This book features a selection of works presented in the 2nd International Conference on BioGeoSciences in a unified framework. First, it describes several theoretical tools for the mathematical modelling of natural processes and environments, such as Quantitative Habitability Theory, dynamical systems and artificial intelligence. It then outlines applications to the broad and multifaceted area of the natural sciences and environmental engineering. This highly interdisciplinary book includes case studies with a wide range of spatio-temporal scales: from ecosystem- to astrobiological-cosmological scales.

Provides theoretical tools to model natural environments Offers detailed case studies on modelling natural processes and environments Covers a wide range of spatial-temporal scales Includes applications to environmental engineering

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Prof. Dr. Rolando Cardenas: Received his PhD in Theoretical Physics and conducts the (very) interdisciplinary Planetary Science Laboratory at Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas since its foundation. In the decade of 2000's was recipient of annual awards of the Cuban Academy of Sciences in three occasions for research on Theoretical Cosmology. In 2016 was the main contributor for such award for works on Astrobiology and Earth Sciences. In 2013 the Cuban Council of State awarded him with Carlos J. Finlay Order, the highest in the country for research activity. In 2016 also received the Honorary Distinction of the Minister of Higher Education for Research. His research work is in the (broad) area of mathematical modelling of natural environments, at different spatial-temporal scales. Prof. Dr. Oscar Parra: Oscar Parra is biologist and professor at the Natural Resources and Oceanographic Sciences Faculty and founder director of the Environmental Sciences Centre of theUniversity of Concepción (Concepción, Chile). He is a very experienced researcher in the use of standard physical, chemical and biological methods of water ecosystems, specialized on taxonomy and ecology of freshwater phytoplancton and phytobenthos. His research cover interdisciplinary studies of freshwater systems (lakes and rivers) on a watershed scale. He is the author of about 200 scientific papers, book articles and books and he has edited a number of books dealing with aquatic biota and management of water resources in Chile. He has participated as a leader of a number of national and international collaborative scientific projects and as a consultant of national and international institutions and organizations, e.g. UNESCO (Albania, Libia, Costa Rica), Brasil, Uruguay, Argentina). Funding agencies for his research include: PNUD UNESCO, European Comission, Italian Goverment, Germany Goverment, Chilean National Science Comission. Prof. Dr. Osmel Martin: Received hisPhD in Theoretical Physics and conducts research at the Planetary Science Laboratory at Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas since its foundation. In 2016 he was one of the main contributors for the award of Cuban Academy of Sciences for works on Astrobiology and Earth Sciences. His current research work is in the (broad) area of mathematical modelling of natural environments, at different spatial-temporal scales, with some emphasis in Atmospheric Sciences and Physical and Biological Oceanography.Vladimir Mochalov is senior researcher at the Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation ( Paratunka, Russia ). He received the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics. His research interests include networks structure synthesis, artificial intelligence, bio-inspired algorithms, query answering systems and Big Data.

Inhalt
On the Quantification of Habitability: Current Approaches.- The Dynamical Systems Approach to Modeling: the Universe as a Case Study.-Enlarging simple ecological models: subspecies, hidden symmetries and their implications.- Multi-agent question-answering system.- Seeding programming.- Schwarzschild Metric Disturbed by the Accelerated Expansion of the Universe.- Potential changes on anammox activity after Chicxulub asteroid impact.- Quantification of phytoplankton primary habitability in the Gulf of Ana María, Cuba.- On the Subaquatic Light Fields in Lakes of Southern Chile and their Photosynthetic Potential.- Coarse detrital deposits from hurricane Wilma on the western coast of Cojimar, Havana, Cuba.- Mathematical modeling of phosphorus dynamics in aquatic ecosystems.- Mozambican Adsorbents for Zinc (II) Removal in Aqueous Solutions.- Difusivity of Cd (II) Ions in Several Porous Adsorbents.- Increasing tolerance plants to heavy metals.- Increasing tolerance Agrostis stolonifera, Festuca rubra, Brachycome iberidifolia, Chrysanthemum carinatum to copper.- Environmentally Sustainable Management of Rice Cultivating Zones in Ukraine.- Development of a new formulation for Onychomycosis treatment using Furvina® as an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient.- Multipurpose sensor network for electromagnetic radiation monitoring.- Tilt and orientation of a flat solar collector to capture optimal solar irradiation in Chilean latitudes.