This book is unique in highlighting environmental processes from a molecular
viewpoint, focusing on the use of chemical and physical methodology to explain
this complex subject matter and emphasizing the most up-to-date research. It
covers aspects of the biology, chemistry, physics and physiology of humic
substance macromolecules, includes the very latest in high level molecular
modelling and teaches techniques of particular relevance to agriculture and
agronomy. The growing industrial use of humic substances for plant stimulation,
alternative energy sources and bioremediation is also featured. EDITORIAL
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"Humic substances may not be beautiful, but they do beautiful things."
Furthermore, these richly carbon-endowed polymers are among nature's least
understood materials.