --- Religion and Medicine --- History, 18th Century --- History, 17th Century --- Christianity --- History, 16th Century --- Philosophy & Religion --- Reformation - Great Britain --- Reformation - Ireland --- Landscapes - Religious aspects --- Landscapes - Ireland --- Landscapes - Great Britain --- Great Britain - Intellectual life - 16th century --- Ireland - Intellectual life - 16th century

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The negative consequences of natural hazard events are staggering and growing. Governments are acting to increase community resilience, reduce losses, and facilitate recovery, but these actions do not always yield anticipated consequences. This book is a compelling interdisciplinary analysis of California’s efforts to ensure that acute care hospitals survive earthquakes and continue to function in the aftermath. The book weaves together several threads essential to understanding the effectiveness of public policies intended to reduce the consequences of natural hazard events: public policy design and administration, the hazard mitigation investment decision made by targeted organizations, and contextual dynamics.  "A terrific study of shortfalls in the implementation of risk-reduction policy -- highly readable, full of insights, and very policy relevant."  Peter J. May, Donald R. Matthews Distinguished Professor of American Politics, University of Washington, Seattle USA  "This is an exceptional book by three of the leading hazard mitigation researchers and must reading for both scholars and practitioners in the field."  William A. Anderson, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.

Emergency management. --- Hazard mitigation. --- Hospitals -- Administration. --- Hospitals --- Emergency management --- Hazard mitigation --- Social Control Policies --- Social Sciences --- Facility Design and Construction --- Disasters --- Geological Processes --- Pacific States --- Social Control, Formal --- Geological Phenomena --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- United States --- Health Facilities --- Architecture as Topic --- Policy --- Physical Processes --- Environment --- Technology, Industry, and Agriculture --- North America --- Physical Phenomena --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Environment and Public Health --- Health Care Economics and Organizations --- Sociology --- Health Care --- Phenomena and Processes --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Americas --- Geographic Locations --- Geographicals --- Economics --- Hospital Design and Construction --- Public Policy --- Disaster Planning --- California --- Earthquakes --- Public Health --- Geography --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Hospitals & Medical Centers --- Physical Geography --- Emergency Medical Services --- Administration --- Earthquake hazard analysis --- Law and legislation --- Earthquake hazard assessment --- Hazard analysis, Earthquake --- Seismic hazard analysis --- Seismic risk assessment --- Seismic vulnerability assessment --- Disaster mitigation --- Hazards mitigation --- Mitigation, Hazard --- Natural hazard mitigation --- Natural hazards mitigation --- Hazard analysis --- Earth sciences. --- Political science. --- Natural disasters. --- Health administration. --- Earth Sciences. --- Natural Hazards. --- Political Science. --- Health Administration. --- Earthquake engineering --- Geology. --- Practice of medicine. --- Medical practice --- Practice of medicine --- Physician practice acquisitions --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Natural calamities