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Cambridge University Press Publishes across the full range of the earth and environmental sciences and at all levels, from popular science and undergraduate textbooks through to graduate texts and monographs. Our list is particularly strong in climate change studies, solid earth geophysics, atmospheric science, hydrology and environmental science.

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Structural Geology Algorithms

Structural Geology Algorithms

Vectors and Tensors
  • Richard W. Allmendinger, Nestor Cardozo, Donald M. Fisher

An innovative lab book providing a unified methodology for problem solving in structural geology using linear algebra and computation.

  • $50.00 (X)

 

Phytoplankton Pigments

Phytoplankton Pigments

Characterization, Chemotaxonomy and Applications in Oceanography
  • Suzanne Roy, Carole A. Llewellyn, Einar Skarstad Egeland, Geir Johnsen

Describes recent advances in the study and use of phytoplankton pigments for students, researchers and professionals in aquatic science, biogeochemistry and remote sensing.

  • $140.00 (C)

 

Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation

Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation

Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • Ottmar Edenhofer, Christoph von Stechow, Patrick Matschoss, Ramón Pichs-Madruga, Youba Sokona, Kristin Seyboth, Susanne Kadner, Timm Zwickel, Patrick Eickemeier, Gerrit Hansen, Steffen Schlömer

This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SRREN) assesses the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change. It covers the six most important renewable energy sources - bioenergy, solar, geothermal, hydropower, ocean and wind. An invaluable assessment for policymakers, the private sector, and academic researchers.

  • $100.00 (Z)

 

History of the Meteorological Office

History of the Meteorological Office

  • Malcolm Walker

The book tells the story of the UK's national meteorological service from its formation in 1854 to its present position as a scientific and technological institution of national and international importance. It will be of great interest to meteorologists, atmospheric scientists, historians of science and amateur meteorologists.

  • $120.00 (C)

 

Transition to Hydrogen

Transition to Hydrogen

Pathways Toward Clean Transportation
  • Alexander Wokaun, Erik Wilhelm

Comprehensive and objective guide to understanding hydrogen as a transportation fuel for policy makers, industrial stakeholders and researchers.

  • $110.00 (C)

 

The Global Cryosphere

The Global Cryosphere

Past, Present and Future
  • Roger Barry, Thian Yew Gan

First comprehensive textbook on cryospheric processes for advanced students and a superb up-to-date summary for researchers.

  • $80.00 (Z)

 

Ichnology

Ichnology

Organism-Substrate Interactions in Space and Time
  • Luis A. Buatois, M. Gabriela Mángano

A comprehensive study of the concepts and application of trace fossils through geologic time for paleontologists, sedimentologists and petroleum geoscientists.

  • $82.00 (C)

 

The Lithosphere

The Lithosphere

An Interdisciplinary Approach
  • Irina Artemieva

Multidisciplinary overview of lithospheric structure and evolution, based on a full set of geophysical methods, for researchers and advanced students.

  • $145.00 (Z)

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The Garnaut Review 2011

The Garnaut Review 2011

Australia in the Global Response to Climate Change
  • Ross Garnaut
  • $34.95 (Z)
Modeling Methods for Marine Science

Modeling Methods for Marine Science

  • David M. Glover, William J. Jenkins, Scott C. Doney
  • $85.00 (Z)
Seismic Imaging and Inversion

Seismic Imaging and Inversion

Application of Linear Inverse Theory
  • Robert H. Stolt, Arthur B. Weglein
  • $125.00 (C)
Noise-Induced Phenomena in the Environmental Sciences

Noise-Induced Phenomena in the Environmental Sciences

  • Luca Ridolfi, Paolo D'Odorico, Francesco Laio
  • $110.00 (C)
Rock Fractures in Geological Processes

Rock Fractures in Geological Processes

  • Agust Gudmundsson
  • $80.00 (Z)
Climate Change and Cities

Climate Change and Cities

First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network
  • Cynthia Rosenzweig, William D. Solecki, Stephen A. Hammer, Shagun Mehrotra
  • $52.00 (Z)
Physics and Chemistry of Clouds

Physics and Chemistry of Clouds

  • Dennis Lamb, Johannes Verlinde
  • $85.00 (Z)

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