As our planet emerges into a new epoch in which humans dominate the Earth system, it is
imperative that societies initiate a new phase of responsible environmental stewardship …

The Anthropocene as a potential new unit of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart
(which serves as the basis of the Geological Time Scale) is assessed in terms of the …

The term Anthropocene initially emerged from the Earth System science community in the
early 2000s, denoting a concept that the Holocene Epoch has terminated as a consequence …

Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications is a general text covering
both basic and applied aspects of freshwater ecology and serves as an introduction to the …

Now in its second edition, Pollution of Lakes and Rivers provides essential insights into
present-day water quality problems from an international perspective. Explains simply and …

In this volume, Philip Kay examines economic change in Rome and Italy between the
Second Punic War and the middle of the first century BC. He argues that increased inflows of …

This book is divided into four parts that look in turn at the nature of peatland classification
and terminology, hydrological and ecological processes and peatland growth, changes in …

Anthropogenic activities release large quantities of heavy metals into the atmosphere. In
China, the input of these heavy metals through local and trans-boundary atmospheric …

Continental aquatic systems from rivers to the coastal zone are considered within two
perspectives:(i) as a major link between the atmosphere, pedosphere, biosphere and …

This paper reviews the 210Pb dating programme carried out at the University of Liverpool
over a period of three decades since its inception by Frank Oldfield in the mid-1970s. The …