The Sixth Edition of 'Environment' Offers Solid Scientific Content Balanced With Effective and Curre

Jan 28, 11:04 AM

The new Sixth Edition of this leading environmental science text covers the enormous environmental challenges facing our world today. It helps readers think critically about the issues, and understand the concepts that underlie environmental problems. Rather than telling readers what to think, this book provides the information and tools they need to reach their own conclusions. It offers solid scientific content balanced with effective and current examples of problems and solutions.

About the Author

Peter H. Raven, one of the world's leading botanists, has dedicated nearly three decades to conservation and biodiversity as Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, where he has cultivated a world-class institution of horticultural display, education, and research. Described by Time magazine as "Hero for the Planet," Dr. Raven champions research around the world to preserve endangered species and is a leading advocate for conservation and a sustainable environment. Dr. Raven is chair of the National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration and he is President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the receipient of numerous prizes and awards, including Japan's International Prize for Biology, the Environmental Prize of the Institute de la Vie, the Volvo Environment Prize, the Tyler Prize for Environment Achievement, and the Sasakawa Environment Prize. He also has held Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships. Dr. Raven received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, after completing his undergraduate work at the University of California, Berkeley.

Content Outline:

1. Introducing Environmental Science and Sustainability

2. Environmental Laws, Economics, and Ethics

3. Ecosystems and Energy

4. Ecosystems and Living Organisms

5. Ecosystems and the Physical Environment

6. Major Ecosystems of the World

7. Human Health and Environmental Toxicology

8. Population Change

9. The Problems of Overpopulation

10. The Urban world

11. Fossil Fuels

12. Nuclear Energy

13. Renewable Energy and Conservation

14. Water: A Limited Resource

15. Soils and Their Preservation

16. Minerals: A Nonrenewable Resource

17. Preserving Earth's Biological Diversity

18. Land Resources

19. Food Resources: A Challenge for Agriculture

20. Air Pollution

21. Regional and Global Atmospheric Changes

22. Water Pollution

23. The Pesticide Dilemma

24. Solid and Hazardous Wastes

25. Tomorrow's World

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