Recent Advances and Issues in Environmental Science [Hardcover]

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Environmental science integrates physical and biological sciences to the study of the environment, with the goal of solving todays environmental challenges. Many of these challenges tie into a greater concept of using the earths resources sustainably. This collection brings together some very important advances in environmental science, including how climate change affects plant disease, how to keep birds and bats away from wind turbines, disinfecting polluted water for drinking, how climate policy impacts natural habitats, cancer risk due to ecological issues, and much more.

Spatial Analysis of Plague in California: Niche Modeling Predictions of the Current Distribution and Potential Response to Climate Change. Exploring the Molecular Basis of Insecticide Resistance in the Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti: A Case Study in Martinique Island (French West Indies). The Aversive Effect of Electromagnetic Radiation on Foraging BatsA Possible Means of Discouraging Bats from Approaching Wind Turbines. Solar Drinking Water Disinfection (SODIS) to Reduce Childhood Diarrhea in Rural Bolivia: A Cluster-Randomized, Controlled Trial. Energy Sprawl or Energy Efficiency: Climate Policy Impacts on Natural Habitat for the United States of America. Impact Monitoring of the National Scale Up of Zinc Treatment for Childhood Diarrhea in Bangladesh: Repeat Ecologic Surveys. Ecological Equivalence: A Realistic Assumption for Niche Theory as a Testable Alternative to Neutral Theory. Phylogeographic Analysis Reveals Association of Tick-Borne Pathogen, Anaplasma marginale, MSP1a Sequences with Ecological Traits Affecting Tick Vector Performance. Cancer Risk Among Residents of Rhineland-Palatinate Winegrowing Communities: A Cancer-Registry Based Ecological Study. Climate Change, Habitat Loss, Protected Areas and the Climate Adaptation Potential of Species in Mediterranean EcolÃ'