Environmental science. G. Tyler Miller, Scott E. Spoolman.
Material type: TextPublication details: Australia : Brooks/Cole, 2015.Edition: 15th edition / G. Tyler Miller, Jr., Scott SpoolmanDescription: 592 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781305090446 (pbk.) :
- 9781305090446
- 363.7 MIL
- GE105 .M544 2015
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 363.7 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 216854 |
Previous edition: 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Humans and sustainability: an overview -- 1.Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability -- Ecology and sustainability -- 2.Science, matter, energy, and systems -- 3.Ecosystems: what are they and how do they work? -- 4.Biodiversity and evolution -- 5.Species interactions, ecological succession, and population control -- 6.The human population and urbanization -- 7.Climate and biodiversity -- Sustaining biodiversity -- 8.Sustaining biodiversity: saving species and ecosystem services -- 9.Sustaining biodiversity: saving ecosystems and ecosystem services -- Sustaining resources and enviromental quality -- 10.Food production and the enviroment -- 11.Water resources and water pollution -- 12.Geology and nonrenewable mineral resources -- 13.Energy resources -- 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.
'Environmental Science' boasts an unparalleled emphasis on sustainability, basic science, and bias-free comparisons, within a flexible chapter organisation and supported by the best media tools and illustration program available.