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CLIMATE CHANGE
Cultured Meat
Producing Meat without Animals Series on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation - Volume 5
by Stellan Welin (Linköping University, Sweden) & Handbook of Climate Change and
Henk P Haagsman (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Key Features: Agroecosystems
○ This is the first book wholly devoted to cultured meat Climate Change and Farming System Planning in Africa and
○ The book aims to convince both the group who are most South Asia: AgMIP Stakeholder-driven Research (In 2 Parts)
concerned about animal ethics and the group who are mainly edited by Cynthia Rosenzweig (Columbia University, USA & NASA
concerned about the environment that cultured meat will be Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA), Carolyn Z Mutter (Columbia
beneficial University, USA & NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA) &
○ Henk Haagsman has been one of the key figures in the Erik Mencos Contreras (Columbia University, USA & NASA Goddard
development of the science and technology of cultured meat. Institute for Space Studies, USA)
Stellan Welin is a philosopher who has studied ethical and
social issues of emerging biotechnological and biomedical This two-part handbook focuses on the work
technologies. Together they bring their expertise to explain the that the Agricultural Model Intercomparison
impact of the new food technology in an accessible way and Improvement Project (AgMIP) accom-
Readership: Scientists and Students in the areas of food science, tissue plished using a new method — the AgMIP
engineering, environmental studies, conservation/ wilderness studies; Regional Integrated Assessment Protocol —
Professional: Policy makers in the area of agriculture and philosopher/ in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia
ethicists; General Public: anyone caring about future food production, the (SA), with funding from the UK Department
environment and animal ethics. for International Development. Through this
200pp Jun 2022 research, AgMIP substantially improves
978-981-4632-73-7 US$106 £88 the characterization and understanding of
food security in SSA and SA and how its
A Guide to Planning affected by climate variability and change.
Ecological Townships The chapters in this handbook demonstrate
how AgMIP has enhanced the capacity of
Sustainability Performance Indicators developing country researchers and stakeholders to work together, exploring
and Planning Strategies and prioritizing adaptation to current and future climate stresses. Part 1
edited by Lai Choo Malone-Lee, describes regional integrated assessment methods and analyses, while
Chye Kiang Heng & Ivan Nasution Part 2 presents the outcomes of farming system studies. The entire volume
(National University of Singapore, Singapore) shows how AgMIP has established, as a public good, protocols for Regional
This book presents a systematic compilation Integrated Assessments that improve the capability of developing countries
of sustainability indicators adopted in selected to address climate change challenges.
township case studies, with a focus on Readership: Professionals (agriculture, resource economics, climate
relatively high density projects in Asia. Using science, environmental engineering) and Students (undergraduate and
a methodical mode of enquiry, it sets forth graduate) in research, Development experts, National and regional
a systematic approach towards profiling agricultural planners, and Climate change negotiators.
sustainability performance. In the process, it 812pp Jun 2021
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Environmental Science 2022
Lectures in Climate Change - Volume 2 World Scientific Encyclopedia of
Our Warming Planet Climate Change (In 3 Volumes)
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Case Studies of Climate Risk, Action, and Opportunity
edited by Cynthia Rosenzweig (NASA Goddard edited by Jan W Dash (Formerly, Bloomberg LP, USA)
Institute for Space Studies, USA & Columbia
University, USA), Martin Parry (Imperial College The Climate Change Encyclopedia responds
London, UK) & Manishka De Mel (Columbia to the outstanding risk, survival, and ethical
University, USA & NASA Goddard Institute for issue of our time, requiring action and providing
Space Studies, USA) opportunity. Primary-source expert authors
This second volume, entitled Our Warming write in a unique case-study structure that
Planet: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, enables the Encyclopedia to be approachable,
encompasses areas of climate impacts related to climate science, methods informational, and motivational for the public.
and approaches, sectors, regional and national studies, and policy and The key focus areas are Climate Change and
practice. Included with this publication are downloadable PowerPoint slides Finance, Economics, and Policy, with many
of each lecture for students and teachers around the world to be better able other related climate categories included. The
to understand various aspects of climate change. over 100 case studies provide realistic and
interesting views of climate change, based on authors’ published papers,
Readership: Academia: Lecturers (climate science, environmental science), reports, and books, plus climate-related activities of organizations, and selected
Students (undergraduate and graduate); General public: Anyone wishing topics. This inspiring work can enhance optimism and courage to act urgently
to give an upto date lecture on the subject of climate change impacts and and persistently on climate change, with foresight for a livable future.
adaptation. For more information on the list of contributors, please refer to:
500pp Oct 2021 https://www.worldscientific.com/page/encyclopedia-of-climate-change.
978-981-123-929-8(pbk) US$98 £85 Readership: Students and public who want to be better informed about
978-981-123-821-5 US$178 £155 climate change impacts, risks, and opportunities.
Ecological Modeling for 1108pp May 2021
Mitigating Environmental 978-981-120-929-1(Set) US$625 £550
and Climate Shocks Sustaining Tomorrow via
Achieving the UNSDGs Innovative Engineering
by Hock Lye Koh (Sunway University, Malaysia) & edited by David S-K Ting & Rupp Carriveau
Su Yean Teh (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia) (University of Windsor, Canada)
This book is written for students, researchers Key Features
and practitioners pursuing teaching and research ○ The state-of-the-art of sustaining
related to sustainable development, and the tomorrow through innovative engineering
United Nations’sustainable Development Goals ○ The latest status on energy, energy
(UNSDGs). It provides a unique approach on sustainable development, mix, advancement in renewable
viewed from the perspectives of providing solutions via model simulation, to energy, including the complementary
solve sustainable development issues related to human population growth, energy storage using hydrogen
and impacts due to climate change. It provides the scientific knowledge ○ Innovative architecture for more sustainable buildings, including
and technical skills necessary to achieve valuable insights for mitigating retrofitting of aging tall buildings
the predicted adverse impacts and for developing sustainable development ○ Innovative ways to improve our air, water and coastline with
strategies, incorporating climate and environmental adaptations. nearshore biodiversity reclamation. Sustainable development
Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers through the water-energy-food nexus
and practitioners pursuing teaching and research related to sustainable Readership: Academic Researchers and Graduate Students dealing with
development. Energy and Sustainability, and policymakers interested in these subjects.
280pp Sep 2021 356pp Mar 2021
978-981-123-633-4 US$88 £75 978-981-122-802-5 US$118 £105
Resource and Reversing Climate Change
Environmental Economics How Carbon Removals can Resolve
Modern Issues and Applications Climate Change and Fix the Economy
(2nd Edition) by Graciela Chichilnisky (Columbia University,
by Clement A Tisdell USA) & Peter Bal (Millemont Institute, USA)
(The University of Queensland, Australia) “Graciela Chichilnisky’s leadership in the global
Review of the First Edition: community, in producing policies to reduce the
“This textbook provides an excellent introduction, greenhouse gas emissions that cause global
which is easily accessible and readable and climate change, has been revolutionary.”
benefits greatly from the author’s life-long career Jay Inslee, Former Member of the
as an environmental and resource economist.” United States House of Representatives;
Eric Neumayer, Professor of Environment and Development and Governor of Washington
Head of the Department of Geography and Environment Readership: A must read for academics and professionals studying,
London School of Economics, UK implementing and analyzing global climate change policies; interested
Readership: For academics, undergraduates and graduate students advance undergraduates and postgraduates interested in the follow up of
in environmental economics, natural resource economics, ecological the Kyoto Protocol and UNFCCC 1992 founding.
economics, environmental management and policy studies. 364pp Jul 2020
648pp Jun 2021 978-981-4719-35-3(pbk) US$48 £40
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Environmental Science 2022
Greening the Urban Habitat EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE
A Quantitative and Empirical Approach
by David Kim Hin Ho (University of Hertfordshire, UK Series on the Science of Climate Change
& National University of Singapore, Singapore) Moist Processes in the Climate System
This book is a good reference book for city planners, A Global Perspective from Earth Observations
architects and civil engineers involved in the edited by Graeme L Stephens (Colorado State University, USA)
conceptualisation, design and building of urban The volume deals with the understanding the moist processes that
habitations, who aspire to increase the liveability of determine the supply of water to the atmosphere and back to the
their cities. It introduces the Singapore Green Plot surface. The observations of the distribution and variability of clouds and
Ratio (GnPR) as an Urban Planning Metric to promote precipitation has emerged as a priority in Earth observational programs.
the widespread and intensive use of greenery for new Our ability to observe the amount of water vapor, and the properties of
and existing buildings in towns and cities like Singapore — a former third world clouds and precipitation by satellites that presently orbit the Earth is
city that has transformed into one of the world’s most liveable metropolises. unprecedented in the history of space-borne Earth observations. These
The book also discusses the impact of various levels of GnPR provision with new capabilities are now delivering important new insights on how water
the inevitable capital and maintenance costs of greening built environments, cycles through the Earth’s atmosphere and a firmer basis to predict how
and how they affect the application of the GnPR guidelines. this water cycle evolves and thus how it may change with climate change.
Readership: City planners, architects and civil engineers involved in the Readership: Graduates and postgraduates in environmental science
conceptualisation, design and building of urban habitations, who aspire to courses; researchers studying climatology and atmospheric changes.
increase the liveability of their cities. 220pp Jun 2022
220pp Feb 2020 978-1-84816-551-9 US$118 £98
978-981-120-724-2 US$108 £95
Enigma of the Skies
Materials and Energy - Volume 14 Unveiling the Secrets of Auroras
Carbon Dioxide Capture and by Yohsuke Kamide (Rikubetsu Space and
Storage Earth Science Museum, Japan & Nagoya
Current Status and Future Prospects University, Japan) & Yoshi Otsuka (Nanook
Aurora Guide, Canada)
by Shinichi Nakao & Ziqiu Xue Key Features
(Research Institute of Innovative Technology ○ Contains original photos taken
for the Earth (RITE), Japan) from Earth and from space
This book consists of two parts of capture and storage. ○ Explains the scientific aspects at
The capture part introduces the main carbon dioxide an easy-to-read level
capture technologies: Absorption, adsorption and ○ Includes an artistic/humanities perspective of auroras
membrane. The chapter of chemical absorption shows
the research results of carbon dioxide capture using novel aqueous amine Readership: General readers and tourists interested in auroras.
solutions. Amine-modified solid sorbents and hydrophobic adsorbents are 190pp Jul 2022
introduced in the adsorption chapter. “Molecular gate membrane” developed by 978-981-123-039-4(pbk) US$48 £40
RITE (Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth) is described 978-981-122-877-3 US$98 £85
with the latest research results. Such information is valuable and accelerates
the technology progress.
Readership: Academics, professionals and graduate students in climate change Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry - Volume 3
and earth sciences. Chemistry in the Cryosphere
350pp Jun 2022 Snow and Ice Chemical Processes in the Context of
978-981-4612-64-7 US$138 £115 Climate Change (In 2 Volumes)
edited by Paul Shepson (Stony Brook University, USA) &
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC Florent Domine (University Laval and CNRS, Canada)
This set, comprising 19 chapters, written by world experts on these
ENGINEERING topics, are thus intended to document the current state of understanding
of the structure, physical properties, abundance, and chemical and
HVDC Transmission +1 microbiological processes that occur within/on ice and snow in all Earth
MMC based VSC Technology in Power Systems environments in which it exists, and to express needs for improvement
of that understanding. This, only comprehensive treatise/collection that
by Chan-Ki Kim (Korea Electric Power Research covers environmentally relevant chemistry and related physical aspects
Institute, South Korea), Seung-Il Moon Seoul of snow and ice in the Earth system, and the connections to climate
University, South Korea), Kyeon Hur (Yonsei change, will be accessible to those with introductory college-level
University, South Korea), Jang-Mok Kim (Pusan understanding of chemistry and physics.
National University, South Korea) & Gilsoo Jang Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students, as well as
(Korea University, South Korea) researchers in environmental chemistry, atmospheric chemistry,
This book is a result of collaboration between industry environmental science and climate change
and academia. It provides theoretical insights into the 700pp Aug 2021
design and control of MMC technology and investigates
practical aspects of the project planning, design, manufacture, implementation, 978-981-123-012-7(Set) US$198 £175
and commissioning of MMC-HVDC and multi-terminal HVDC transmission
technologies; filling the knowledge gap between the technology specialists and
VSC-HVDC project developers and key personnel involved in those projects.
Readership: For graduate students and professionals dealing with HVDC.
496pp Jun 2021
978-981-121-229-1 US$148 £130
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World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather Advances in Planetary Science - Volume 5
and Climate - Volume 11 Mars on Earth
The Multiscale Global A Study of the Qaidam Basin
Monsoon System edited by Long Xiao (China University of
edited by Chih-Pei Chang (National Taiwan Geosciences, China & Macau University of
University & US Naval Postgraduate School), Science and Technology, China)
Kyung-Ja Ha (Pusan National University), Key Features
Richard H Johnson (Colorado State University), ○ Compared to books on similar topics,
Daehyun Kim (University of Washington & this book is one of the few that focus
US Naval Postgraduate School), Gabriel N C Lau on one analog site
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong) & ○ All information on Qaidam’s
Bin Wang (University of Hawaii)
The Multiscale Global Monsoon System is the 4th and most up-to-date geomorphology, stratigraphy, geology, climate change history,
edition of the global monsoon book series produced by a group of leading current extreme environment and habitability have been
international experts invited by the World Meteorological Organization’s included
Working Group on Tropical Meteorology Research. The contents reflect ○ Most of the data are first-hand and based on field surveys and
the state of the knowledge of all scales of monsoon in the world’s monsoon laboratory studies by the chapter-authors
regions. It includes 31 chapters in five parts: Regional Monsoons, Extreme ○ The work includes many color images of different landforms
Weather, Intraseasonal Variations, Climate Change, and Field Experiments. taken on-site
Readership: Graduate students, academics and researchers in meteorology/ Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers
climatology, and weather forecasting services. and practitioners in the fields of planetary science, planetary geology,
astrobiology and planetary exploration.
420pp Feb 2021 356pp Jan 2021
978-981-121-659-6 US$168 £150 978-981-122-401-0 US$138 £120
Introduction to ENERGY
Earth Sciences
A Physics Approach (2nd Edition) Principles of Solar Cells
by Luc Thomas Ikelle (IMODE, USA &
Texas A&M University, USA) Connecting Perspectives on Device, System, Reliability,
Key Features: and Data Science
○ Examples of the questions posed by Muhammad A Alam (Purdue University, USA) &
and addressed in this book should M Ryyan Khan (Purdue University, USA)
motivate students and generate more Written in a conversational style and with over one-hundred homework
interest in physics problems, this book offers an end-to-end perspective, connecting the
○ Basic description of the processes of withdrawal from and multi-disciplinary and multi-scale physical phenomena of electron-photon
injection in the Earth, especially solid earth interaction at the molecular level to the design of kilometers-long solar farms.
○ A detailed description of our current understanding of the Solar Readership: Advanced undergraduate to beginning graduate students in
system and the applications of this understanding to life on Earth physics and engineering to researchers and material scientists working in
Readership: Students and the general public interested in earth and academia, industry, and national laboratories across the world.
planetary sciences. 450pp Oct 2021
876pp Apr 2020 978-981-123-302-9(pbk) US$68 £60
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978-981-121-302-1 US$218 £190
Light Power: Half a Century of
Advances in Planetary Science - Volume 6 Solar Electricity Research
Ceres Volume 2: 20th Century Photovoltaic Systems
An Ice-Rich World in the Inner Solar System edited by David Faiman (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
by Jian-Yang Li & Julie C Castillo-Rogez Key Features
Key Features ○ The authors of the chapters were all major players in the
○ The first monograph in the field of development of solar electric power systems
planetary science devoted to Ceres ○ The chapters contain technical details that are often skipped
○ A comprehensive review about the over in textbooks
current state of knowledge of Ceres ○ The chapters contain technical details about systems that were
○ Coauthored by NASA’s Dawn mission successfully demonstrated, but abandoned due to economic
Co-Investigator and Project Scientist factors that may lose their relevance in the future
Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers Readership: Historians, researchers, students, profes-sionals interested
and practitioners in the field of planetary science, astronomy and astrophysics and in the photovoltaic, alternative energy source industry.
194pp Nov 2021 300pp Jun 2021
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