This handbook describes a broad spectrum of methods in the fields of remote sensing, geophysics, geology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, and microbiology design

This handbook describes a broad spectrum of methods in the fields of remote sensing, geophysics, geology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, and microbiology designed to investigate landfill, mining and industrial sites. The descriptions provide information about the principle of the methods, applications, fundamentals, instruments, survey practice, processing and interpretation of the data, quality assurance, personnel, equipment, time needed, examples, as well as references and sources for further reading. Furthermore, this handbook deals with the stepwise procedure for investigating sites and common problems faced in efficient implementation of field operations. It can be used as a practical guide for training students, as well as to illustrate the advantages of interdisciplinary site investigations to decision-makers faced with their own environmental investigations.
ed to investigate landfill, mining and industrial sites. The descriptions provide information about the principle of the methods, applications, fundamentals, instruments, survey practice, processing and interpretation of the data, quality assurance, personnel, equipment, time needed, examples, as well as references and sources for further reading. Furthermore, this handbook deals with the stepwise procedure for investigating sites and common problems faced in efficient implementation of field operations. It can be used as a practical guide for training students, as well as to illustrate the advantages of interdisciplinary site investigations to decision-makers faced with their own environmental investigations.

Ice melting and sinking of lowlands

  As you know environmental changes could wipe out some of the world's most well-known travel destinations.   That’s is true, but I noticed in the news that travel agencies are taking advantage of this fact in adertizinf their tours.  Below is information for you from the web showing what is going on

One example is the endangered places is Maldive Islands. This chain of islands in the Indian Ocean is about only three feet above sea level, and scientists fear it could be submerged by 2050.  Another example is: Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania (Africa). Glaciers that cover the landmark are receding rapidly. They’ve lost 84 percent of their ice since 1912 and today cover less than one square mile. Scientists believe the glaciers could be gone completely by 2020, taking with them Tanzania’s main tourist draw.  The Alps (Switzerland) is yet another case. More than 8 million people travel to Switzerland every year, many of them to ski the country’s world-famous Alps. Because of global warming, it is estimated that about 40 percent of the mountain range’s pristine skiing areas will disappear by 2100. Low-altitude destinations are especially susceptible because of their warmer temperatures, and owners have already had to turn to artificial snow to get through the season

Galápagos Islands (Ecuador), where Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution, is another story; increasing number of tourists is hurting the ecosystem.  The number of visitors to the archipelago has increased from 40,000 to 180,000 since 1990; air traffic, meanwhile, has risen by 193 percent since 2001. Those trends are likely to accelerate this year, the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. Even today, scientists consider the Galápagos to be the world’s purest biodiversity environment, so they’re especially concerned about the way the traffic surge will affect the islands’ life forms. They consider 39 percent of animal species, 50 percent of marine species, and 59 percent of plant species to be threatened. To curb the problem, Ecuador is considering setting a yearly tourist cap and imposing an entry fee of up to $300

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Basic Geological Mapping

Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: Current Status and Future Perspectives

Introduction to Planetary Science: The Geological Perspective

With a Camera in My Hands: William O. Field, Pioneer Glaciologist

Physical Geology

Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge

 

Ophiolites in Earth History

The Restless Earth - Layers of the Earth

Minerals: Gifts from the Earth

Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets

The Extreme Earth - Mountains

The Extreme Earth - Waterfalls