(eBook PDF) A User’s Guide for Planet Earth: Fundamentals of Environmental Science 2nd ed. Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 1516525302
- ISBN-13 : 978-1516525300
- Author: Dork Sahagian
A User’s Guide for Planet Earth provides students with an exploration of the fundamental components of Earth’s environmental systems, their interactions, and the way society affects and is affected by alterations in climate, ecosystems, hydrology, and various additional factors. Concise and targeted, the text distills essential environmental science concepts into an easy-to-understand and highly digestible textbook.
The book begins by exploring several key background issues that lay the foundation for understanding the processes and drivers that control the behavior of the environment. It then delves into the main environmental systems of ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, water, agriculture, oceans, human health, energy, and climate, culminating in a discussion of the Earth system. Students develop a fundamental understanding of how environmental processes are influenced by and can influence humans and broader society. Journal articles are referenced at the end of each chapter to encourage further reading and research.
Table contents:
Chapter 1 What Is the Environment, How Do We Study It, and Why Does Anyone Care?
Chapter 2 Science and a Critical Approach to the Environment
Chapter 3 Environment as a System
Chapter 4 Human Population
Chapter 5 Ecosystems
Chapter 6 Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Chapter 7 Water
Chapter 8 Soils, Agriculture, and Food
Chapter 9 The Oceans
Chapter 10 Human Health and the Environment
Chapter 11 Energy
Chapter 12 The Atmosphere
Chapter 13 Climate and Climate Change
Chapter 14 Global Environmental Change and the Earth System
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