Environment / Peter H. Raven, Linda R. Berg.
Raven, Peter H.
Berg, Linda R.
Hoboken : Wiley,
c2006.
Includes 2004 world population data sheet attached to inside back cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing environmental science and sustainability -- Environmental laws, economics, and ethics -- Ecosystems and energy -- Ecosystems and living organisms -- Ecosystems and the physical environment -- Major ecosystems of the world -- Human health and environmental toxicology -- Population change -- The problems of overpopulation -- The urban world -- Fossil fuels -- Nuclear energy -- Renewable energy and conservation -- Water: a limited resource -- Soil resources -- Minerals: a nonrenewable resource -- Preserving Earth's biological diversity -- Land resources -- Food resources: a challenge for agriculture -- Air pollution -- Regional and global atmospheric changes -- Water pollution -- The pesticide dilemma -- Solid and hazardous wastes -- Tomorrow's world -- Appendices: Review of basic chemistry -- Graphing -- Units of measure: some useful conversions -- Abbreviations, formulas, and acronyms used in this text -- Glossary.
Environmental education.
Environmental policy.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environment.