The Environment in Galicia: A Book of Images

Galician Environment Through Images

Avelino Núñez-Delgado, Esperanza Álvarez-Rodríguez, David Fernández-Calviño (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XI, 640 Seiten

2023 | 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-33113-8 (ISBN)

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This book describes the environment in Galicia (NW Spain), with researchers and professors presenting their own photographs of relevant aspects. This richly illustrated book explains atmospheric, geologic, water, soils, landscapes, and environmental issues and treatments for a broad audience, including students and the general public, to raise awareness and effectively develop strategies to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.

Dr. Avelino Núñez-Delgado works on diffuse pollution, biomarkers of water pollution, recycling of waste and by-products, their mixtures, composting, inactivation of pathogens and chemical contaminants, etc. In the last three years, his team has published more than 100 papers in top journals, as well as books, book chapters. He serves as Associate and Managing Guest Editor for various Q1 research journals and as series editors of several book series for Springer. Dr. Esperanza Álvarez-Rodríguez focus on environmental problems associated with aluminium toxicity, restoration of mine dumps as well as contamination by F, As, heavy metals and antibiotics. In the last decade he studied different wastes as bioadsorbents for heavy metals and antibiotics. He has authored more than 250 publications, more than 130 of them in JCR journals, and he has acted as Guest Editor for research journals. Dr. David Fernández-Calviño‘s research interests focus on the impacts of agriculture on soil biodiversity, soil pollution chemical processes and impacts of soil pollution on soil microbiology. He has published more than 100 papers in JCR journals, most of them Q1. He is a frequent reviewer for JCR journals and participates in the editorial boards of some of the top research journals, as well as in special issues. He has also participated in several international research projects.

Atmosphere.- Pyrocumulus: A New Cloud in Galician Skies.- Introduction to the Geology of Galicia.- Al-rich Speleothems in Granite Caves: A Poorly Known Geologic Material and Environment.- Caves: Underground Landscapes.- The Courel Mountains UNESCO Global Geopark: An Amazing Geological History Extended Along 600 Million Years.- Endogenous/exogenous Forms of Granite Geomorphology in Galicia.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.07.2023
Zusatzinfo	XI, 640 p. 404 illus., 398 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1133 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
Schlagworte	Environmental Issues • Environmental Pictures • Environmental Treatments • Galician Environment • Natural Environment
ISBN-10	3-031-33113-3 / 3031331133
ISBN-13	978-3-031-33113-8 / 9783031331138
Zustand	Neuware