COVER:  http://i.imgur.com/lMfJYbF.jpg
TITLE: Living in the Environment, 19th edition (2018)
AUTHOR: G. Tyler Miller, Scott E. Spoolman
ISBN-13: 9781337094153
BOOK SPECS: https://www.cengage.com/c/living-in-the-environment-19e-miller
FILE SPECS: true PDF, logical page numbers as in the print version, bookmarks,
            128 MB

DESCRIPTION: Miller/Spoolman's LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT, 19th Edition offers your students an inspiring introduction to environmental science. Using sustainability as the integrating theme, the authors introduce multiple environmental problems and present balanced discussions to evaluate potential solutions. Their approach transforms complex topics into key concepts that students understand and remember, and frames concepts with goals for more sustainable lifestyles and communities. As a result, students see how promising the future can be -- and their role in shaping it.

BRIEF CONTENTS:
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Humans and Sustainability: An Overview
 1. The Environment and Sustainability
Science, Ecological Principles, and Sustainability
 2. Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems
 3. Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work?
 4. Biodiversity and Evolution
 5. Species Interactions, Ecological Succession, and Population Control
 6. The Human Population
 7. Climate and Biodiversity
 8. Aquatic Biodiversity
Sustaining Biodiversity
 9. Sustaining Biodiversity: Saving Species and Ecosystem Services
 10. Sustaining Biodiversity: Saving Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services
 11. Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Sustaining Natural Resources
 12. Food Production and the Environment
 13. Water Resources
 14. Geology and Mineral Resources
 15. Nonrenewable Energy
 16. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Sustaining Environmental Quality
 17. Environmental Hazards and Human Health
 18. Air Pollution and Ozone Depletion
 19. Climate Change
 20. Water Pollution
 21. Solid and Hazardous Waste
 22. Urbanization and Sustainability
Sustaining Human Societies
 23. Economics, Environment, and Sustainability
 24. Politics, Environment, and Sustainability
 25. Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability
supplements
glossary
index