Environment: The Science Behind the Stories, Global Edition + Mastering EnvironmentalScience with Pearson eText

Jay Withgott, Matthew Laposata (Autoren)

Media-Kombination

2015 | 5th edition
Pearson Education Limited
978-1-292-06806-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Environment: The Science behind the Stories continues to revolutionize the environmental science course with integrated central case studies and real-life stories that provide students with a concrete and engaging framework for understanding and applying the scientific process to environmental concerns. The newly revised Fifth Edition offers a highly effective integration between text and media and an emphasis on scientific literacy and data analysis skills to encourage students to critically evaluate information about environmental issues. This package includes MasteringEnvironmentalScience, an online homework, tutorial, and assessment product designed to work with your Pearson text to personalize learning and improve results. With a wide range of interactive, engaging, and assignable activities, students are encouraged to actively learn and retain tough course concepts. Students, this title is available with or without MasteringEnvironmentalScience. Contact your instructor for the correct ISBNs. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

Inhalt

I. FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

1. Science and Sustainability: An Introduction to Environmental Science

2. Earth’s Physical Systems: Matter, Energy, and Geology

3. Evolution, Biodiversity, and Population Ecology

4. Species Interactions and Community Ecology

5. Environmental Systems and Ecosystem Ecology

6. Ethics, Economics, and Sustainable Development

7. Environmental Policy: Making Decisions and Solving Problems

 

II. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS

8. Human Population

9. Soil and Agriculture

10. Agriculture, Biotechnology, and the Future of Food

11. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

12. Forests, Forest Management, and Protected Areas

13. The Urban Environment: Creating Sustainable Cities

14. Environmental Health and Toxicology

15. Freshwater Systems and Resources

16. Marine and Coastal Systems and Resources

17. Atmospheric Science, Air Quality, and Pollution Control

18. Global Climate Change

19. Fossil Fuels, Their Impacts, and Energy Conservation

20. Conventional Energy Alternatives

21. New Renewable Energy Alternatives

22. Managing Our Waste

23. Minerals and Mining

24. Sustainable Solutions

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.10.2024
• Verlagsort: Harlow
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 230 x 275 mm
• Gewicht: 1760 g
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• ISBN-10: 1-292-06806-X / 129206806X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-292-06806-0 / 9781292068060
• Zustand: Neuware