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Launched to mark World Environment Day 2005, and produced by the UNEP in collaboration with organisations such as the US Geological Survey and NASA, this publication uses text, illustrations, satellite images and ground photographs to depict and analyse humanity's impact on our environment. Issues discussed include: population growth and urbanisation, natural resources consumption, land use intensification, biodiversity and habitat loss; environmental impacts and trends including global warming, air and water pollution, and the impacts on oceans and coastal zones, forests and tundra; changes that result from geo-hazards such as earthquakes and tsunamis, climate hazards such as floods and droughts, and industrial hazards such as nuclear accidents and oil spills; and suggestions for mitigating the effects of global environmental change.

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Earth is being transformed at an alarming pace through the cumulative effect of human and natural activities. Using comparative photographs taken from space, this book graphically illustrates the results of overpopulation, deforestation, pollution, alien species' introduction, energy consumption, resource extraction, and natural events such as tsunamis and earthquakes. The images document the cumulative effect upon the Earth's atmosphere, coastlines, water, geology, and vegetation. A significant portion of the book is made up of pairs of photographs that exemplify the before-and-after aspects of an area. Included are events as varied as construction of the Three Gorges Dam in China, the disappearance of a tropical forest in Mexico, the loss of grassland in Kenya, urbanization of a multitude of cities, shrinking of glaciers, damage to the tundra, the destruction of Lake Chad in Africa, the tsunami in the Indian Ocean, and many more. Together these represent a riveting collection of planetary changes. Unfortunately, this book is not indexed, so the valuable information therein is only available through a complete reading or detailed browsing of the book. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. All levels. C. W. Bruns California State University--Fullerton