Questa collana offre sintesi concise e approfondite sugli argomenti chiave della ricerca attuale nelle scienze ambientali. Ogni volume fornisce una panoramica di un'area specifica, rendendola ideale sia per studenti che per professionisti. L'obiettivo è consentire un accesso rapido alle scoperte e alle tendenze più recenti in questo campo dinamico. Costituisce una risorsa preziosa per chiunque sia interessato a questioni ecologiche e allo sviluppo sostenibile.
'An invaluable tool for equipping informed citizens to think about the environment and its human impacts --both the science, and equally important, the social and ethical dimensions' , Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr. P.H., Dean, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
In recent years, the importance of biogas energy has risen manifold and has become universal. This is due to the realization that biogas capture and utilization has great potential in controlling global warming. By capturing biogas wherever it is formed, we not only tap a source of clean energy, but we also prevent the escape of methane to the atmosphere. Given that methane has 25 times greater global warming potential than CO2, methane capture through biogas energy in this manner can contribute substantially towards global warming control.