02118nam a2200265Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500510005810000260010970000230013526000540015825000090021230000170022130000090023802000220024765000290026965000270029865000180032505000150034354600120035850513630037052000840173333600090181733700150182633800110184120260803094007.0251212s2010    xx            000 0 und d1 aEnvironmental science /cG. Tyler, Jr. Miller.  aMiller, G. Tyler, Jr.  aSpoolman, Scott E.  aAustralia :bBrooks/Cole CENGAGE Learning,c2010.  a13th  axxi, 452 p.:  a28cm  a978-0-495-56022-7  aEnvironmental protection  aEnvironmental sciences  aHuman ecology  a363.7 M61e  aEnglish  aHUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW. 1. Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability. ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY. 2. Science, Matter, and Energy. 3. Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work? 4. Evolution and Biodiversity. 5. Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control. 6. The Human Population and Urbanization. 7. Climate and Biodiversity. SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY. 8. Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach. 9. Sustaining Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach. SUSTAINING RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. 10. Food, Soil, and Pest Management. 11. Water Resources and Water Pollution. 12. Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals. 13. Energy. 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. SUPPLEMENTS. 1. Measurement Units, Precision, and Accuracy. 2. Reading Graphs and Maps. 3. Maps and Data: Economics, Population, Hunger, Health, and Waste Production. 4. Maps: Biodiversity, Ecological Footprints, and Environmental Performance. 5. Overview of U.S. Environmental History. 6. Some Basic Chemistry. 7. Classifying and Naming Species. 8. Weather Basics, El Nino, Tornadoes, and Tropical Cyclones. 9. Maps and Data: Energy and Climate. Glossary. Index.  aA book from Cengage Learning on "Environmental Science, International Edition".  aText  aUnmediated  aVolume