PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: INQUIRY AND APPLICATIONS (ISE)

Principles of Environmental Science: Inquiry and Applications is perfect for the one-semester environmental science course. True to its title, the goal of this concise text is to provide an up-to date, introductory view of essential themes in environmental science along with offering students numerous opportunities to practice scientific thinking and active learning.

• 1. Understanding Our Environment
• 2. Environmental Systems: Matter, Energy, and Life
• 3. Evolution, Species Interactions, and Biological Communities
• 4. Human Populations
• 5. Biomes and Biodiversity
• 6. Environmental Conservation: Forests, Grasslands, Parks, and Nature Preserves
• 7. Food and Agriculture
• 8. Environmental Health and Toxicology
• 9. Climate
• 10. Air Pollution
• 11. Water: Resources and Pollution
• 12. Environmental Geology and Earth Resources
• 13. Energy
• 14. Solid and Hazardous Waste
• 15. Economics and Urbanization
• 16. Environmental Policy and Sustainability