Biological Weathering in the Terrestrial System: An Evolutionary Perspective

Plants as Drivers of Rock Weathering

Microbial Weathering of Minerals and Rocks in Natural Environments

Micro- and Nanoscale Techniques to Explore Bacteria and Fungi Interactions with Silicate Minerals

Modeling Microbial Dynamics and Heterotrophic Soil Respiration: Effect of Climate Change

Critical Zone Biogeochemistry: Linking Structure and Function

Mining operations have been seen by environmentalists and conservationists alike as causing problems. Undoubtedly, the operations of metal and coal producers have caused varying degrees of environmental damage in mining areas, which are often located in remote regions. In the urban, suburban, and rural settings of agricultural communities, the operators of rock quarries, gravel pits, and certain industrial mines have been considered the more visible and significant offenders.

Chapter 1 A Study of Airborne Trace Elements in Belgrade Urban Area: Instrumental and Active Biomonitoring Approach M. Aničić, Z. Mijić, M. Kuzmanoski, A. Stojić, M. Tomašević, S. Rajšić and M. Tasić

Chapter 2 Flow Optosensing Applied to the Analysis of Trace Elements Antonio Ruiz-Medina and Eulogio J. Llorent-Martínez

Chapter 3 Trace Metals in Fruit and Vegetable and their Effects on Human Health Stefania Papa, Giovanni Bartoli and Antonietta Fioretto

AUSTIN, W. E. N. & JAMES, R. H. Biogeochemical controls on palaeoceanographic environmental proxies: an introduction

JAMES, R. H. & AUSTIN, W. E. N. Biogeochemical controls on palaeoceanographic environmental proxies: a review 

WILLIAMS, R. J. P. Some fundamental features of biomineralization 

ZEEBE, R. E., BIJMA, J., HOЁ NISCH, B., SANYAL, A., SPERO, H. J. &WOLF-GLADROW, D. A. Vital effects and beyond: a modelling perspective on developing palaeoceanographic proxy relationships in foraminifera 

PEARSON, P. N. & BURGESS, C. E. Foraminifer test preservation and diagenesis: comparison of high latitute Eocene sites 

At first ‘sustainable mining’ could be perceived as a paradox—minerals are widely held to be finite resources with rising consumption causing pressure on known resources. The true sustainability of mineral resources, however, is a much more complex picture and involves exploration, technology, economics, social and environmental issues, and advancing scientific knowledge—predicting future sustainability is therefore not a simple task.

It is necessary to define some fundamental terms that will provide indispensable background for the entire book. The first term to be explained deals with the title of the book: mineral resources. A mineral resource can be defined broadly as the concentration of material of economic interest in or on the Earth’s crust. In this book, it includes solid earth materials such as metals (i.e., copper, gold, iron),

It is with deep regret to report that ‘Palaeoecology of Africa (PoA)’ lost two of its long-time editorial board members: the German-born, US-American geographer, palaeoecologist and archaeologist, Karl W. Butzer in 2016; and the French palaeobiologist (diatom specialist), palaeoclimatologist and palaeohydrologist, Françoise Gasse in 2014. Both supported and accompanied over many years the long-term success story of PoA.

y The study of the materials that make up Earth, the processes that form and change these materials, and the history of the planet and its life-forms since its origin is the branch of Earth science known as geology. Geologists identify rocks, study glacial movements, interpret clues to Earth’s 4.6-billion-year history, and determine how forces change our planet. <...>

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Ежегодный Государственный доклад представляет собой информационноаналитический материал, содержащий систематизированные данные о фактическом состоянии окружающей природной среды Российской Федерации в 2022 г., в т.ч. информацию о состоянии отдельных компонентов природной среды и видов природных ресурсов, естественных экосистем, о происходящих процессах и явлениях, о природных и антропогенных факторах, включая сведения об основных отраслях экономической деятельности, влияющих на состояние окружающей среды, анализ, тенденции и прогноз их воздействия на окружающую среду, об основных достижениях в государственном регулировании охраны окружающей среды и природопользования.