This lower cost, shorter book provides closely connected web applications. Flexible, streamlined, and efficient, each element in the System Edition is designed to maximize the advantages of its medium. Topics include: Ecosystems: Units of Stability; Ecosystems: How They Work; Ecosystems: Population and Succession; Ecosystems and Evolutionary Change; The Human Population: Demographics; Addressing the Population Problem; Soil and the Soil Ecosystem; Water: Hydrologic Cycle and Human Use; The Production and Distribution of Food; Wild Species: Biodiversity and Protection; Ecosystems as Resources; Energy from Fossil Fuels; Nuclear Energy: Promise and Problems; Renewable Energy; Environmental Hazards and Human Health; Pests and Pest Control; Water: Pollution and Prevention; Municipal Solid Waste: Disposal and Recovery; Hazardous Chemicals: Pollution and Prevention; The Atmosphere: Climate, Climate Change, and Ozone Depletion; Atmospheric Pollution; Economics, Public Policy, and the Environment; Sustainable Communities and Lifestyles.
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The unbiased approach of the text equips students with important analytical and quantitative reasoning skills, including how to ask questions to seek information required to develop informed opinions.
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This lower cost, shorter book provides closely connected web applications. Flexible, streamlined, and efficient, each element in the System Edition is designed to maximize the advantages of its medium.
Used over the duration of a course, it enhances comprehension, increases retention, and improves test scores. The book contains tear-out pages that can easily be attached to class notes or other course materials.
Pearson eText for Environment: The Science behind the Stories is a best seller for the introductory environmental science course known for its student-friendly narrative style, its integration of real stories and case studies, and its ...
This book is intended for use in a one- or two-semester course in environmental science, human ecology, or environmental studies at the college or advanced placement high school level.