Environmental Science The Way the World Works

• Main Author: Nebel, Bernard J.
• Other Authors: Wright, Richard T.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New Jersey Prentice Hall 2000
• Edition: 7th ed.
• Subjects: Environmental sciences
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 At the start of the millenium, civilization has reached a Crossroads. Unable to halt the technologies that con tinue to exploit Earth's resources, and facing the prospect of a continuing rise in the human population, we seem to be on a stage on which an enormous human-environment experi ment is being played. Playing the role of critic of this un folding drama, environmental science stands at the interface between humans and Earth and explores the interactions and relations between them. You may already be well informed on some of the is sues we cover in this book, like global warming, species ex tinction, air pollution, toxic wastes, overpopulation, recy cling, and tropical rain forest loss. However, what you have in your hands is a readable guide and an up-to-date source of information that will help you to explore the issues in more depth. It will also help you to connect them to a framework of ideas and values that will equip you to become part of the solution to many of the environmental problems confronting us at the turn of the century.