Sustaining the Earth
eBook - PDF

Sustaining the Earth

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Sustaining the Earth

About this book

SUSTAINING THE EARTH provides the basic scientific tools for understanding and thinking critically about the environmental problems we face. About half the price of other environmental science texts, this 14-chapter, one-color core book offers an integrated approach that emphasizes how environmental and resource problems and solutions are related. The new edition of SUSTAINING THE EARTH is fully updated with the latest statistics and reports of important scientific studies. New Connections boxes show surprising but important connections between environmental problems and aspects of daily life. In addition, new Thinking About boxes help students apply the concepts of the book to their own lives. Sustainability is the integrating theme of this current and thought-provoking book. The concept-centered approach transforms complex environmental topics and issues into key concepts that students will understand and remember. By framing the concepts with goals for more sustainable lifestyles and human communities, you will see how promising the future can be.

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Table of contents

  1. Brief Contents
  2. About the Cover Photo
  3. Detailed Contents
  4. Preface: For Instructors
  5. About the Authors
  6. Learning Skills
  7. Ch 1: Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
  8. Ch 2: Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems
  9. Ch 3: Biodiversity and Evolution
  10. Ch 4: Community Ecology, Population Ecology, and the Human Population
  11. Ch 5: Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach
  12. Ch 6: Sustaining Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach
  13. Ch 7: Food Production and the Environment
  14. Ch 8: Water Resources and Water Pollution
  15. Ch 9: Nonrenewable Energy Resources
  16. Ch 10: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  17. Ch 11: Environmental Hazards and Human Health
  18. Ch 12: Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Ozone Depletion
  19. Ch 13: Urbanization and Solid and Hazardous Waste
  20. Ch 14: Economics, Politics, Worldviews,and Sustainability
  21. Appendix: Measurement Units
  22. Glossary
  23. Index