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Raven’s Environment, 5th Edition is a most accessible, yet detailed, environmental science text. The text provides numerous examples and opportunities for readers to explore issues at a local level.
Covering the enormous environmental challenges facing our world today, the new fifth edition of The Environment helps readers think critically about these issues and understand the concepts that underlie environmental problems. Rather than telling readers what to think, the 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.
Table of Contents
- FRONT MATTER
- 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 Soil Resources
- 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
- I Review of Basic Chemistry
- II Graphing
- III Units of Measure: Some Useful Conversions
- IV Abbreviations, Formulas, and Acronyms Used in This Text
- Glossary
- Photo Credits
- Text, Table, and Line Art Credits
- Index
