[Download] "Basics of Environmental Science" by Michael Allaby # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Basics of Environmental Science
- Author : Michael Allaby
- Release Date : January 04, 2002
- Genre: Environment,Books,Science & Nature,Nonfiction,Social Science,Earth Sciences,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 11936 KB
Description
The new edition of this popular student text offers an engaging introduction to environmental study. It covers the entire breadth of the environmental sciences, providing concise, non-technical explanations of physical processes and systems and the effects of human activities. In this second edition the scientific background to major environmental issues is clearly explained. These include:
* global warming
* genetically modified foods
* desertification
* acid rain
* deforestation
* human population growth
* depleting resources
* nuclear power generation
* descriptions of the 10 major biomes.
Special student text features include illustrations and explanatory diagrams, boxed case studies, concepts and definitions.