Essential environment : the science behind the stories /
Withgott, Jay
Essential environment : the science behind the stories / Jay Withgott, Scott Brennan - 3rd ed. - San Francisco : Pearson, 2009 - xvii, 400, [48] p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
Includes index Brennan's name appears first on the previous ed.
An introduction to environmental science -- Environmental economics and environmental policy -- Environmental systems -- Evolution, biodiversity, and population ecology -- Species interactions and community ecology -- Human population -- Soil and agriculture and future food -- Biodiversity and conservation biology -- Cities, forests, and parks -- Management -- Environmental health and toxicology -- Geology minerals and mining -- Fresh water, oceans, and coasts -- Atmospheric science and pollution -- Global climate change -- Nonrenewable energy sources, their impacts, and energy conservation -- Renewable energy alternatives -- Waste management
9780136045311 (pbk. : alk. paper) RM363.52
Environmental sciences
Essential environment : the science behind the stories / Jay Withgott, Scott Brennan - 3rd ed. - San Francisco : Pearson, 2009 - xvii, 400, [48] p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
Includes index Brennan's name appears first on the previous ed.
An introduction to environmental science -- Environmental economics and environmental policy -- Environmental systems -- Evolution, biodiversity, and population ecology -- Species interactions and community ecology -- Human population -- Soil and agriculture and future food -- Biodiversity and conservation biology -- Cities, forests, and parks -- Management -- Environmental health and toxicology -- Geology minerals and mining -- Fresh water, oceans, and coasts -- Atmospheric science and pollution -- Global climate change -- Nonrenewable energy sources, their impacts, and energy conservation -- Renewable energy alternatives -- Waste management
9780136045311 (pbk. : alk. paper) RM363.52
Environmental sciences