Environmental Science
CENGAGE Learning Custom Publishing
978-1-111-20136-4 (ISBN)
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"Environmental Science, 13e, International Edition" inspires and equips students to make a difference for the world. Featuring sustainability as their central theme, authors Tyler Miller and Scott Spoolman emphasize natural capital, natural capital degradation, solutions, trade-offs, and the importance of individuals. As a result, students learn how nature works, how they interact with it, and how humanity has sustained - and can continue to sustain - its relationship with the earth by applying nature's lessons to economies and individual lifestyles. Engaging features like 'Core Case Studies', 'How Would You Vote' questions, and 'Thinking About' exercises demonstrate the relevance of issues and encourage critical thinking. Updated with new learning tools, the latest content, and an enhanced art program, this highly flexible book allows instructors to vary the order of chapters and sections within chapters to meet the needs of their courses. "CengageNow" provides you with all the learning resources you will need to help you pass your course in one intuitive online programme.
This includes a wide selection of online study tools and a personalized study plan that will help you understand the subject, master fundamental concepts and prepare for exams. "CengageNow" is designed to compliment your course and your textbook, and will quickly and easily help you make the grade. "The Global Environment Watch" is a one-stop site for classroom discussion and research projects, this interactive and current resource provides news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents and statistics in highly accessible, visually appealing research areas. "The Global Environment Watch" includes ports on biodiversity, climate change, renewable energy and more!
HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW. 1. Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability. ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY. 2. Science, Matter, and Energy. 3. Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work? 4. Evolution and Biodiversity. 5. Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control. 6. The Human Population and Urbanization. 7. Climate and Biodiversity. SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY. 8. Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach. 9. Sustaining Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach. SUSTAINING RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. 10. Food, Soil, and Pest Management. 11. Water Resources and Water Pollution. 12. Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals. 13. Energy. 14. Environmental Hazards and Human Health. 15. Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Ozone Depletion. 16. Solid and Hazardous Waste. SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETIES. 17. Environmental Economics, Politics, and Worldviews. SUPPLEMENTS. 1. Measurement Units, Precision, and Accuracy. 2. Reading Graphs and Maps. 3. Maps and Data: Economics, Population, Hunger, Health, and Waste Production. 4. Maps: Biodiversity, Ecological Footprints, and Environmental Performance. 5. Overview of U.S. Environmental History. 6. Some Basic Chemistry. 7. Classifying and Naming Species. 8. Weather Basics, El Nino, Tornadoes, and Tropical Cyclones. 9. Maps and Data: Energy and Climate. Glossary. Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.2.2010 |
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| Verlagsort | Mason, OH |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 225 x 275 mm |
| Gewicht | 1222 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-111-20136-6 / 1111201366 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-111-20136-4 / 9781111201364 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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