This series covers leading-edge research focusing on the environment, including current research data on the hidden risks and unfulfilled expectations of biochar; clean and green energy development and sustainable development; catchment properties as useful proxies for freshwater biodiversity; resource conservation and environment management; an overview on the development of integrated bioenergy devices for improvement of quality of life of poor people; climatic factors before and after cotton anthesis and its statistical relations nature with cotton production; application, toxicology and environmental effects of nitrobenzene; prediction of California bearing ratio (CBR) for pavement subgrade soils in saturated and unsaturated conditions; and innovative approach of the regional food retail trade.