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Environment: The Science Behind the Stories, 3/E
Jay H. Withgott
Scott R. Brennan

ISBN-10: 0805395733
ISBN-13: 9780805395730

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper Bound with PIN; 800 pp
Published: 09/26/2007

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 Environment: The Science behind the Stories captures student interest with a revolutionary new approach. Integrated central case studies are elaborated through each chapter, using real-life details of each story to give students a tangible and engaging framework around which to learn and understand conceptual scientific issues. The newly revised Third Edition enhances this book’s focus on current data, scientific rigor, and critical thinking with the addition of new hands-on activities

·   Integrated Central Case Studies begin and are woven throughout each chapter, highlighting the real people, real places, and real data behind environmental issues. The Central Case Studies draw students in, and provide contextual framework to make science memorable and engaging.

·   Science behind the Story boxes highlight how scientists develop hypotheses, test predictions, and analyze and interpret data. These engaging profiles of current and classic research help students understand “how we know what we know” about environmental issues.

·   Weighing the Issues questions encourage students to develop critical-thinking skills, grapple with ethical questions, and apply what they have learned as they go through each chapter.

·   Calculating Ecological Footprint activities allow students to quantify the environmental impacts of their own actions, and then scale these impacts up to the societal level. 

·   Interpreting Graphs and Data activities use real research examples to help students understand how to graph data and interpret graphs. 

·   Causes and Consequences features help students comprehend the causal connections relevant to important issues in environmental science. 

·   Campus Sustainability coverage in our final chapter shows how students are helping to forge sustainable solutions on campuses across North America. 

·   InvestigateIt interactive map on the Withgott/Brennan Companion Website provides over 200 additional case studies. Students can read recent articles from the New York Times and view current clips from ABC News to explore environmental issues and solutions from around the world. 

·   You Decide activities on the Withgott/Brennan Companion Website help students learn how to analyze data and develop the skills they’ll need to make informed decisions on environmental issues.

·   E-book on the Withgott/Brennan Companion Website. Access is included with each new copy of the text with a scratch-off code that is bound into the front of the book.

 

·   Chapter 18, Global Climate Change, is enhanced and expanded to reflect today’s fast-paced developments. Coverage is updated to include the 2007 IPCC reports, new expanded coverage of mitigation strategies, and polar science in the International Polar Year.

·   “Causes and Consequences” exercises provide students a directed hands-on activity to work through, showing relationships between the causes and consequences of important environmental issues, and offering hope for solutions.

·   “Causes and Consequences” concept maps diagram the causal connections surrounding the most pressing environmental issues of our day.

·   Viewpoints is now EXPANDED into a separate supplement bundled at no additional cost with the text. We’ve added questions for students to consider once they’ve read varying opinions on vital topics from experts in the field.

·   All text descriptions and figures are updated with the most current data available, with clear citations of each source.

·   Two integrated central case studies are newly added. Chapter 16’s examines the collapse of the North Atlantic cod fisheries, and Chapter 17’s investigates efforts to curb traffic congestion and air pollution in London.

·   Nine Science behind the Story features are newly added.

Table of Contents

I. Foundations of Environmental Science

1. An Introduction to Environmental Science

2. Environmental Ethics and Economics: Values and Choices

3. Environmental Policy: Decision Making and Problem Solving

4. From Chemistry to Energy to Life

5. Evolution, Biodiversity, and Population Ecology

6. Species Interactions and Community Ecology

7. Environmental Systems and Ecosystem Ecology

II. Environmental Issues and the Search For Solutions

8. Human Population

9. Soil and Agriculture

10. Agriculture, Biotechnology, and the Future of Food

11. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

12. Resource Management, Forestry, Land Use, and Protected Areas

13. Urbanization and Creating Livable Cities

14. Environmental Health and Toxicology

15. Freshwater Resources: Natural Systems, Human Impact, and Conservation

16. Marine and Coastal Systems: Resources, Impacts, and Conservation

17. Atmospheric Science and Air Pollution

18. Global Climate Change

19. Fossil Fuels, Their Impacts, and Energy Conservation

20. Conventional Energy Alternatives

21. New Renewable Energy Alternatives

22. Waste Management

23. Sustainable Solutions

    The first edition of Environment: The Science behind the Stories made the biggest splash of any new entry in environmental science over the past thirty years. The newly revised Second Edition retains all the popular features of this landmark first edition—including its integrated central case study approach, and focus on current data and critical thinking—while new instructor resources make it easier than ever to give dynamic lectures.

  • 0805382038Environment: The Science Behind the Stories, 2/E
    Withgott & Brennan
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Cloth Package; 672 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0805382038 | ISBN-13: 9780805382037
    Brief Description

 

Jay H. Withgott

Jay H. Withgott is a science and environmental writer with a background in scientific research and teaching. He holds degrees from Yale University, University of Arkansas, and University of Arizona. As a researcher, he has published scientific papers on topics in ecology, evolution, animal behavior, and conservation biology in a variety of journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Evolution, and Animal Behavior. He has taught university-level laboratory courses in ecology, ornithology, vertebrate diversity, anatomy, and general biology.

 

As a science writer, Jay has authored articles for a variety of journals and magazines including Science, New Scientist, BioScience, Current Biology, Conservation in Practice, and Natural History. He combines his scientific expertise with his past experience as a reporter and editor for daily newspapers to make science accessible and engaging for general audiences.

 

Jay lives with his wife, biologist Susan Masta, in Portland, Oregon, and takes every opportunity he can to explore the diverse landscapes of Oregon and the American West.

 

 

Scott Brennan

Scott Brennan has taught environmental science, ecology, resource policy, and journalism at Western Washington University and at Walla Walla Community College. He has also worked as a journalist, photographer, and consultant.

 

Scott has cultivated his expertise in environmental science and public policy by serving as Campaign Director of Alaskans for Responsible Mining, as Executive Conservation Fellow of the National Parks Conservation Association in Washington, D.C., and as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense Environmental Security Office at the Pentagon

 

When not at work, Scott is likely to be found exploring Alaska’s Chugach Mountains and the Bristol Bay drainages in Southwest Alaska. He lives with his wife, Angela, and their dogs Raven and Hatcher in South Central Alaska’s Chester Creek Watershed.

 

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