Fossil fuels are a cheap and abundant feedstock for polymeric materials that have enabled
innumerable quality-of-life improvements. Yet, their declining supply and non-renewable …

Unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD) has become the most widespread form of
energy production in the United States. The booms and busts associated with UOGD are not …

There is increasing interest in beneficial uses of large volumes of wastewater co-produced
with oil and gas extraction (produced water, PW) because of water scarcity, potential …

The outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a public health emergency that had
caused disastrous results in more than 100 countries. The ability to detect disease outbreaks …

The coordinated development of ecology and economy is one of the key issues of
sustainable development. A full understanding of the relationship between ecology and …

Qinghai province, an important part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau located in the western
part of China, occupies a considerable status in terms of ecological security of China due to …

The shale gas boom revolutionized the energy sector through hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
High levels of energy production force communities, states, and nations to consider the …

This book explores how, in the wake of the Anthropocene, the growing call for urgent
decarbonisation and accelerated energy transitions might have unintended consequences …

The Agricultural Dilemma questions everything we think we know about the current state of
agriculture and how to, or perhaps more importantly how not to, feed a world with a growing …

Mexico's recent energy reform (2013) has provided the foundations for increased private
participation in attempts to offset or reverse the country's continued decline in fossil fuel …