Principles of environmental science : inquiry & application / William P. Cunningham, University of Minnesota, Mary Ann Cunningham, Vassar College.
By: Cunningham, William P [author]
Contributor(s): Cunningham, Mary Ann [author]
Publisher: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2017]Copyright date: c2017Edition: Eighth editonDescription: xxiv, 399, 4, 10, 3, 20 pages, 2 folded pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780078036071 (alk. paper)Other title: Principles of environmental science : inquiry and application [Cover title]Subject(s): Environmental sciences | Environment and ecologyDDC classification: 363.7 LOC classification: GE105 | .C865 2017| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index.
Chapter 1: Understanding Our Environment
Chapter 2: Environmental Systems: Matter and Energy of Life
Chapter 3: Evolution, Species Interactions, and Biological Communities
Chapter 4: Human Populations
Chapter 5: Biomes and Biodiversity
Chapter 6: Environmental Conservation: Forests, Grasslands, Parks, and Nature Preserves
Chapter 7: Food and Agriculture
Chapter 8: Environmental Health and Toxicology
Chapter 9: Climate
Chapter 10: Air Pollution
Chapter 11: Water: Resources and Pollution
Chapter 12: Environmental Geology and Earth Resources
Chapter 13: Energy
Chapter 14: Solid and Hazardous Waste
Chapter 15: Economics and Urbanization
Chapter 16: Environmental Policy and Sustainability
A discussion of how science can help us find solutions for important environmental issues. Each chapter starts with an opening vignette of an environmental problem showing the principles to be presented in the text.
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