For those who think the Ozone Hole is a grunge rock band or that the Green Revolution happened in Greenland, this helpful, often hilarious book provides the perfect introduction to the world of environmental literacy. From chemical cycles to life communities to food webs to pollution, deforestation, and global warming, Gonnick explains environmental concepts in layman's terms and explains their relevance and relationship to the planet's ecology. ...

A biologist, science teacher and traveler recounts his telling observations about the most fascinating landscapes on Earth including the savannahs of Africa, rainforests, and unique islands. Illustrations. Photos. ...

A look at the first inhabitants of North America, this book studies their concepts of ecology, waste, and preservation before European settlements of the country. ...

Sulawesi, formerly known as Celebes, a large island between Borneo and Papua New Guinea, is one of the least known regions of Indonesia. Its beautiful flora and fauna, diverse inhabitants, and stunning landscape remain largely unknown by Westerners. Now, with over 700 pages of topographical maps, weather charts, detailed illustrations, and gorgeous full-color photographs from more than 1600 sources, The Ecology of Sulawesi explains everything ...

"Dazzling . . . a prose epic." --"The Washington Post <BR>A mountain peak, a rolling pasture, a boulevard alive with sound and light--each of us carries, deep inside, a dream of paradise. In this magisterial contribution to the literature of ecology and the environment, our nostalgia for the myth of paradise--the primeval, self-sufficient, nurturing garden where mankind was born--is the starting point of a brilliant inquiry into what our ...

In "Crossing the Next Meridian," Charles F. Wilkinson, an expert on federal public lands, Native American issues, and the West's arcane water laws explains some of the core problems facing the American West now and in the years to come. He examines the outmoded ideas that pervade land use and resource allocation and argues that significant reform of Western law is needed to combat desertification and environmental decline, and to heal splintered ...

An exploration of the ways in which the science of ecology has provided a basis for a contemporary worldview that combines an intuitive sense of wholeness with the validation of scientific truth. ...

The modern ecologist usually works in both the field and laboratory, uses statistics and computers, and often works with ecological concepts that are model-based, if not model-driven. How do we make the field and laboratory coherent? How do we link models and data? How do we use statistics to help experimentation? How do we integrate modeling and statistics? How do we confront multiple hypotheses with data and assign degrees of belief to ...

Written by one of the leading thinkers in environmentalism, "Earthcare brings together Merchant's existing work on the topic of women and the environment as well as updated and new essays. "Earthcare looks at age-old historical associations of women with nature, beginning with Eve and continuing through to environmental activists of today, women's commitment to environmental conservation, and the problematic assumptions of women as caregivers and ...

The broad definition of ecology is the study of organisms in relation to their surroundings. This book presents marine ecology as a coherent science, providing undergraduate students with an essential foundation of knowledge in the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems. The fourth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the needs of today's courses. A new chapter 'Human impact on the marine environment' focuses on issues ...