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1st Edition

Environmental Studies and Climate Change

Edited By

R C Sobti

,

Sandeep K. Malhotra

,

Kamal Jaiswal

,

Sanjeev Puri

Copyright Year 2023


ISBN 9781032115535
Published December 13, 2022 by CRC Press
628 Pages 137 B/W Illustrations
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Book Description

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

Table of Contents

Environment Management and Monitoring

  1. Environment Studies and Climate Change: A Bibliometric Analysis

    2.

    Monika Aggarwal, Keshav Malhotra, and R.C. Sobti

  2. Environmental Implication of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

    3. Sushil Kumar Bharti, Awadhesh Kumar Yadav, and Narendra Kumar

  3. DNA Barcoding and Metabarcoding: A Potential Tool for Environmental Biodiversity Monitoring

    4.

    Phuntsog Dolma, Anuragini Kadwalia, Ahmad Ali, R.C. Sobti, and Archana Chauhan

  4. Effect of Flow Alteration on River Ecology: State of the Art

    5.

    Kashifa Iqbal and Venkatesh Dutta

  5. Elemental Mobility in the Near-Surface Environment: A Study from Bhowali-Bhimtal and Berinag Regions of Kumaun Lesser Himalaya, India

    6.

    Abhishek Pandey and Santosh Kumar

  6. Ecological Restoration: Ecosystem Services and Conservation of Natural Heritage

    7.

    Akshat Uniyal, Isha Sharma, Priyanka Uniyal, and N.S Bisht

  7. Utilization of Sustainable Resources to Combat Challenges in Environment and Climate Change

    8.

    Jyoti Rawat, Pooja Pant, and Veena Pande

    Palaeoclimate Studies and Computational Analysis of Climate Change

  8. Mammalian Dental Enamel: An Archive for Palaeoecology and Palaeoclimate Studies

    9.

    Rajeev Patnaik

  9. Statistical Modeling of Climate Data

    10. Minakshi Mishra and Pushpraj

  10. Knowledge Discovery Paradigms for Climate Change: Comparative Evaluation

    11.

    Anu Gupta and Indu Chhabra

  11. Optimization of Process Variables Using Central Composite Design for Heterotrophic Biological Denitrification

    12. Archna Narula, R.C. Sobti, and Sravanthi Veluturla

  12. Effectiveness of Major Plant Components, Cellulose and Lignin, for Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Industrial Wastewater: A Comparative Analysis

    13.

    Manpreet Kaur, Gaurav Rattan, Sonal Singhal, and Anupama Kaushik

    Climate Change: Challenges and Management Strategies

  13. Emerging Issues of Climate Change: Global Perspective, Ecosystem, and Health

    14.

    U.R. Zargar and M.I. Rather

  14. Climate Change and Agriculture

    15.

    Shaista Mehraj, M.R Mir Mehreen Manzoor, R.K. Sharma, Aadil Hussain Mir, Irfan Latief Khan, and Sameena Maqbool

  15. Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation

    16.

    Seema Singh and Ruchi Saxena

  16. Climate Change and Its Impact on Poultry Production

    17.

    Tufail Banday, Shaista S. Nissa, Syed Shanaz, and Shahana Riyaz Tramboo

  17. Climate Change and Renewable Energy: Improvements and Interpretations for Sustainable Development

    18.

    Richa Kothari, Gagandeep Kour, Har Mohan Singh, Shubham Raina, Arjun Tyagi, Anita Singh, S. Dhar, D.Pathania, and V.V. Tyagi

  18. Technology and Innovation to Tackle Climate Challenges

    19.

    Reshu Chaudhary and R.S. Sengar

  19. Role of Bioenergy in Climate Change, Food, Energy and Rural Development

    20.

    Omkar Verma, Ashu Khosla, M. Prashanth, and Nisha Changotra

  20. A Review of Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater and Its Removal by Adsorption Process

    21.

    Chandra Bhan and Jiwan Singh

  21. Himalaya in a Rapidly Changing World: Climate Change Impacts and Conservation Implications on the Montane Freshwater Fauna

    22.

    Aashna Sharma, Vineet Kumar Dubey, Jeyaraj Antony Johnson, Yogesh Kumar Rawal, and Kuppusamy Sivakumar

  22. A Solution to Healthy Living in Relation to Vector-Borne Encephalitis

    23.

    Goutam Chandra and Sunanda Burman

    Environment and Health impacts

  23. Environment Contaminants and Male Reproductive Health: Past, Present and Future

    24.

    Latchoumycandane Calivarathan, Pranitha Janardhanan, Meenu Maniradhan, and Premendu Prakash Mathur

  24. Bioaerosol Health Effects from Molecular to Global Scales

    25.

    Sneha Gautam, Alok Sagar Gautam, Anjani R.K. Gollakota, and Chi-Min Shu

  25. Pollution Indicator, Opportunistic, and Pathogenic Bacteria Prevalence in Farmed and Wild Fish of Kashmir Himalaya

    26.

    Rasy Fayaz Cho, Umer Aziz Mir, Ibraq Khurshid, and Fayaz Ahmad

  26. Using Monogenoids (Phylum Platyhelminthes) as Indicators of Aquatic Ecosystem Health

    27.

    Amit Tripathi

  27. Hematological Parameters and Cell Morphology of Cyprinus carpio var. communis and specularis from Dal Lake Kashmir, Himalayan Region

    28.

    Imtiaz Ahmed, Zubair Ahmad Sheikh, Aamina Hussan, Kousar Jan, Francesco Fazio, and Rana Samad

  28. Use of Nematode Community as Bioindicator in Responses to Wastewater Irrigation in Agro-Ecosystems Near the Yamuna in Haryana, India

    29.

    Shikha Ahalavat, Nibedita Borgohin, Puneet Kumar, and Ashok Kumar Chaubey

  29. Algae and Macrophytes as Bioindicators of Freshwater Ecosystem

    30. Divya Dubey, Saroj Kumar, and Venkatesh Dutta

  30. Parasite Diversity Strategies under the Influence of Pollutants

    31.

    Reshu, Anita Yadav, Rashmi Srivastava, Neerja Kapoor, Sandeep K. Malhotra, Kamal Jaiswal, and Neeshma Jaiswal

  31. Snow Cover Variability as Climate Change Indicator: A Case Study from Higher Himalaya in Garhwal, Uttarakhand

    32.

    Ashutosh Misra

  32. Agrofuels Can Beat the Heat for a Sustainable Environment

    33.

    Amit Kumar, R.S. Sengar, and Rajeev Kumar

  33. Holistic Management of Air Pollution Using Modern Technology

    34.

    Sachin Agarwal, Dinesh K. Saxena, and Boyina Rupini

  34. Reducing Air Pollution Can Control Future Pandemics

    35.

    Amit Krishna De

  35. Integration of Constructed Wetland Technology as Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Facility and Water Reuse in Agriculture

Saroj Kumar, Bhanu Pratap, Divya Dubey, and Venkatesh Dutta

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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.