Students have questions, this book has answers:
- What is the structure and function of natural systems?
- Where and how do populations and communities live?
- How have human impacts altered ecosystems?
- How can we lessen impacts and create long term solutions?
Challenging Times Demand Changing Approaches
As the world strives to go green and clean, the discipline of
environmental science is poised to take center stage. Its
components span many disciplines, subdisciplines, and specialties.
Reflecting this, introductory courses are often taught by
instructors trained in fields ranging from biology, chemistry, and
physics to philosophy and political science. The next generation of
environmental scientists, professionals, and decision makers need
an understanding of environmental issues that is not only cohesive,
but firmly based in science. They need environmental literacy.
Why Another Text on Environmental Science?
Exploiting the fertile ground provided by young and open minds,
The Environment: Science, Issues, and Solutions employs a
back-to-basics, building-block presentation. The authors approach
is strongly grounded in science, the scientific method, and
environmental evidence. They introduce the principles of ecology,
then discuss how the increase in human population, expanded
technology use, and unprecedented economic development and growth
has altered ecosystems resulting in serious local, regional, and
global environmental problems. The book makes a case for seeking
long-term solutions for the prevention and mitigation of
environmental problems in their interconnected, interrelated, and,
thus, interdependent ways.
Fully Integrated Text Rigorously Explores Environmental
Issues
The authors engaging style piques the interest of students,
challenges their critical abilities, and fosters environmental
literacy based on a fundamental understanding of the systems of the
natural world. The authors emphasize the basics of ecology and use
this foundation to build an understanding of major environmental
problems and explore methods of mitigating what has been degraded
or destroyed. In a logical progression, they provide an
understanding of the science, a delineation of the human population
and technological growth that has led to environmental issues, and
an exploration of solutions to those problems.
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