TY - BOOK AU - Tyler Miller,JrG. AU - Spoolman, Scott E., TI - Introduction to environmental science SN - 9789814296748 [newsprint] PY - 2011/// CY - Pasig City, Philippines PB - Cengage learning KW - Environmental sciences KW - Textbooks N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Preface -- Humans and sustainability: An overview -- Chapter 1 Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability; Ecology and sustainability -- Chapter 2 Science, matter, and energy -- Chapter 3 Ecosystems: What are they and how do they work? -- Chapter 4 Biodiversity and evolution -- Chapter 5 Biodiversity, species interactions, and population control -- Chapter 6 The human population and urbanization -- Chapter 7 Climate and biodiversity; Sustaining biodiversity -- Chapter 8 Sustaining biodiversity: The species approach -- Chapter 9 Sustaining biodiversity: The ecosystem approach; Sustaining resources and environmental quality -- Chapter 10 Food, soil, and pest management -- Chapter 11 Water resources and water pollution -- Chapter 12 Geology and nonrenewable minerals -- Chapter 13 Energy -- Chapter 14 Environmental hazards and human health -- Chapter 15 Air pollution, climate change, and ozone depletion -- Chapter 16 Solid and hazardous waste -- Sustaining human societies -- Chapter 17 Environment economic, politics, and worldviews -- Includes appendices -- Glossary ER -