Abstract The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is an iconic coral reef system extending over 2000 km
along the north‐east coast of Australia. Global recognition of its Outstanding Universal Value …

Sand, gravel, and crushed rock–known as construction aggregates–are in high demand in
the Asian region. Such demand is driven by high rates of urbanization, infrastructure …

Freshwaters are important sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to the atmosphere that may
partially offset the terrestrial carbon sink. However, current emission estimates from inland …

Although a few texts on forest hydrology are available, they cover very little, if any,
background on water resources. On the other hand, books dealing with water resources do …

In order to sustain the ever growing population and to meet water and energy requirements
of the rapidly growing economies, most of the large rivers draining through East, Southern …

The Anthropocene is a major new concept in the Earth sciences and this book examines the
effects on geomorphology within this period. Drawing examples from many different global …

Rivers serve as regulators of global climate by releasing greenhouse gases, burying
particulate carbon, and connecting different ecosystem carbon pools. However, long-term …

Over the past 60 years, because of the combined impacts of human activities and climate
change, the sediment load of the nine major rivers (the Yellow, Yangtze, Pearl …

Trend of precipitation and runoff in major Chinese rivers was calculated and compared in
order to better quantify the hydrological processes and evaluate the role of human activities …

Climate change characterized by increasing temperature is able to affect precipitation
regime and thus surface hydrology. However, the manner in which river sediment loads …