01380nam a22001817a 4500 140721b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780136045311 GE105.B74 Withgott, Jay. Essential environment: the science behind the stories. / Jay Withgott 3rd ed. New York: Pearson, 2009. xvii,400p.: ill.; 25cm. Includes index, appendix and glossary. Contents: Foundations of environmental science: An introduction to environmental science -- Environmental economics and environmental policy -- Environmental systems: Chemistry, energy and ecosystems -- Evolution, biodiversity and population ecology -- Species interactions and community ecology -- Environmental issues and the search for solutions -- Soil, agriculture and the future of food -- Biodiversity and conservation biology -- Cities, forests and parks: Land use and resource management -- Environmental health and toxicology -- Geology, minerals and mining -- Fresh water, oceans and coasts: Systems resources and conservation -- Atmospheric science and air pollution -- Global climate change -- Nonrenewable energy sources, their impacts and energy conservation -- Renewable energy alternatives -- Waste management -- Epilogue sustainable solutions. Brennan, Scott. lcc BK 3169 10669 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 REF 2014-07-21 0 GE105.B74 7577/04/14 2014-07-21 00:00:00 1 2014-07-21 BK