Space weather is considered to be conditions on the Sun and in the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere that can influence the reliability and performance of space-borne or ground-b
Contains 17 contributions written by academic and industrial researchers and scholars in geomorphology, geography, geological sciences, geophysics, and other fields. Chapters in the first part address
Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments is the first volume on this important and fascinating subject. With its underlying theme of bridging existing knowledge to future research, it is a benchmark
Subaqueous explosive eruptions are common, and in earth's early history were ubiquitous. Although they are unlike eruptions we find on land, they operate with the same fundamental processes. Deep-sea
Mount Etna has been under observation for thousands of years, altering societies and affecting the lives of millions. Here the editors and contributors observe it yet again, but this time within the d
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 118. The magnetosphere is an open system that interacts with the solar wind. In this system, solar wind
The distribution of H2O in the Earth is under debate. Although liquid water covers 70% of the surface, the oceans represent only about 0.025% of the planet's mass-far less water than thought to have b
DeWeaver (U. of Wisconsin-Madison), Bitz (U. of Washington, Seattle), and Trembly (McGill U., Montreal) present a collection of papers addressing several questions surrounding Arctic sea ice decline.
The Archean Eon represents 1.3 Gyr of Earth's distant past, from about 3.8 Ga to 2.5 Ga—nearly one third of our planet's history. It was during the Archean that a regime of global geodynamics was esta
Ostracods are small aquatic crustaceans that secret valves or shells, many of which are preserved in Quaternary era sediments. Because of their relative abundance and sensitivity to ecological variabl
Rainfall: State of the Science offers the most up-to-date knowledge on the fundamental and practical aspects of rainfall. Each chapter, self-contained and written by prominent scientists in their resp
The Stratosphere: Dynamics, Transport, and Chemistry is the first volume in 20 years that offers a comprehensive review of the Earth's stratosphere, increasingly recognized as an important component o
Two dozen papers from a June 2003 interdisciplinary conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico synthesize the current understanding of the causes and consequences of land use change, from such perspectives as
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 122.Among the current problems that hydrogeologists face, perhaps there is none as challenging as the ch
The transfer of gases across the air-water interface has received much attention over the past two decades, particularly in light of increased societal interest in the exchange of greenhouse gases and
Earth climate is uniquely determined at any time by the varied interactions of its components: lithosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere (ocean, lakes and rivers) and cryosphere. Over the past 5
We regard the inner magnetosphere as the region surrounded by a geomagnetic shell with an equatorial radius of approximately eight Earth radii. Of much concern to scientists and researchers, and the f
Ultra-Low-Frequency (ULF) waves pervade the magnetosphere, a region shaped by the Earth's magnetic fieid and filled with an ionized gas known as plasma. As a mechanism for interaction of particles wit
