Essential environment : the science behind the stories /
Jay Withgott, Scott Brennan.
- 3rd ed.
- San Francisco : Pearson, c2009.
- xvii, 400, [19] p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Contents: An introduction to environmental science - - Environmental economic 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.