Environmental Science: Sustaining Your World

9781305637429

Overview

Environmental Science: Sustaining Your World was created specifically for your high school environmental science course. With a central theme of sustainability included throughout, authors G. Tyler Miller and Scott Spoolman have focused content and included student activities on the core environmental issues of today while incorporating current research on solutions-based outcomes. National Geographic images and graphics support the text, while National Geographic Explorers and scientists who are working in the field to solve environmental issues of all kinds tell their stories of how real science and engineering practices are used to solve real-world environmental problems. Ensure that your students learn critical thinking skills to evaluate all sides of environmental issues while gaining knowledge of the Core Ideas from the NGSS and applying that knowledge to real science and engineering practices and activities.

Authors

G. Tyler Miller

G. Tyler Miller has written 65 editions of textbooks for introductory courses in environmental science, basic ecology, energy and environmental chemistry. Since 1975, his books have been among the most widely used textbooks for environmental science in the United States and throughout the world. Translated into eight languages, they have been used by more than 3 million students. Dr. Miller has a professional background in chemistry, physics and ecology. He taught college for 20 years, developed one of the nation's first environmental studies programs and created an innovative interdisciplinary undergraduate science program before deciding to write environmental science textbooks full time in 1975. Now retired, Dr. Miller created Earth Education and Research, an enterprise that was devoted to improving environmental education. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and has received honorary doctoral degrees in recognition of his significant contributions to environmental education.

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Scott Spoolman

Scott Spoolman is an experienced writer in the field of educational publishing, with more than 30 years of expertise. Between 2003 and 2018, he worked with Tyler Miller as a co-author on editions of LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE and SUSTAINING THE EARTH. With Norman Myers, he co-authored ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS: A MODULAR APPROACH. Spoolman has authored numerous books and articles in the fields of environmental science, geology and natural history, politics and business. Additionally, he has served as a consulting editor, contributing to the development of over 70 college and high school textbooks in the natural and social sciences. He earned a master's degree in science journalism from the University of Minnesota. In his free time, Spoolman enjoys exploring the forests and waters of his native Wisconsin along with his family -- his wife, environmental educator Gail Martinelli, son Will and daughter Katie.

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Table of Contents

Special Feature: Into the Okavango with National Geographic
UNIT ONE: ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEMS
1. The Environment and Sustainability
2. Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems
3. Ecosystem Dynamics
UNIT TWO: BIODIVERSITY
4. Biodiversity and Evolution
5. Species Interactions, Ecological Succession, and Population Control
6. Ecosystems and Climate
Special Feature: Partners in Sustainability: Nature Museums and Preserves
UNIT THREE: SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY
7. Saving Species and Ecosystem Services
8. Sustaining Biodiversity: An Ecosystem Approach
UNIT FOUR: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
9. Food, Soil, and Pest Management
10. Water Resources and Water Pollution
11. Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources
12. Nonrenewable Energy Resources
13. Renewable Energy Resources
Special Feature: Citizen Science and National Geographic’s BioBlitzes
UNIT FIVE: ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
14. Human Population and Urbanization
15. Environmental Hazards and Human Health
16. Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Ozone Depletion
17. Solid and Hazardous Waste
18. Environmental Economics, Politics, and Worldviews

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