This series covers leading-edge research focusing on the environment, including current research data on the forests of the Boreal Ecotone of the Russian plain and their carbon balance under global warming; persistent organic pollutants in agricultural soils; evapotranspiration and its impact on water resources; municipal solid waste incineration management; the vulnerability of northern cities to weather-related hazards; subsurface drip irrigation and water management under semiarid climate conditions and metal pollution control in the environment.