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Applied Ecology

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This is a free, online wikibook, so is continually being updated and refined.  According to the authors, "Applied ecology... see more

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Author:
Various Authors
Date Created:
March 16, 2010
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July 16, 2017
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Soil Biology Primer

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An online textbook published by the USDA National Resources Conservation Service.  A great resource for teaching about... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Elaine Ingham; Clive Edwards; Andrew Moldenke
Date Created:
May 9, 2010
Date Modified:
April 16, 2018
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Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation

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'This text is designed to introduce the reader to the essential concepts of sustainability. This subject is of vital... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Tom Theis; Jonathan Tomkin
Date Created:
October 5, 2012
Date Modified:
January 24, 2018
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Application of Solar Energy

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This is a free online textbook offered by InTech. 'The present science book "Application of Solar Energy" is edited by... see more

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Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Radu Rugescu, Editor
Date Created:
February 28, 2013
Date Modified:
February 3, 2014
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Current Perspectives in Contaminant Hydrology and Water Resources Sustainability

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This is a free online textbook offered by InTech. 'Human society depends on liquid freshwater resources to meet drinking,... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Paul Bradley, Editor
Date Created:
February 27, 2013
Date Modified:
February 3, 2014
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Forests at Risk: Climate Change and the Future of the American West

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle.  Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
Date Created:
January 29, 2014
Date Modified:
February 3, 2014
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From Rio to Rio

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle.  Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

Material Type:
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Author:
Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca
Date Created:
January 29, 2014
Date Modified:
February 3, 2014
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General Ecology - Outline of contemporary ecology for university students

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This book is written to meet the need for a concise textbook of ecology, and it is addressed to university students... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Hans Ulrik Riisgård
Date Created:
December 12, 2017
Date Modified:
December 21, 2017
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Global Trends and Patterns in Carbon Mitigation

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This is a free textbook from BookBoon. 'This book analyses, country by country and region by region, responses to the... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Clifford Jones
Date Created:
September 30, 2013
Date Modified:
February 3, 2014
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International Perspectives on Water Quality Management and Pollutant Control

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This is a free online textbook offered by InTech. 'The level of surface water quality protection is variable around the... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Nigel W.T. Quinn, Editor
Date Created:
February 27, 2013
Date Modified:
February 3, 2014
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Marine Pollution

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This is a free textbook offered by BookBoon. 'Our oceans are under attack, as our garbage, wastewater, toxic spills, …... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Geert Potters
Date Created:
September 30, 2013
Date Modified:
February 3, 2014
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Pollution Prevention and Control

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This is a free textbook offered by BookBoon. 'This book is about how essential nutrients and pollutants are transformed... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Mac Berthouex; Linfield C. Brown
Date Created:
September 30, 2013
Date Modified:
January 21, 2015
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Sanitation & Water Supply in Low-income Countries

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This is a free textbook offered by BookBoon. 'Water supply and sanitation are amongst the most basic requirements of... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Duncan Mara; Barbara Evans
Date Created:
February 18, 2014
Date Modified:
July 14, 2014
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Soil Processes and Current Trends in Quality Assessment

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This is a free online textbook offered by InTech. 'Natural processes and human activities alter the properties and... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Maria C. Hernandez Soriano, Editor
Date Created:
February 27, 2013
Date Modified:
February 3, 2014
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Technologies for Rural Development

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This is a free, online textbook, so it is continually being updated and refined.  According to the authors, "The goal of... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Various Authors
Date Created:
March 15, 2010
Date Modified:
April 15, 2011
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Water in the West: The Scary Truth about our most Precious Resource

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle.  Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Lucinda Sue Crosby
Date Created:
January 22, 2014
Date Modified:
February 3, 2014
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Biodiversity in Ecosystems - Linking Structure and Function

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This book introduces different concepts and theories important to understand the links between ecosystem function and... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Yueh-Hsin Lo, Juan A. Blanco and Shovonlal Roy; InTech
Date Created:
April 17, 2015
Date Modified:
August 30, 2017
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Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation

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This book is from the Open Textbook Library 'With “Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation”, first and second-year... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Tom Theis; Jonathan Tompkin
Date Created:
January 29, 2015
Date Modified:
October 5, 2017
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Mercury Pollution in Minamata | SpringerLink

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.   It overviews the poisoning which occurred in the 1950s and 1960s... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Hisashi Yokoyama
Date Created:
May 14, 2018
Date Modified:
May 29, 2018
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Pollution Prevention and Control

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This is a free textbook offered by BookBoon. 'This book is about how essential nutrients and pollutants are transformed... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Mac Berthouex; Linfield C. Brown
Date Created:
October 22, 2013
Date Modified:
February 3, 2014
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Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing: Estimation of Agricultural Crop Biomass Water Equivalent | SpringerLink

Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing: Estimation of Agricultural Crop Biomass Water Equivalent | SpringerLink icon

This open access book provides methods for the estimation of Biomass Water Equivalent (BEW), an essential step for... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Ammar Wahbi; Lee Heng; Gerd Dercon
Date Created:
May 24, 2018
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May 24, 2018
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Energy Poverty | SpringerLink

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This open access book aims to consolidate and advance debates on European and global energy poverty by exploring the... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Stefan Bouzarovski
Date Created:
May 9, 2018
Date Modified:
May 9, 2018
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Environmental Life-Cycle Analysis: A primer

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This little book is a primer. The target readership here is not necessarily only for engineers, but also for those... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Venkatesh Govindarajan
Date Created:
December 12, 2017
Date Modified:
January 17, 2018
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Forest Measurements: An Applied Approach

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This is a forest measurements textbook written for field technicians. Silvicultural applications and illustrations are... see more

Material Type:
Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Joan DeYoung
Date Created:
August 24, 2017
Date Modified:
August 24, 2017
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