1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830392303321

Titolo

Pesticides [[electronic resource] ] : problems, improvements, alternatives / / edited by Frank den Hond, Peter Groenewegen, and Nico M. van Straalen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, USA, : Blackwell Science, 2003

ISBN

1-280-21387-6

9786610213870

0-470-70885-9

0-470-99544-0

0-470-99545-9

1-4051-2331-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HondFrank den

GroenewegenPeter

StraalenN. M. van

Disciplina

632/.95

668.65

Soggetti

Pesticides

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

PESTICIDES: Problems, Improvements, Alternatives; Contents; Contributors' Biographical Notes; Acknowledgements; List of Reviewers; Preface; 1 Questions Around the Persistence of the Pesticide Problem; 2 An Agricultural Vision; 3 The Authorisation of Pesticides in the Light of Sustainability; 4 Innovation in the Agrochemical Industry; 5 Regulatory Science in an International Regime: An Institutional Analysis; 6 Farmers' Agrochemical Use Decisions and the Potential of Efficiency and Innovation Offsets; 7 Variations in Agricultural Practice and Environmental Care

8 Assessing the Environmental Performance of Agriculture: Pesticide Use, Risk and Management Indicators9 Integrated Assessment of Pesticides: Methods for Predicting and Detecting Environmental Risks in a Safety Net; 10 Site-Specific Pest Management; 11 New Biotechnology, Crop Protection and Sustainable Development; 12 European Food



Industry Initiatives Reducing Pesticide Use; 13 Impact of International Policies (CAP) and Agreements (WTO) on the Development of Organic Farming; 14 Integration: Learning to Solve the Pesticide Problem; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite a history of several decades of pesticide regulation, continuous innovation, and considerable practical experience with using pesticides in agriculture, the environmental impact of pesticide use continues to be of serious concern.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300408403321

Autore

Clark Pamela Elizabeth

Titolo

Mercury's Interior, Surface, and Surrounding Environment : Latest Discoveries / / by Pamela Elizabeth Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

1-4939-2244-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Astronomy, , 2191-9100

Disciplina

523.41

Soggetti

Space sciences

Planetary science

Remote sensing

Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)

Planetology

Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry

Observations.

Mercury (Planet) Observations

Mercury (Planet) Geology

Mercury (Planet) Surface

Mercury (Planet) Atmosphere

Mercury (Planet)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Messenger Mission -- Planetary Formation -- Terrestrial Planet Surface



Processes -- Exosphere Dynamic -- Magnetosphere Dynamics -- Data Release Schedule Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This SpringerBrief details the MESSENGER Mission, the findings of which present challenges to widely held conventional views and remaining mysteries surrounding the planet. The work answers the question of why Mercury is so dense, and the implications from geochemical data on its planetary formation. It summarizes imaging and compositional data from the terrestrial planet surface processes and explains the geologic history of Mercury.  It also discusses the lack of southern hemisphere coverage. Our understanding of the planet Mercury has been in a transitional phase over the decades since Mariner 10. The influx of new data from the NASA MESSENGER Mission since it was inserted into the orbit of Mercury in March of 2011 has greatly accelerated that shift. The combined compositional data of relatively high volatiles (S, K), relatively low refractories (Al, Ca), and low crustal iron, combined with an active, partially molten iron rich core, has major implications for Mercury and Solar System formation. From a scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, this presents a comprehensive overview of the discoveries from the ten-year MESSENGER mission.