Essential Environment: The Science Behind the Stories retains all the popular features of its parent volume, Environment: The Science behind the Stories--including its integrated central case study approach and its focus on the scientific process, current data, and critical thinking--in a brief 17-chapter text. The Third Edition features expanded coverage of global climate change in a new stand-alone chapter. Coverage of geology, minerals, and mining is also enhanced in a new chapter. A new Activities Workbook supplement provides more activities and exercises than ever, and the Viewpoints essays are now in their own supplement with questions and web links. Myenvironmentplace.com offers a diverse selection of resources and interactive exercises that help students succeed in the course and hone the skills they need to make informed decisions on environmental issues.
| ISBN | 0136045316 | | Pages | 456 | | ISBN13 | 9780136045311
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Weight (grammes) | 922 | | Imprint | Prentice Hall | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780805306408 | | Publication date | 08 Sep 2008 | | Height (mm) | 276 | | Library of Congress | 2008024487 | | Width (mm) | 216 | | DEWEY | 333.7 | | Spine width (mm) | 15 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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I. FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 1. An introduction to environmental science 2. Environmental economics and environmental policy 3. Environmental systems: Chemistry, energy, and ecosystems 4. Evolution, biodiversity, and population ecology 5. Species interactions and community ecology II. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS 6. Human population 7. Soils, agriculture, and the future of food 8. Biodiversity and conservation biology 9. Cities, forests, and parks: Land use and resource management 10. Environmental health and toxicology 11. Geology, minerals, and mining 12. Freshwater and marine systems and resources 13. The atmosphere and air pollution 14. Global climate change 15. Nonrenewable energy sources, their impacts, and energy conservation 16. Renewable energy alternatives 17. Waste management Epilogue: Sustainable Solutions
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