The Environment and You, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (May 4, 2018) © 2019

  • Norm Christensen Duke University
  • Lissa Leege Georgia Southern University
  • Justin St. Juliana Cornell University

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Title overview

In The Environment and You, the authors draw on their pedagogical expertise and classroom experience to help you establish a reliable foundation in science. They also strive to inspire you, connecting the course to choices you can make as citizens and demonstrating the role science can play in influencing personal, community and global environmental issues.

With the 3rd Edition, You Decide discussions provide complex environmental issues that prompt you to consider options and take a position. New Misconceptions address common misunderstandings and push you to examine evidence that contradicts your opinions and ideas.

Table of contents

  1. Environment, Sustainability, and Science
  2. Environmental Ethics, Economics, and Policy
  3. The Physical Science of the Environment
  4. Organism and Population Ecology and Evolution
  5. Human Population Growth
  6. Communities and Ecosystems
  7. The Geography of Life
  8. Biodiversity Conservation
  9. Climate Change and Global Warming
  10. Air Quality
  11. Water
  12. Agriculture and the Ecology of Food
  13. Forest Resources
  14. Nonrenewable Energy and Electricity
  15. Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation
  16. Urban Ecosystems
  17. Waste Management
  18. The Environment and Human Health
  19. The Environment and You

Author bios

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