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Soil Biology & Ecology: The Basics offers an accessible introduction to the diverse and dynamic world beneath our feet. This book explores soil as a thriving habitat, detailing the rich biodiversity of microorganisms and macroorganisms that sustain essential ecological cycles. It covers the key biochemical cycles in soil, including carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur, explaining how these processes contribute to soil fertility and ecosystem health. With a focus on ecological relationships like symbiosis and competition, this guide illuminates the vital role of soil in supporting life and agricultural productivity. Ideal for students, researchers, and nature enthusiasts, the book is a foundational resource for understanding soil's impact on the biosphere and human food production. Key Features: - Comprehensive overview of soil as a living ecosystem - Detailed coverage of soil microbiota, macrobiota, and biochemical cycles - Insights into ecological relationships and their practical applications

The Role of Microbes and Microbiomes in Ecosystem Restoration provides an in-depth exploration of how microbes and microbiomes can drive sustainable environmental recovery. It covers key topics from microbial roles in pollution remediation, biofertilizer production, and waste management to advanced microbial techniques for ecosystem resilience. Key chapters discuss microbial-assisted bioremediation, agriculture support through biofertilizers, waste treatment systems, and the restoration of polluted soils. With a special focus on the latest advances, including microbial genomics and metagenomics, the book highlights practical applications for mitigating climate impacts and promoting a greener future. Key Features: - Explains microbial and microbiome roles in restoring ecosystems. - Covers practical applications for agriculture, waste management, and pollution control. - Introduces advanced microbial techniques in environmental management. - Provides insights into sustainable practices for reducing greenhouse gases and improving soil health.

Microbes as Agents of Change for Sustainable Development explores the pivotal role of microbes and microbiomes in restoring degraded ecosystems and advancing sustainable practices. This comprehensive resource bridges cutting-edge research and practical solutions, emphasizing microbial applications in ecosystem restoration, renewable energy, waste management, agriculture, and climate change mitigation. The book, which spans 22 chapters, provides insights into topics like nutrient cycling, bioremediation, biofertilizers, and microbial genomics. It also highlights innovative approaches, such as microbial fuel cells, pollution monitoring with biosensors, and the role of microbes in GHG emission mitigation. Key Features: - Explores the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the socio-economic benefits of microbes. - Discusses microbial roles in polluted ecosystem restoration and renewable energy production. - Highlights microbes` contribution to sustainable agriculture, waste management, and climate action.

A Crisis Like No Other: Understanding and Defeating Global Warming couples engaging and creative storytelling with accurate details to explain global warming. It covers both the technical and human issues of global warming by addressing what's causing global warming, and why people don’t believe it exists. The book tells readers how to convince others that global warming is not only real, but life-threatening, and offers a clearly laid out path to solve it. The book is accurate and carefully researched, drawing on the author's thirty years of studying the science of global warming, and the human psyche that surrounds it. The author breaks down the subject into four parts, which can be thought of as four mini-books in one. The first part covers the psychology of global warming denial, how to defend ourselves against its lies and fake news, and how to convince others of global warming’s grave harm. The second part describes exactly what global warming is. The third answers the question what makes us so sure? Finally, the last part provides a road map showing us how to defeat global warming. This book is comprehensive, fast-paced, and easily accessible to readers from all walks of life. It provides an overview of everything one needs to know about global warming and, as such, is an excellent survey of global warming topics. In addition to being an easy and enjoyable read for the general public, A Crisis Like No Other: Understanding and Defeating Global Warming serves as a handy primer on climate change for environmental science classes.