Essential environment
Subtitle: the science behind the stories
By: by Jay Withgott, Scott Brennan.
Contributors: Brennan, Scott.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780136045311
Subjects: Environmental sciences
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to environmental science; title: Environmental economics and environmental policy; title: Environmental systems; title: Evolution, biodiversity, and population ecology; title: Species interactions and community ecology; title: Human population; title: Soil and agriculture and future food; title: Biodiversity and conservation biology; title: Cities, forests, and parks; title: Management; title: Environmental health and toxicology; title: Geology minerals and mining; title: Fresh water, oceans, and coasts; title: Atmospheric science and pollution; title: Global climate change; title: Nonrenewable energy sources, their impacts, and energy conservation; title: Renewable energy alternatives; title: Waste management.