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This open access book commemorates the 30th anniversary of the discovery of Solitons/like Coherent Structures (SCS) under experimental conditions, presenting a curated collection of contributions on SCS, the most important physical structures in the origin and...
This is an open access book. Agri-food systems and forests significantly impact global climate change, they contribute to over one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, through among others deforestation and food supply chains. They are also vulnerable to climate change...
This open-access proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2025 compile 231 manuscripts of the communications presented at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, between 7th and 11th April 2025. The works are divided in 15 chapters (2 volumes), in accordance with the topic of the...
This open access volume presents the select peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on Resilient Innovations for Subsistence Environment (IC-RISE2025).
This open access book focuses on the geological conditions associated with oil and gas exploration and complex in China’s deep marine strata. The petroleum industry is faced with the challenges of limited knowledge of deep petroleum systems, reduced...
This Open Access book offers a philosophical exploration of eco-anxiety. As knowledge about the rapidly degrading living conditions on Earth becomes more accurate, the impacts of environmental problems become more visible, and Anthropocene scenarios proliferate in...
This open access book provides a comprehensive exploration of mobility society through the lens of traffic safety technologies and social systems. It consolidates the collective wisdom of experts from diverse academic disciplines, including natural, social, and cultural...
This open-access volume consists of papers presented at the conference “Thirty Years of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): Histories, Achievements, Challenges”, held in Berlin, 5–6 October 2023, as well as of additional contributions. The...
This groundbreaking open access volume introduces eco-social contracts as a bold and actionable vision for addressing the major, interconnected crises of our time—climate change, biodiversity loss, rising inequality, and the erosion of public trust and democratic...
This open-access book is a practical and accessible guide for students, early-career researchers, and technical staff who need to collect environmental data but lack formal training in meteorology, physics, or instrumentation. Whether you're setting up a rural weather...
This open access book explores the complementarity of hydropower with new energy sources such as solar and wind in the global energy transition. It analyzes the technological advantages, environmental impacts, and economic potential of combining hydropower and new...
This open access monograph presents the results of a study aimed at finding an answer to a perennial, yet notably topical, question in the philosophy of science, namely, “What is life?'' The authors contend that existing approaches to studying living systems...
This is an open access book. Probabilistic tsunami hazard and risk assessment (abbreviated as PTHA and PTRA, respectively) has evolved quickly over the past 10 to 15 years and now forms the basis of many risk mitigation efforts. Methods are largely based on those used...
This open access book examines the historical development of the concept of the virtual particle, from the first prominent appearance of virtual entities in quantum physics in the Bohr-Kramers-Slater (BKS) theory (1924) to the most common representation of virtual...
This is an open access book. This conference encompasses a broad spectrum of topics in fisheries and aquaculture, including aquaculture practices for sustainable production, fish diseases and health management, biodiversity and conservation of aquatic ecosystems,...
Biological invasions are one of the main causes of biodiversity decline worldwide. While Japanese knotweed and tiger mosquito are invasive species that are well known to the public, the same could not be said for the American blue crab and the green Algae Caulerpa in...
This open access book explores the fundamental workings of the Sun, unraveling the mysteries of solar structure, neutrino emissions, and the profound interplay between solar physics, nuclear reactions, and neutrino properties. Dive into the intricate world of...
This is an open access book. International Student Conference on Earth and Environmental Research (ISCEER) is an annual program hosted by Universitas Komputer Indonesia (UNIKOM). ISCEER aims to share students' ideas and current researches in the areas of Earth,...
This open access book unites experts from a range of social-science disciplines. It provides a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary overview of how to study recreational fishers as coupled social-ecological system, presenting unique methodological insights for...
This is an open access book. 2025 2nd International Symposium on Agricultural Engineering and Biology is a prestigious gathering of experts, researchers, and practitioners in agricultural engineering and biology.This three-day symposium will take place in Kuala Lumpur,...
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