Last edition Elsevier With dramatically revised illustrations, the Twelfth Edition of Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future is even more student-friendly while retaining the currency and accuracy that has made Wright/Boorse a best seller. The text and media program continue to help students understand the science behind environmental issues and what they can do to build a more sustainable future, with further exploration of the hallmark core themes: Science, Sustainability, and Stewardship.
Last Edition
ISBN 13: 9781292020846
Imprint: Pearson Education
Language: English
Authors: Richard T. Wright
Pub Date: 07/2013
Pages: 664
Illus: Illustrated
Weight: 1,090.000 grams
Size: h 216 x 282 mm
Product Type: Softcover
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- • Three unifying themes of science, sustainability, and stewardship help students conceptualize the task of forging a sustainable future.
- • Essays explore the three themes at appropriate points within chapters and provide a memorable perspective on the topic. Themes are recapped and discussed at the end of each chapter to help students connect the chapter topics to the themes. A final capstone chapter revisits these themes.
- • Timely coverage of topical concerns include the Fukishima earthquake as a major environmental disaster; hydrofracking in the northeastern United States, the “environmentalist’s paradox;” and the “Smart Grid.”
- • Unique chapter on ecosystem capital (Chapter 7: The Use and Restoration of Ecosystems) explores how ecosystems provide valuable goods and services to society.
- • Making a Difference sections appear at the end of each chapter and give students practical suggestions for promoting sustainable practices and protecting the earth for future generations.
- • An early discussion of Economics and Policy (in Chapter 2) gives students a basic foundation in the social sciences before studying specific issues.
- • Chapter organization provides cohesive units on Ecology (Part 2, Chapters 3—7) and Human Population and Essential Resources (Part 3, Chapters 8—13).
- • MasteringEnvironmentalScience™ helps students arrive better prepared for lectures and helps professors gain unique insight into their students’ performance. Highlights include Video Field Trips (see below), 3-D BioFlix®animations and exercises, GraphIt! activities, Current Events articles from the New York Times, ABC News Videos, and reading quizzes–all provide professors with a wealth of assignable, automatically-graded interactive activities that give students personalized feedback.
- • Video Field Trips give students fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of what happens with commonly-used resources before and after they are consumed. These short videos are included on the Instructor Resource DVD for classroom presentations and within MasteringEnvironmentalScience for automatically graded student assignments. These exclusive videos explore.
- Richard T. Wright is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Gordon College in Massachusetts, where he taught environmental science for 28 years. He earned a B.A. from Rutgers University and a M.A. and Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University. For many years Wright received grant support from the National Science Foundation for his work in marine microbiology, and in 1981, he was a founding faculty member of Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies in Michigan, where he also served as Academic Chairman for 11 years. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Au Sable Institute, and the American Association for the Advancement Scientific Affiliation. In 1996, Wright was appointed a Fulbright Scholar to Daystar University in Kenya, where he taught for two months. He is a member of many environmental organizations, including The Nature Conservancy, Habitat for Humanity, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Audubon Society, and a supporting member of the Trustees of Reservations. Wright continues to be actively involved in writing and speaking about the environment. He and his wife Ann recently moved to Byfield, Massachusetts, and they drive a Toyota Camry hybrid vehicle as a means of reducing their environmental impact. Wright spends his spare time hiking, fishing, golfing, and enjoying his three children and seven grandchildren.
- I. FRAMEWORK FOR A SUSTATAINABLE FUTURE
- 1. Science and the Environment
- 2. Economics, Politics, and Public Policy
- II. ECOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
- 3. Basic Needs of Living Things
- 4. Populations and Communities
- 5. Ecosystems: Energy, Patterns, and Disturbance
- 6. Wild Species and Biodiversity
- 7. The Use and Restoration of Ecosystems
- III. THE HUMAN POPULATION AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES
- 8. The Human Population
- 9. Population and Development
- 10. Water: Hydrologic Cycle and Human Use
- 11. Soil: Foundation for Land Ecosystems
- 12. The Production and Distribution of Food
- 13. Pests and Pest Control
- IV. HARNESSING ENERGY FOR HUMAN SOCIETY
- 14. Energy from Fossil Fuels
- 15. Renewable Energy
- 16. Nuclear Power
- V. POLLUTION AND PREVENTION
- 17. Environmental Hazards and Human Health
- 18. Global Climate Change
- 19. Atmospheric Pollution
- 20. Water Pollution and Its Prevention
- 21. Municipal Solid Waste: Disposal and Recovery
- 22. Hazardous Chemicals: Pollution and Prevention
- VI. STEWARDSHIP FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
- 23. Sustainable Communities and Lifestyles
- Glossary
- Index
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