Modern age environmental problems and their remediation / edited by Mohammad Oves, Mohammad Zain Khan, Iqbal M.I. Ismail.

1. Contaminant Chemicals In Soil, Air And Aquatic Ecosystem -- 2. An Insight to Atmospheric Pollution- Improper Waste Management and Climate Change Nexus -- 3. Pesticide Contamination and Human Health Risk Factor -- 4. Genetic engineering and environmental risk -- 5. Effect of Air Conditioning on Global Warming and Human Health -- 6. Water contamination by Organic-Pollutants: TiO2 Photocatalysis -- 7. Bioelectrochemical systems for transforming waste to energy -- 8. Microbial Fuel Cell: Waste Minimization and Energy Generation -- 9. Recent advancement in membrane technology for water purification -- 10. Plant-bacterial partnership: a major pollutants remediation approach -- 11. Carbon Nanotube/Polyaniline-based Nanocomposite Anode for Microbial Fuel Cells -- 12. Bioremediation: A Sustainable Tool To Prevent Pesticide Pollution -- 13. Silver Nanoparticles in Water Purification: Opportunities and Challenges.

This book presents a novel picture in current advances in research of theoretical and practical frameworks of environmental problems and solutions taken from the latest empirical research findings. The book deals with basic concepts and principles of process, modern biochemical and molecular approaches, genomics and metagenomics, proteomics, remediation strategies of various hazardous pollutants, microbial carbon sequestration and remediation, phytoremediation, bioleaching, biosorption, upscaling of systems, and considers the merit and demerits based on the current literature related to environmental problems and solutions. The book is aimed at professionals, researchers, academicians, and students who would like to improve their understanding of the strategic role of environment protection and advanced applied technologies at different levels. It will be useful for the experienced engineer or scientist working in the field.