Environmental science : working with the earth / 6
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G. Tyler Miller, Jr.
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- xviii, 517, A14 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps 29 cm.
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The Annenberg/CPB collection--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Environmental Problems and Their Causes -- 2. Cultural Changes, Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability -- 3. Science, Matter, and Energy -- 4. Ecosystems and How They Work -- 5. Ecosystems: What Are the Major Types, and What Can Happen to Them? -- 6. The Human Population -- 7. Environmental Economics and Politics -- 8. Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health -- 9. Air and Air Pollution -- 10. Climate, Global Warming, and Ozone Loss -- 11. Water -- 12. Minerals and Soil -- 13. Solid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste -- 14. Food Resources -- 15. Protecting Food Resources: Pesticides and Pest Control -- 16. Sustaining Ecosystems: Forests, Rangelands, Parks, and Wilderness -- 17. Sustaining Wild Species -- 18. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- 19. Nonrenewable Energy Resources -- Epilogue -- Appendixes -- Glossary -- Index.