Title:
Environmental science : earth as a living planet
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Edition:
4th ed.
Publication Information:
New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2003
ISBN:
9780471389149
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Summary
Summary
Offers a modern and different perspective.
* Includes updated content to reflect latest research findings.
* Each chapter ending has references to related material on the web.
Author Notes
Daniel B. Botkin, University of California, Santa Barbara
Edward A. Keller, University of California - Santa Barbara
Table of Contents
| 1 Key Themes in Environmental Sciences |
| 2 Science as a Way of Knowing: Critical Thinking about the Environment |
| 3 The Big Picture: Systems of Change |
| 4 The Human Population and the Environment |
| 5 The Biogeochemical Cycles |
| 6 Ecosystems and Ecosystem Management |
| 7 Biological Diversity |
| 8 Biogeography |
| 9 Biological Productivity and Energy Flow |
| 10 Ecological Restoration |
| 11 Producing Enough Food for the World: How Agriculture Depends on Environment |
| 12 Effects of Agriculture on the Environment |
| 13 Forests, Parks, and Landscapes |
| 14 Wildlife, Fisheries, and Endangered Species |
| 15 Environmental Health, Pollution, and Toxicology |
| 16 Natural Disasters and Catastrophes |
| 17 Energy: Some Basics |
| 18 Fossil Fuels and the Environment |
| 19 Alternative Energy and the Environment |
| 20 Nuclear Energy and the Environment |
| 21 Water Supply, Use, and Management |
| 22 Water Pollution and Treatment |
| 23 The Atmosphere, Climate, and Global Warming |
| 24 Air Pollution and Ozone Depletion |
| 25 Indoor Air Pollution |
| 26 Minerals and the Environment |
| 27 Dollars and Environmental Sense: Economics of Environmental Issues |
| 28 Urban Environments |
| 29 Waste Management |
