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Achieve for Scientific American Environmental Science for a Changing World

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2021 | 4th ed. 2021
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd (Hersteller)
978-1-319-38862-1 (ISBN)
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Real science.Available for the first time with Macmillan's new online learning tool, Achieve, Susan Karr's Environmental Science for a Changing World 4e uses an engaging, journalistic approach-real stories about real people-to show students how science works and how to think critically about environmental issues.
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Real people. Real stories. Real science.



Available for the first time with Macmillan's new online learning tool, Achieve, Susan Karr's Environmental Science for a Changing World 4e uses an engaging, journalistic approach-real stories about real people-to show students how science works and how to think critically about environmental issues. Each module reads like a single, integrated Scientific American-style article with clear explanations of essential processes and concepts enhanced with beautifully designed infographics.

Susan Karr, MS, is an Instructor in the Biology Department of Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and has been teaching for over 15 years. She has served on campus and community environmental sustainability groups and helps produce an annual "State of the Environment" report on the environmental health of her county. In addition to teaching non-majors courses in environmental science and human biology, she teaches an upper-level course in animal behavior where she and her students train dogs from the local animal shelter in a program that improves the animals' chances of adoption. She received degrees in Animal Behavior and Forestry from the University of Georgia.

BRIEF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Environmental, Science, and Information Literacy
MODULE 1.1 ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY AND SUSTAINABILITY
LESSONS FROM A VANISHED SOCIETY
MODULE 1.2 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE
FUNGAL ATTACKER THREATENS BATS

CHAPTER 2 Ecology
MODULE 2.1 ECOSYSTEMS AND NUTRIENT CYCLING
ENGINEERING EARTH
MODULE 2.2 POPULATION ECOLOGY
GRAY WOLVES RETURN TO YELLOWSTONE
MODULE 2.3 COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES: A COMMUNITY IN CRISIS

CHAPTER 3 Evolution and Biodiversity
MODULE 3.1 EVOLUTION AND EXTINCTION
A TROPICAL MURDER MYSTERY
MODULE 3.2 BIODIVERSITY
PALM OIL PLANTATIONS THREATEN TROPICAL FORESTS
ONLINE MODULE 3.3 PRESERVING BIODIVERSITY
A FOREST WITHOUT ELEPHANTS

CHAPTER 4 Human Populations and Environmental Health
MODULE 4.1 HUMAN POPULATION
THE KERALA MODEL
MODULE 4.2 URBANIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
CREATING GREEN CITIES
MODULE 4.3 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND TOXICOLOGY
ERADICATING A PARASITIC NIGHTMARE

CHAPTER 5 Managing Resources: Environmental Economics and Policy
MODULE 5.1 ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS AND CONSUMPTION
WALL TO WALL, CRADLE TO CRADLE
MODULE 5.2 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
THE WORLD TACKLES OZONE DEPLETION
MODULE 5.3 MANAGING SOLID WASTE
MICROPLASTICS

CHAPTER 6 Water Resources
MODULE 6.1 FRESHWATER RESOURCES
WATER WARS
MODULE 6.2 WATER POLLUTION
SUFFOCATING THE GULF
ONLINE MODULE 6.3 MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: THE "OTHER" CO2 PROBLEM

CHAPTER 7 Geological and Land Resources
MODULE 7.1 MINERAL RESOURCES
BALANCING GREEN TECHNOLOGY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
MODULE 7.2 FOREST RESOURCES
RETURNING TREES TO HAITI
ONLINE MODULE 7.3 GRASSLANDS
RESTORING THE RANGE

CHAPTER 8 Food Resources
MODULE 8.1 FEEDING THE WORLD
BANKING ON SEEDS
MODULE 8.2 SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: RAISING CROPS
FARMING LIKE AN ECOSYSTEM
ONLINE MODULE 8.3 SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: RAISING LIVESTOCK
CAN A SUSTAINABLE DIET INCLUDE MEAT?
ONLINE MODULE 8.4 FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE
FISH IN A WAREHOUSE?

CHAPTER 9 Conventional Energy: Fossil Fuels
MODULE 9.1 COAL
BRINGING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
MODULE 9.2 OIL AND NATURAL GAS
THE BAKKEN OIL BOOM

CHAPTER 10 Air Quality and Climate Change
MODULE 10.1 AIR POLLUTION
THE YOUNGEST SCIENTISTS
MODULE 10.2 CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE REFUGEES

CHAPTER 11 Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
MODULE 11.1 NUCLEAR POWER
THE FUTURE OF FUKUSHIMA
MODULE 11.2 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: STATIONARY SOURCES
MOVING TOWARD A RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTURE
ONLINE MODULE 11.3 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: MOBILE SOURCES

Erscheint lt. Verlag 21.9.2021
Zusatzinfo Approx. 625 p.
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Schlagworte earth sciences • Environmental Science • Scientific American • Susan Karr • World
ISBN-10 1-319-38862-0 / 1319388620
ISBN-13 978-1-319-38862-1 / 9781319388621
Zustand Neuware
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