Climate Change and Hydrosphere the Water Planet in Crises

by Vir et al eds

ISBN: 9789351303619
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Imprint : Biotech
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 9495.00
Biblio : xvi+257p., figs., tabls., 23 cm

Table of Contents

"Preface List of Contributors Part I CLIMATE CHANGE PERSPECTIVES AND ISSUES 1. Environmental Issues in India: A Perspective A.K. Dikshit and Raj Kumar 2. Global Warming and Climate Change: A Perspective Chinmoy Mishra and Lipismita Samal 3. Global Warming: An Alarming Issue Aali Pant and Swati Singh Rajput 4. Microalgae in the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Deeksha Baliyan, Shweta Tyagi and S.K. Bhatnagar 5. Climate Chaos? A Hysteria and Simple Myth I. M. Arora Part II WATER POLLUTION: A THREAT TO LIFE 6. Groundwater Pollution: A Threat to the Last Hope on the Blue Planet Zeba Khanam and Vir Singh 7. Assessment of Pesticide Levels in Human System Due to Environmental Contamination from North-East India Kumkum Mishra and Ramesh C. Sharma 8. Oil Spill in Ocean: Control and Management Kanchan Deoli Bahukhandi, S.C. Gupta, V. Sujatha and Pawan Mandappa Part III CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER RESOURCES 9. Impacts of Climate Change on Water Bhanu Chaddha and Vaibhav Matta 10. Global Climate Change and Salinity: Impact of Salinity on the Environment Bhumija Kaphaliya and R.K. Srivastava 11. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Freshwater Resources: A Critical Review Anil Kumar Shankhwar, Nanda Nautiyal, Bipin Kumar, Akanksha Rastogi, R.K. Srivastava and Vir Singh 12. Dissolved Load Characteristics of Melt Water of Chhota Shigri Glacier, Lahaul-Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India Virendra Bahadur Singh, A.L. Ramanathan P.G. Jose, Paramanand Sharma and Anurag Linda 13. Analysis of Rainfall Pattern for Anjar Taluka of Kutch District, Gujarat State Sanskriti S. Mujumdar and Arvind S. Patel 14. Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Agriculture in Rajasthan Nidhi Kaushik 15. Impact of Thuthi-Kankasiya Check Dam on Irrigation in Machhan River Basin N.J. Shrimali and A.S. Patel Part IV RESPONSE TO WATER CRISES 16. Water Insecurity: The Plachimada Struggle Raju Narayana Swamy 17. Waters of the Himalayas: The Natural Resource Fundamental to Life and Livelihoods Vir Singh 18. Effect of Natural Coagulants on Water Quality Parameters L. Udaya Simha, Priya. V and Puttaswamy 19. Climate Change, Ganga, Glaciers and Agriculture: Some Refletions Girijesh Singh Mahra 20. Treatment of Water Receiving Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents: Applying a Cost Effective and Affordable Method Akanksha Rastogi and Vir Singh 21. Water, Energy and Women for Sustainable Development and Achieving Millennium Development Goals in the Mountains Vir Singh 22. Industrial Use of Wastewater to Minimize its Misuse Archita Rai, Neeraj Kumar and Sanchita Sharma"