TY - BOOK AU - Miller,G.Tyler TI - Environmental science: working with the Earth SN - 0534389872 (pbk) AV - GE105 .M544 2003 U1 - 363.7 PY - 2003/// CY - Pacific Grove, Calif., London PB - Brooks/Cole KW - Environmental sciences KW - Human ecology KW - Environmental protection N1 - CD-ROM inside back cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; TOC; Part I. Humans and sustainability : an overview. Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability -- Environmental economics, politics, and worldviews -- Part II. Scientific principles and concepts. Science, systems, matter, and energy -- Ecosystems : components, energy flow, and matter cycling -- Evolution and biodiversity : origins, niches, and adaptation -- Climate, terrestrial biodiversity, and aquatic biodiversity -- Community ecology : structure, species interactions, succession, and sustainability -- Population dynamics, carrying capacity, and conservation biology -- Geology : processes, minerals, hazards, and soils -- Risk, toxicology, and human health -- Part III. Population, resources, and sustainability. The human population : growth and distribution -- Air and air pollution -- Climate change and ozone loss -- Water resources and water pollution -- Solid and hazardous waste -- Part IV. Sustaining biodiversity. Food resources -- Sustaining terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity : the ecosystem approach -- Sustaining wild species -- Part V. Energy resources. Nonrenewable energy resources -- Energy efficiency and renewable energy; CSE UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/environmental-science-working-with-the-earth/oclc/47705727&referer=brief_results ER -