Estudio de aguas continentales mediante teledetección

¿Es importante conservar la Naturaleza? ¿Estamos ante una crisis ecológica de dimensiones desconocidas? ¿Qué respuestas se plantean ante esta crisis? ¿Cómo podemos reorientar nuestra relación con el entorno natural? Este libro expone la evolución de las ideas que han arraigado en la sociedad desde que empezamos a ser conscientes de que vivimos en un planeta frágil. Presenta las diversas posturas éticas ante este problema, y las conexiones entre las visiones cosmológicas de las grandes religiones y nuestra actitud ante el medio ambiente. Conocer las distintas posturas éticas y...

Not only is climate change causing problems for trees, human interventions are also threatening forests ... Peter Wohlleben speaks out for trees: it is time to stop the ruthless overexploitation of forests.

All manner of information about birds is presented. Following each lengthy description are full-color plates of typical members of each species with range-pattern maps for each family's genus and species.

Anaerobic digestion is the most widely process used for the stabilisation of wastewater treatment sludge. Organic matter is transformed into CH4 and CO2 by the action of different bacteria groups. The main advantages are the reduction of the volume of waste sludge and the production of methane gas that can be utilized as energy supply for the process. During anaerobic digestion of activated sludge from enhanced biological phosphorus removal process (EBPR-process), most of the phosphorus eliminated during the water treatment, as well as that from cellular lysis, is released. So that,...