TY - BOOK AU - Miller,G.Tyler TI - Environmental science: : working with the earth SN - 0534424074 U1 - 363.7 PY - 2004///] CY - Pacific Grove, California PB - Thomson Brooks/Cole KW - Environmental sciences KW - Human ecology KW - Environmental protection KW - lcgft N1 - Includes index; Part I. Humans and sustainability : an overview; 1. Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability; 2. Environmental economics, politics, and worldviews; Part II. Scientific principles and concepts; 3. Science, systems, matter, and energy; 4. Ecosystems : components, energy flow, and matter cycling; 5. Evolution and biodiversity : origins, niches, and adaptation; 6. Climate, terrestrial biodiversity, and aquatic biodiversity; 7. Community ecology : structure, species interactions, succession, and sustainability; 8. Population dynamics, carrying capacity, and conservation biology; 9. Environmental geology : processes, minerals, and soils; 10. Risk, toxicology, and human health; Part III. Population, resources, and sustainability; 11. The human population : growth and distribution; 12. Air and air pollution; 13. Climate change and ozone loss; 14. Water resources and water pollution; 15. Solid and hazardous waste; Part IV. Sustaining biodiversity; 16. Food resources; 17. Sustaining biodiversity : the ecosystem approach; 18. Sustaining biodiversity : the species approach; Part V. Energy resources; 19. Nonrenewable energy resources; 20. Energy efficiency and renewable energy ER -