Environmental Science 17th Edition By G. Tyler Miller, Scott E. Spoolman, Danielle M. Andrews-Brown
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The 17th Edition of Environmental Science by G. Tyler Miller, Scott E. Spoolman, and Danielle M. Andrews-Brown is structured around 17 comprehensive chapters organized into major thematic parts. Grounded in collaboration with National Geographic Learning, the text frames these topics around five subthemes: natural capital, environmental degradation, solutions, trade-offs, and individual choice. [1, 2, 3]
The main parts and specific topics covered across the textbook include:
Part I: Humans and Sustainability: An Overview
- The Environment and Sustainability: Core concepts of environmental sustainability, natural capital, ecological footprints, and the historical relationship between humans and the biosphere.
- Biomimicry & Human Impact: Learning from nature's design principles to build sustainable practices and economies. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Part II: Ecology and Sustainability
- Scientific Foundations: The nature of science, the scientific method, matter, energy laws, and environmental systems. [1]
- Ecosystem Dynamics: Components of an ecosystem, food webs, trophic levels, and the critical cycling of nutrients like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. [1, 2]
- Biodiversity and Evolution: Origins of biodiversity, adaptation, niche concepts, and geological impacts on species variation. [1]
- Species and Population Control: Species interactions (predation, parasitism, mutualism), ecological succession, and natural limits on population growth. [1]
Part III: Sustaining Biodiversity
- Sustaining Species: Human-driven threats to biodiversity, extinction risks, and conservation strategies (e.g., habitat protection and managing overexploitation). [1, 2]
- Terrestrial & Aquatic Biodiversity: Managing forests, grasslands, marine environments, and freshwater systems while preserving valuable ecosystem services. [1]
Part IV: Sustaining Natural Resources & Environmental Quality
- Food, Water, and Soil Quality: Sustainable agriculture, resource degradation, managing freshwater resources, and addressing emerging soil and water contaminants.
- Energy Resources & Climate Change: Core issues surrounding fossil fuels, renewable energy alternatives, atmospheric changes, and greenhouse gas dynamics.
- Pollution and Waste Management: Solid and hazardous waste treatment, air pollution, and mitigating community and industrial ecological impacts. [1, 2, 3, 4]
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