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SOIL
Basic environmental and engineering geology
F.G. Bell, 2008.
Deserts and desert environments
Julie Laity, 2008.
Elements of the nature and properties of soils
Nyle C. Brady and Ray R. Weil, 2010.
Environmental geology: handbook of field methods and case studies
Klaus Knödel et al, eds., 2007.
Essentials of geology
Stephen Marshak, 2013.
Furnace of creation, cradle of destruction: a journey to the birthplace of earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis
Roy Chester, 2008.
Geology of the San Francisco Bay region
Doris Sloan, 2006.
Global tectonics

Philip Kearey et al, 2009.
WATER
See also National Academies Press book on Water Management of SF Bay-Delta (box below).
[The] big thirst: the secret life and turbulent future of water
Charles Fishman, 2011.
Blue covenant: the global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water
Maude Barlow, 2007.
Encyclopedia of inland waters [eREFERENCE]
Gene E. Likens, 2009.
Groundwater resources: sustainability, management, and restoration
Neven Kresic, 2009.
Introduction to water in California
David Carle, 2009.
Introduction to water resources and environmental issues
Karrie Lynn Pennington and Thomas V. Cech, 2010.
Managing California's water: from conflict to reconciliation
Ellen Hanak, 2011.
Natural history of San Francisco Bay
Ariel Rubissow Okamoto and Kathleen M. Wong, 2011.
River confluences, tributaries, and the fluvial network
Stephen P. Rice et al, ed.s 2008.
Water: life in every drop
Julian Caldecott, 2008.
Water: the epic struggle for wealth, power and civilization
Steven Solomon, 2010.
For information on Oceans, see: BIOL 6: The Oceans
AIR
[The] dance of air and sea: how oceans, weather, and life link together
Arnold H. Taylor, 2011.
Introduction to air in California
David Carle, 2006.
Pesticide drift and the pursuit of environmental justice
Jill Lindsey Harrison, 2011.
Smogtown: the lung-burning history of pollution in Los Angeles
Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelly.
[The] weather almanac: a reference guide to weather, climate, and related issues in the United States and its key cities [eREFERENCE]

Steven L. Horstmeyer, editor, 2011.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Encyclopedia of global warming and climate change [eREFERENCE]
S. George Philander, ed., 2012.
Forecast: the consequences of climate change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley
Stephan Faris, 2009.
Global environments through the Quaternary: exploring environmental change
David E. Anderson et al, 2007.
Heatstroke: nature in an age of global warming
Anthony D. Barnosky, 2009.
Human impacts on weather and climate
William R. Cotton and Roger A. Pielke, 2008.
[A] short introduction to climate change

Tony Eggleton, 2012.

PDF Ebooks for Soil, Water, Air

Reducing Water Management Effects on Threatened and Endangered Fishes in California's Bay Delta
California's Bay-Delta is a biologically diverse estuary central to the distribution of California's water. Federal agencies require changes to protect species. The National Research Council examines this issue in the present volume.