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Environmental Science
This textbook is intended to provide the core elements of a curriculum for teaching environmental science at the introductory level in Canadian colleges and universities. This book is suitable for students beginning a program in environmental science, environmental studies, or sustainability. It is also appropriate for arts students who require a science elective, and for science students who require a non-major elective.
- Author
- Bill Freedman
- Publisher
- Dalhousie University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 34 sections
- 01: Part I- Ecosystems and Humans
- 01: Ecosystems and Humans
- 02: Part II- The Biosphere: Characteristics and Dynamics
- 02: Science as a Way of Understanding the Natural World
- 03: The Physical World
- 04: Energy and Ecosystems
- 05: Flows and Cycles of Nutrients
- 06: Evolution
- 07: Biodiversity
- 08: Biomes and Ecozones
- 09: Ecology - From Individuals to the Biosphere
- 03: Part III- The Human Population
- 10: Global Populations
- 11: The Canadian Population
- 04: Part IV- Natural Resources
- 12: Resources and Sustainable Development
- 13: Non-Renewable Resources
- 14: Renewable Resources
- 05: Part V- Environmental Damages
- 15: Environmental Stressors
- 16: Gaseous Air Pollution
- 17: Atmospheric Gases and Climate Change
- 18: Toxic Elements
- 19: Acidification
- 20: Additional Problems of Surface Waters
- 21: Oil Spills
- 22: Pesticides
- 23: Environmental Effects of Forestry
- 24: Agriculture and the Environment
- 25: Urban Ecology
- 26: War
- 27: The Biodiversity Crisis
- 06: Part VI Ecologically Sustainable Development
- 28: Ecologically Sustainable Development