Environmental science : Earth as a living planet /
Daniel B. Botkin and Edward A. Keller
- New York : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c1997
- xxxii, 649 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I : Environment as an idea -- Part II : Earth as a system -- Part III : Life and the environment -- Part IV : Sustaining living resources -- Part V : Energy -- Part VI : Water environment -- Part VII : Air environment -- Part VIII : Environment and society
A study of the environment on the cusp of the twenty-first century is an exciting endeavor as we attempt to move from confrontation to cooperative problem-solving and place the study of the environment on a sound scientific basis.