Entirely revised and streamlined for 21st century courses! The authors have revised this 8th edition from top to bottom, updating, improving readability, and providing today's Environmental Science student with the best and most current resources for developing critical thinking about the world around us.
Building on the success of prior editions, the new Seventh Edition of award-winning Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet continues to provide a balanced analytical and interdisciplinary approach, and a solid scientific background in environmental science for the student.
Essential Environmental Science is a learning tool to help educate the next generation of environmentally aware students by introducing them to some of the most important questions in Environmental Science today.
Authors:
Daniel B. Botkin, Brian J. Skinner, Stephen C. Porter
Edition Number: 2
ISBN: 9780471161141
The image of Earth on the front cover was acquired from the GOES-8 Imager by the Laboratory for Atmosphere at NASA'S Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. It was taken on September 2, 1994, using two channels for the Imager to produce a "natural color" effect.