Environmental science : working with the Earth / 6th ed.
作者: G. Tyler Miller, Jr.
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简介:Focusing on the relationship between human beings and the natural environment, and approaching this relationship in terms of sustainability, this textbook introduces the basic scientific principles and concepts and then applies them to topics like population, biodiversity, and energy resources. Specific chapters discuss environmental economics, ecosystems, evolution, climate, community ecology, population dynamics, environmental geology, toxicology, air pollution, ozone loss, water pollution, hazardous waste, food resources, and energy efficiency. Miller teaches human ecology at St. Andrews Presbyterian College. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)