Environmental Science Working with the Earth (Non-InfoTrac Edition)

by Miller, G. Tyler

• ISBN13: 9780534389895
• ISBN10: 0534389899
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-11
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: WORKING WITH THE EARTH, Ninth Edition is a concise alternative to G. Tyler MillerÆs best-selling text LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT, which redefines the environmental science course and sets the standard by which every other book for this course is judged. This Ninth Edition is a significant, all-encompassing revision providing greater focus on the basic scientific content necessary to understand environmental issues in clear, straightforward language. It provides the latest developments and reflects several major shifts in environmental science education that are taking place in this century. Designed as a foundational text for environmental science courses, Miller's flexible book is adaptable to almost any approach, and is the most widely embraced approach to environmental science in print today. With fair and balanced coverage and Internet tools integrated throughout, the book features an extensively developed art program, writing that communicates scientific information clearly and effectively, and the most current coverage of the subject. The book's flexible organization means that it can be adapted to fit almost any syllabus. Miller's more than thirty years of research and teaching expertise make this the definitive book on the subject.

Table of Contents

Part I HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW	1	(52)
Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability	2	(21)
Environmental Economics, Politics, and Worldviews	23	(30)
Part II SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS	53	(190)
Science, Systems, Matter, and Energy	54	(23)
Ecosystems: Components, Energy Flow, and Matter Cycling	77	(29)
Evolution and Biodiversity: Origins, Niches, and Adaptation	106	(15)
Climate, Terrestrial Biodiversity, and Aquatic Biodiversity	121	(38)
Community Ecology: Structure, Species Interactions, Succession, and Sustainability	159	(22)
Population Dynamics, Carrying Capacity, and Conservation Biology	181	(13)
Geology: Processes, Minerals, Hazards, and Soils	194	(30)
Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health	224	(19)
Part III POPULATION, RESOURCES, AND SUSTAINABILITY	243	(152)
The Human Population: Growth and Distribution	244	(33)
Air and Air Pollution	277	(24)
Climate Change and Ozone Loss	301	(26)
Water Resources and Water Pollution	327	(41)
Solid and Hazardous Waste	368	(27)
Part IV SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY	395	(94)
Food Resources	396	(33)
Sustaining Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity The Ecosystem Approach	429	(31)
Sustaining Wild Species	460	(29)
Part V ENERGY RESOURCES	489
Nonrenewable Energy Resources	490
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	513
Appendixes	A1
Glossary	G1
Index	I1