- 1 Key Themes In Environmental Science.
- 2 Science As A Way Of Knowing.
- 3 The Big Picture: Systems Of Change.
- 4 The Human Population And The Environment.
- 5 Ecosystems.
- 6 The Biogeochemical Cycle.
- 7 Dollars And Environmental Sense.
- 8 Biological Diversity And Biological Invasions.
- 9 Ecological Restoration.
- 10 Environmental Heath, Pollution, And Toxicology.
- 11 Agriculture, Aquaculture, And The Environment.
- 12 Landscapes: Forests, Parks, And Wilderness.
- 13 Wildlife, Fisheries, And Endangered Species.
- 14 Energy: Some Basics.
- 15 Fossil Fuels And The Environment.
- 16 Alternative Energy And The Environment.
- 17 Nuclear Energy And The Environment.
- 18 Water Supply, Use, And Management.
- 19 Water Pollution And Treatment.
- 20 The Atmosphere, Climate, And Global Warming.
- 21 Air Pollution.
- 22 Urban Environments.
- 23 Materials Management.
- 24 Our Environmental Future.
Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet 8th Edition provides emphasis on the scientific process throughout the book gives readers the structure to develop their critical thinking skills. Updated and revised to include the latest research in the field, the eighth edition continues to present a balanced analytical and interdisciplinary approach to the field. New streamlined text clears away the "jargon" to bring the issues and the science to the forefront. The new design and updated image program highlights key points and makes the book easier to navigate.
Key Features
- Scientific method is presented early to give students the foundation they need to understand topics presented throughout the book.
- Chapter-opening Case Studies give students interesting, relevant examples of issues and topics.
- Objectivity of Presentation. In a discipline full of controversy and policy, it is critical that the text present the content in a non-biased, objective manner. In addition to the clearly objective content presentation, the text also offers additional tools to help students think for themselves.
- Critical Thinking Issues within each chapter present students with alternate views of an important environmental issue and ask them to decide for themselves.
- Environmental Debates Online will be found on the BCS and will provide information from all sides of a controversial environmental issue offering a collection of links and summaries of primary sources and posing questions to students.
- Six Themes of Environmental Science. Six central themes integrated throughout the text help unify the concepts: Human Population Growth, Sustainability, A Global Perspective, An Urban World, People and Nature, Science and Values. These themes are highlighted in the Closer Look boxes and are brought together with Reexamining Themes sections at the end of each chapter to help the student to further understand how the material they have just studied is connected to each one of the book’s six themes.
New to this edition
- The eighth edition offers 24 Chapters, (the seventh edition was 29 chapters).
- New streamlined text clears away the “jargon” to bring the issues and the science to the forefront.
- New Chapter 24: Our Environmental Future provides a capstone chapter for the course.
- Data and research has been updated to provide the most up-to-date information in the field.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 656 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 8 edition (December 21, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470520337
- ISBN-13: 978-0470520338
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.9 x 1.2 inches
List Price: $144.60