Environmental science /
G.Tyler Miller, Scott E. Spoolman.
- Sixteenth edition.
- Australia : Cengage, [2019], c2019.
- 505 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 28 cm
Includes index.
Humans and sustainability: an overview -- The Environment and sustainability -- Ecology and sustainability -- Science, matter, energy, and systems -- Ecosystems: what are they and how do they work -- Biodiversity and evolution -- Species interactions, ecological succession, and population control -- The Human population and urbanization -- Climate and biodiversity -- Sustaining biodiversity -- Sustaining biodiversity: saving species -- Sustaining biodiversity: saving ecosystem -- Sustaining resources and environmental quality -- Food production and the environment -- Water resources and water pollution -- Geology and nonrenewable mineral resources -- Energy resources -- Environmental hazards and human health -- Air pollution, climate change, and ozone depletion -- Solid and hazardous waste -- Sustaining human societies -- Environmental economics, politics, and worldviews.
"The 16th Edition of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE is "inspiring people to care about the planet." Partnering with National Geographic Learning, the authors Tyler Miller and Scott Spoolman deliver a text that equips and inspires you with the tools and knowledge to make a difference solving today's environmental issues. Exclusive content highlights important work of National Geographic explorers and grantees and features vivid photos, maps and illustrations that bring course concepts to life. Using sustainability as their central theme, the authors emphasize natural capital, natural capital degradation, solutions, trade-offs and the importance of individuals. In return, you learn how nature works, how you interact with it and how humanity can continue to sustain its relationship with the earth by applying nature's lessons to economies and individual lifestyles."--Amazon.com
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