01458nam a2200241Ia 450000100070000000500170000700800410002401000170006502000380008204000180012005000210013808200230015910000260018224500880020825000120029626000350030830000530034350000200039650506560041665000340107270000270110685600830113330100520160527183928.0080602s2009    caua          001 0 eng    a  2008024487  a9780136045311 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aGE105b.B74 200900a363.7bW8246e32221 aWithgott, Jay.2Local10aEssential environmentbthe science behind the storiescJay Withgott, Scott Brennan.  a3rd ed.  aSan FranciscobPearsoncc2009.  axvii, 400, [19] p.bcol. ill., col. mapsc28 cm.  aIncludes index.0 aAn introduction to environmental science -- Environmental economics and environmental policy -- Environmental systems -- Evolution, biodiversity, and population ecology -- Species interactions and community ecology -- Human population -- Soil and agriculture and future food -- Biodiversity and conservation biology -- Cities, forests, and parks -- Management -- Environmental health and toxicology -- Geology minerals and mining -- Fresh water, oceans, and coasts -- Atmospheric science and pollution -- Global climate change -- Nonrenewable energy sources, their impacts, and energy conservation -- Renewable energy alternatives -- Waste management. 0aEnvironmental sciences2Local1 aBrennan, Scott.2Local413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0820/2008024487.html