Environmental Science

by McKinney, Michael L.; Schoch, Robert M.; Yonavjak, Logan

• ISBN13: 9780763742621
• ISBN10: 0763742627
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

The critical importance of environmental preservation is apparent to everyone. The issues facing us today, be they global warming, the depleting ozone layer, the controversy over nuclear power, or the continuing problems of water pollution and solid waste disposal, are headline news. Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions, Fourth Edition, offers the basic principles necessary to understand and address these multi-faceted and often very complex current environmental concerns. The book provides a comprehensive overview and synthesis of environmental science and provides the basic factual data necessary to understand the environment as it is today. It is important that students understand how various aspects of the natural environment interconnect with each other and with human society. Using a systems approach, the authors have organized complex information in a way that highlights these connections in a fair and unbiased fashion. A Study Guide is incorporated at the end of each chapter to help reinforce concepts and provide a clear overview of material.

Table of Contents

Environmental science : an overview	p. 2
Human population growth	p. 26
The biosphere : populations, communities, ecosystems, and biogeochemical cycles	p. 56
The distribution of life on earth	p. 94
The dynamic earth and natural hazards	p. 118
People and natural resources	p. 152
Fundamentals of energy, fossil fuels, and nuclear energy	p. 172
Renewable and alternative energy sources	p. 208
Water resources	p. 242
Mineral resources	p. 270
Conserving biological resources	p. 286
Land resources and management	p. 312
Food and soil resources	p. 340
Principles of pollution control, toxicology, and risk	p. 376
Water pollution	p. 408
Air pollution : local and regional	p. 436
Global air pollution : destruction of the ozone layer and global climate change	p. 464
Municipal solid waste and hazardous waste	p. 500
Environmental economics	p. 538
Historical and cultural aspects of environmental concerns	p. 564
Epilogue : environmental literacy	p. 597
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