1. Introduction -- 2. Integrated ecological survey of the tailing ponds KOSHKAR-ATA -- 3. Brief results of monitoring in the tailing pond area in 2008.This book presents a comprehensive study of the environmental situation prevailing in the areas located near the Koshkar-Ata (Kazakhstan) tailings dump and the development of rehabilitation measures taking into account the area’s soil and clima…
Chapter 1- Review of remediation approaches implemented in radioactively contamineted areas -- Chapter 2- Physicochemical methods for the remediation of radionuclide contaminated sites -- Chapter 3- Sorption methods in rehabilitation of radioactively contaminated lands using surface-modified sorbents based on natural aluminosilicates -- Chapter 4- Competitive adsorption as a physicochemical gro…
Role of radiation in DNA damage and radiation induced cancer -- Mechanistic effect of heavy metals in neurological disorder and brain cancer -- Molecular mechanism of heavy metal toxicity in cancer progression -- Oxidative stress mediated male reproductive toxicity: Oxidation reduction potential as a new diagnostic marker in male infertility management -- Role of Environmental Pollutants (Toxic…
Specifying and Forecasting Space Weather Threats to Human Technology -- Geospace storm dynamics -- Structure and Dynamics of the Outer Radiation Belt -- The Ion Radiation Belts: Experiments and Models -- Outlook on Space Weather Effects on Spacecraft -- Space Weather Effects on SOHO and its Space Weather Warning Capabilities -- Prevention of Spacecraft Anomalies — The Role of Space Climate an…
Approaches to Ecological Standardization -- Problems of Ecological Standardization and Dosimetry of Action of Different Factors on Biota of Ecosystems -- The Principal Approaches to Standardization of Technogenic Contamination of Environment -- Estimation of Parameters of Radiocapacity of Biota in Ecosystems; Criteria of Their Well-Being -- Approaches to Equidosimetry in Ecology -- Equidosimetr…
Richard P. Wayne: Basic concepts of photochemical transformation -- Mónica C. Gonzalez and Enrique San Román: Environmental photochemistry in heterogeneous media -- Michael R. Hoffmann: Homogeneous and heterogenous photochemistry in the atmosphere -- Timothy J. Wallington and Ole J. Nielsen: Atmospheric photooxidation of gas phase air pollutants -- Gottfried Grabner and Claire Richard: Mechan…
Radioactive fallout and environmental transfers -- Radioactivity in terrestrial ecosystems -- Radioactivity in aquatic systems -- Application of countermeasures -- Health consequences -- Social and economic effects -- Effects on wildlife -- Conclusions.The long-term effects of the Chernobyl incident on the environment are still becoming apparent, twenty years after the event. This book, written…
The Middle Atmosphere and its Evolution -- Chemical Concepts in the Atmosphere -- Dynamics and Transport -- Radiation -- Composition and Chemistry -- Ozone Perturbations -- The Ions.Since the Industrial Revolution the chemical composition of the atmosphere has changed at a rate unprecedented in recent history. Ozone depletion emerged as one of the most important environmental issues of the 20th…
An Overview of Our Research -- Transfer of Radiocesium to Rice in Contaminated Paddy Fields -- Cesium Translocation in Rice -- Absorption of radioceasium in soybean -- An observational study of pigs exposed to radiation -- A Composting System to Decompose Radiocesium Contaminated Baled Grass Silage -- Weathered Biotite: A Key Material of Radioactive Contamination in Fukushima -- Radiocesium acc…