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Planet Earth: Scientific Proposals to Solve Urgent Issues

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Editors:
  1. Avelino Núñez-Delgado

    1. Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain

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  • Covers high-quality contributions on issues affecting Planet Earth
  • Provides characterization and proposed solutions for crucial issues
  • Expects that specific environmental and social issues affecting Planet Earth will promote scientific debates

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Survival on Earth: An Introductory Chapter for the Book

    • Avelino Núñez-Delgado
    Pages 1-5

  3. Pandemics: The Challenge of the Twenty-First Century

    • Jordi Serra-Cobo, Roger Frutos
    Pages 7-23

  4. The Living-Planet Imperatives: Mandatory Interrogation and Redesigning of Development Universally: An Argument from Environmental Realism

    • Giridhari Lal Pandit
    Pages 25-63

  5. New Technological Directions for a Sustainable Development and Sustainability

    • Mario Coccia
    Pages 65-82

  6. Reversing Ruins: Artistic Interventions for Recovering from Disaster Capitalism

    • Federico López-Silvestre, Sandra Alvaro, Guillermo Rodríguez Alonso
    Pages 83-123

  7. Nanomaterials in Biomedical Applications: Specific Case of the Transport and Controlled Release of Ciprofloxacin

    • Guillermo Mangas García, Ventura Castillo Ramos, Cinthia Berenice García-Reyes, Ricardo Navarrete Casas, Manuel Sánchez Polo, María Victoria López Ramón
    Pages 125-140

  8. Maximizing Phosphorus Recovery from Waste Streams Through Incineration

    • Ario Fahimi, Bruno Valerio Valentim, Elza Bontempi
    Pages 141-160

  9. Agricultural Biomass/Waste-Derived Adsorbents for the Abatement of Dye Pollutants in (Waste)Water

    • Panagiotis Haskis, Ioannis Ioannidis, Paraskevi Mpeza, Georgios Giannopoulos, Pantelis Barouchas, Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian et al.
    Pages 161-183

  10. Technical and Socio-cultural Implications of the Municipal Solid Wastes Production and Disposal

    • Eugenio Zito, Marco Race, Antonio Panico
    Pages 185-205

  11. Diversity of Microbes Inside Plants and Their Reaction to Biotic and Abiotic Stress

    • Pooja Sharma, Ambreen Bano, Surendra Pratap Singh
    Pages 207-239

  12. Current Data on Environmental Problems Due to Ionophore Antibiotics Used as Anticoccidial Drugs in Animal Production, and Proposal of New Research to Control Pollution by Means of Bio-Adsorbents and Nanotechnology

    • Ainoa Míguez-González, Raquel Cela-Dablanca, Ana Barreiro, Ventura Castillo-Ramos, Manuel Sánchez-Polo, María Victoria López-Ramón et al.
    Pages 241-261

  13. The Impact of Food Overproduction on Soil: Perspectives and Future Trends

    • Florentios Economou, Iliana Papamichael, Teresa Rodríguez-Espinosa, Irene Voukkali, Ana Pérez-Gimeno, Antonis A. Zorpas et al.
    Pages 263-292

  14. Acidic Soils

    • Muhammad Shaaban
    Pages 293-306

  15. Impact of Fruit and Vegetable Wastes on the Environment and Possible Management Strategies

    • Tanveer Ali Sial, Inayatullah Rajpar, Muhammad Numan Khan, Amjad Ali, Muhammad Shan, Ambrin Baby Rajput et al.
    Pages 307-330

  16. Scientific Collaboration to Generate Solutions for Urgent Issues Affecting the Earth: A Conclusion for the Book

    • Avelino Núñez-Delgado
    Pages 331-334
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About this book

This book represents the most comprehensive overview of issues affecting our planet and the forefront solutions, including climate change, air, water, soil pollution, demography, and access to food and water. This edited book, led by Prof. Núñez-Delgado, counts with the participation of leading researchers across a wide range of disciplines to be an inspiring and motivating document to promote sustainability and biodiversity. Those of you asking for trustworthy analyses about sustainability and climate change and the vanguard solutions will find this book fascinating.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain

    Avelino Núñez-Delgado

About the editor

Born in O Barco de Valdeorras (Ourense province, Galicia, Spain). PhD at the Department of Soil Sci. and A.C., USC, achieved in 1993. Postdoc researcher in France (University of Montpellier) and Spain (USC), between 1993 and 1996. Professor at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, campus Lugo, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain, since 1996. Nine patents and several research awards earned. More than 400 publications at the date (December 2023), with around 200 in D1 and Q1 JCR journals. Principal Investigator and/or collaborations in more than 40 research projects. Listed among the 2% of the top world researchers by the Stanford ranking, and among world top researchers by Researchgate, Expertscape, Web of Sciences, Scopus, and other world research classifications. Currently collaborating with a variety of research teams from various countries around the world. Book editor for Springer-Nature, Elsevier, and other top scientific publishers. Book Series Editor for Springer-Nature. Editor for various top research journals (with roles of Chief-Editor, Associate Editor, Special Issues Editor, Managing Guest Editor, and Guest Editor). Reviewer for national and international research projects.

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