Emerging Issues in Environment, Geography and Earth Science Vol. 8

This book covers key areas of environment, geography and earth science. The contributions by the authors include climate change, statistical downscaling, global climate models, crop simulation, sustainability, economic diversification, superorganism, alternative energy, evapotranspiration, geographically weighted regression, bowen ratio methods, optical remote sensing, plant community structure, soil degradation, pastoral value index, natural radioactivity, soil analysis, genetic mutation, terrestrial gamma radiation levels, geo-environmental hazards, coastal erosion, renewable and non-renewable resources, coastal communities, sustainable development, malagasy mangroves, anthropogenic harvests, plastic pollution, marine environments, organic matter content, biotic and abiotic factors, seasonal fluctuations, biomass of phytoplankton, pigment diversity, fresh water ecosystems. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers, and academicians in the field of environment, geography and earth science.