xxiii, 465, [34] pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm
ISBNs
9780716761877, 0716761874
OCLC
ocn918590724
Includes index.
Introduction -- Ecosystems and economic systems -- Conservation of endangered species -- Species and ecosystem diversity -- Human populations -- Sustaining water supplies -- Sustaining aquatic resources -- Fossil fuels and nuclear energy -- Renewable energy -- Environmental health, risk, and toxicology -- Solid and hazardous waste management -- Air, water, and soil pollution -- Global climate change -- Appendix A. Basic chemistry -- Appendix B. The rock cycle: product of a dynamic planet