Essential environment : the science bheind the stories /
Scott Brennan; Jay Withgott.
- xxiv, 376 p. : illus. (colored) ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
An introduction to environmental science -- Environmental economics and environmental policy -- Environmental systems -- Evolution, biodiversity, and population ecology -- Species interactions and community ecology -- Human population -- Soil and agriculture and future food -- Biodiversity and conservation biology -- Cities, forests, and parks -- Management -- Environmental health and toxicology -- Geology minerals and mining -- Fresh water, oceans, and coasts -- Atmospheric science and pollution -- Global climate change -- Nonrenewable energy sources, their impacts, and energy conservation -- Renewable energy alternatives -- Waste management.