Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Second Edition

A Practical Approach Second Edition

The Cell: A Molecular Approach, Second Edition

The field of cell biology is changing so rapidly that cell textbooks often face obsolescence even before hitting the shelves. In response, some authors attempt to cope with explosion in cellular knowledge by including as many mechanisms and details as possible, which may satisfy the discriminating technical user who wants the most current findings. However, for the beginning student, the lucent...

Meat-eating: The Second Main Culprit of Climate Change

Background: Due to the greenhouse gases emission caused by human activities there is wide agreement about global warming. Methane is one of the most dangerous greenhouse gases in the global warming process which is produced through human activities and natural processes. In addition, the use of fertilizers and chemical pesticides would produce nitrogen monoxide in the atmosphere. This gas is an...

climate change of iran: a synoptic approach

extended abstract 1. introduction climate change refers to the increase or decrease in the average climatic factors over a long period of time (i.e. more than 30 years). today, climate change has become a human concern and the scientific community are already aware of this fact. global temperature has followed an unprecedented increase over the last hundred years. based on synoptic climatology,...

Energy Policy and Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Global Problem

In the period between the end of the Second World War and the oil crises of 1973 and 1979, the most critical issues in the energy debate were the impending depletion of non-renewable resources and the level of pollution that the environment is able to sustain. At the time, large investments in nuclear energy technologies were the answer to the growing energy needs, whereas local pollution was r...