Geography, Earth Science and Environment: Research Highlights Vol. 4

This book covers key areas of geography, earth science and environment. The contributions by the authors include anthropic contaminants, microcystins, cylindrospermopsins, polychlorinated biphenyls, cyanotoxins, and trace elements, bioaccumulation, soil and water assessment tool hydrology model, runoff simulation, climate variability, sensitivity analysis, heavy metals, physical and chemical parameters, water quality, BOD levels, orographic effects, heavy rain production, convective available potential energy, 2D and 3D high-wind simulations, UV Index, greenhouse gases, climate change, emissions of methane, landfill leachate, phycoremediation, cyanobacteria, waste disposal, pharmaceutical pollution, aquatic ecosystems, bioremediation strategies, wastewater treatment plants, environmental impact, global biodiversity information facility, mega-diverse floristic composition, sustainable livestock farming, Andean grasslands, shear strength behaviour, consolidated drained triaxial test, Mangrovian biodiversity, sea reclamation, mangrove forest species. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers, and academicians in the fields of geography, earth science and environment.