Environmental Science - General & Miscellaneous, Climate & Climatology in Enviromental Science, Humanity - Relationship with Nature, Human Ecology
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Overview
This book offers a general interdisciplinary discussion of global environmental change oriented toward the non-specialist in science. It presents both Earth science and ecological concepts related to global change, as well as a discussion of the human dimensions of change. The unifying theme of the book is consideration of aspects of both natural and human-induced, global environmental change.Editorials
Booknews
A text focusing on both the physico-chemical and biological nature of change and the effects and consequences of natural and human-induced change for ecosystems, humans, and human infrastructures. Intended for use in lower-division undergraduate courses and high school science classes, and by the general public. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Booknews
New edition of a text which considers aspects of both natural and human-induced global environmental change. Twelve chapters discuss topics such as the earth's lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and ecosphere; biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nutrients, and oxygen; world population and resource consumption; the changing earth surface and atmosphere; and historical and human frameworks of global environmental change. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
November 30, 1994
Publisher
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall ; c1995.
Pages
387
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780023736537