1st Edition
Environmental Studies and Climate Change
Currently, anthropogenic activities have caused unprecedented destruction of the environment at alarming rates, leading to undesirable alterations in air, land, and water. The process of environment degradation has been accelerated by industrial processes, which result in waste as well as over-consumption of natural resources. The ecological balance has been disturbed, and resources have shrunk. All this has resulted in climate change, which has emerged as a major concern in the 21st century. Changes in the environment are driven by demand for energy, water, and food to raise the standard of living. These are also responsible for climate change, with contributions from deforestation and CO2 emissions from fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum.
The present volume discusses some of the main issues regarding environmental degradation and the causes as well as the impact of climate change, which is impacting the ecosystem. The effects of various pollutants, causes of climate change with case studies on geochemistry and glaciers, etc., and measures to reduce the impact on biodiversity, health, etc. are discussed in detail in its chapters.
In a nutshell, this volume discusses in detail the following issues:
• Anthropogenic and natural factors in environmental degradation
• Climate change history, causes, and threats to abiotic and biotic systems
• Case studies on the impact of climate change and living systems
• Mitigation and preparedness for the future
Environment Management and Monitoring
- Environment Studies and Climate Change: A Bibliometric Analysis
- Environmental Implication of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
- DNA Barcoding and Metabarcoding: A Potential Tool for Environmental Biodiversity Monitoring
- Effect of Flow Alteration on River Ecology: State of the Art
- Elemental Mobility in the Near-Surface Environment: A Study from Bhowali-Bhimtal and Berinag Regions of Kumaun Lesser Himalaya, India
- Ecological Restoration: Ecosystem Services and Conservation of Natural Heritage
- Utilization of Sustainable Resources to Combat Challenges in Environment and Climate Change
- Mammalian Dental Enamel: An Archive for Palaeoecology and Palaeoclimate Studies
- Statistical Modeling of Climate Data
- Knowledge Discovery Paradigms for Climate Change: Comparative Evaluation
- Optimization of Process Variables Using Central Composite Design for Heterotrophic Biological Denitrification
- Effectiveness of Major Plant Components, Cellulose and Lignin, for Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Industrial Wastewater: A Comparative Analysis
- Emerging Issues of Climate Change: Global Perspective, Ecosystem, and Health
- Climate Change and Agriculture
- Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation
- Climate Change and Its Impact on Poultry Production
- Climate Change and Renewable Energy: Improvements and Interpretations for Sustainable Development
- Technology and Innovation to Tackle Climate Challenges
- Role of Bioenergy in Climate Change, Food, Energy and Rural Development
- A Review of Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater and Its Removal by Adsorption Process
- Himalaya in a Rapidly Changing World: Climate Change Impacts and Conservation Implications on the Montane Freshwater Fauna
- A Solution to Healthy Living in Relation to Vector-Borne Encephalitis
- Environment Contaminants and Male Reproductive Health: Past, Present and Future
- Bioaerosol Health Effects from Molecular to Global Scales
- Pollution Indicator, Opportunistic, and Pathogenic Bacteria Prevalence in Farmed and Wild Fish of Kashmir Himalaya
- Using Monogenoids (Phylum Platyhelminthes) as Indicators of Aquatic Ecosystem Health
- Hematological Parameters and Cell Morphology of Cyprinus carpio var. communis and specularis from Dal Lake Kashmir, Himalayan Region
- Use of Nematode Community as Bioindicator in Responses to Wastewater Irrigation in Agro-Ecosystems Near the Yamuna in Haryana, India
- Algae and Macrophytes as Bioindicators of Freshwater Ecosystem
- Parasite Diversity Strategies under the Influence of Pollutants
- Snow Cover Variability as Climate Change Indicator: A Case Study from Higher Himalaya in Garhwal, Uttarakhand
- Agrofuels Can Beat the Heat for a Sustainable Environment
- Holistic Management of Air Pollution Using Modern Technology
- Reducing Air Pollution Can Control Future Pandemics
- Integration of Constructed Wetland Technology as Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Facility and Water Reuse in Agriculture
Monika Aggarwal, Keshav Malhotra, and R.C. Sobti
Sushil Kumar Bharti, Awadhesh Kumar Yadav, and Narendra Kumar
Phuntsog Dolma, Anuragini Kadwalia, Ahmad Ali, R.C. Sobti, and Archana Chauhan
Kashifa Iqbal and Venkatesh Dutta
Abhishek Pandey and Santosh Kumar
Akshat Uniyal, Isha Sharma, Priyanka Uniyal, and N.S Bisht
Jyoti Rawat, Pooja Pant, and Veena Pande
Palaeoclimate Studies and Computational Analysis of Climate Change
Rajeev Patnaik
Minakshi Mishra and Pushpraj
Anu Gupta and Indu Chhabra
Archna Narula, R.C. Sobti, and Sravanthi Veluturla
Manpreet Kaur, Gaurav Rattan, Sonal Singhal, and Anupama Kaushik
Climate Change: Challenges and Management Strategies
U.R. Zargar and M.I. Rather
Shaista Mehraj, M.R Mir Mehreen Manzoor, R.K. Sharma, Aadil Hussain Mir, Irfan Latief Khan, and Sameena Maqbool
Seema Singh and Ruchi Saxena
Tufail Banday, Shaista S. Nissa, Syed Shanaz, and Shahana Riyaz Tramboo
Richa Kothari, Gagandeep Kour, Har Mohan Singh, Shubham Raina, Arjun Tyagi, Anita Singh, S. Dhar, D.Pathania, and V.V. Tyagi
Reshu Chaudhary and R.S. Sengar
Omkar Verma, Ashu Khosla, M. Prashanth, and Nisha Changotra
Chandra Bhan and Jiwan Singh
Aashna Sharma, Vineet Kumar Dubey, Jeyaraj Antony Johnson, Yogesh Kumar Rawal, and Kuppusamy Sivakumar
Goutam Chandra and Sunanda Burman
Environment and Health impacts
Latchoumycandane Calivarathan, Pranitha Janardhanan, Meenu Maniradhan, and Premendu Prakash Mathur
Sneha Gautam, Alok Sagar Gautam, Anjani R.K. Gollakota, and Chi-Min Shu
Rasy Fayaz Cho, Umer Aziz Mir, Ibraq Khurshid, and Fayaz Ahmad
Amit Tripathi
Imtiaz Ahmed, Zubair Ahmad Sheikh, Aamina Hussan, Kousar Jan, Francesco Fazio, and Rana Samad
Shikha Ahalavat, Nibedita Borgohin, Puneet Kumar, and Ashok Kumar Chaubey
Divya Dubey, Saroj Kumar, and Venkatesh Dutta
Reshu, Anita Yadav, Rashmi Srivastava, Neerja Kapoor, Sandeep K. Malhotra, Kamal Jaiswal, and Neeshma Jaiswal
Ashutosh Misra
Amit Kumar, R.S. Sengar, and Rajeev Kumar
Sachin Agarwal, Dinesh K. Saxena, and Boyina Rupini
Amit Krishna De
Saroj Kumar, Bhanu Pratap, Divya Dubey, and Venkatesh Dutta
Biography
Ranbir Chander Sobti, former Vice-Chancellor Panjab University, Chandigarh &Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (Central University), Lucknow is a scientist, an able administrator and dynamic institution builder.
He has published more than 300 papers in the journals of national and international repute such as Mutation Research, Carcinogenesis. Achieves of Toxicology, Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics, Molecular Cell Biochemistry, PLOS I to name a few. He has also published more than 50 books by international publishers such as Springers, Academic Press, CRC, Elsevier, and others.
He is a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences India, Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Medical Sciences, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Canadian Academy of Cardiovascular Diseases and few others. He was the General President of Indian Science Congress for the 102nd session held at University of Jammu in 2013. Dr.Sobti is the recipient of many prestigious awards like, the INSA Young Scientist Medal, UGC Career Award, Punjab Rattan Award, JC Bose Oration and Sriram Oration Awards and of Life Time Achievement Awards of the Punjab Academy of Sciences, Zoological Society of India, and the Environment Academy of India, besides many other medals and awards of national and International levels.
"Global climate change is a complex issue that relies on scientific data and an understanding of how human behavior affects resource use. In this volume, expert researchers who work in the multidisciplinary field of environmental studies investigate the causes and consequences of climate change. The book concludes with a section explaining how anthropogenic climate change is disrupting ecosystems globally and contributing to an increase in public health issues. This book supplies accurate and compelling case studies that are supported by an abundance of current primary references. Useful charts, diagrams, and tables accompany each chapter. A good resource for environmental science and environmental policy book collections."
--B. R. Shmaefsky, Lone Star College - Kingwood, Choice Jan 24
