Earth resources and environmental impact
Earth Resources and Environmental Impacts uses everyday examples and current issues to help readers understand how mineral, water and energy resources and the impacts of their use and extraction affect their daily lives. A historical perspective makes the material in this text fascinating by showing...
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Valley Cottage, NY
SCITUS Academics
[2016]
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| Call Number : | QE 26.3 .E278 2016 |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Earth resources and environmental impact |c editor, Rajan Gupta |
| 264 | 1 | |a Valley Cottage, NY |b SCITUS Academics |c [2016] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2016 | |
| 300 | |a vi, 239 pages |b illustrations |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Impact of Climate Change on Renewable Groundwater Resource: Assessing the Benefits of Avoided Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using Selected CMIP5 Climate Projections -- Food Waste in the United States: A Contributing Factor toward Environmental Instability -- Effects of Offshore Wind Farms on Marine Wildlife- a Generalized Impact Assessment -- The Earth Microbiome Project: Successes and Aspirations -- Sustainable Systems - Game Theory as a Tool for Preserving Energy Resources -- Fish Commoditization and the Historical Origins of Catching Fish for Profit -- Caffeine in Surface and Wastewater in Barbados, West Indies -- City Development, Natural Resources and Human Impact: The Case of Medellin, Colombia -- Visualizing Relationships between Drivers of Environmental Change and Pressures on Land-Based Ecosystems | |
| 520 | |a Earth Resources and Environmental Impacts uses everyday examples and current issues to help readers understand how mineral, water and energy resources and the impacts of their use and extraction affect their daily lives. A historical perspective makes the material in this text fascinating by showing readers that the earth's resources have always been fundamental to society, even as far back as the Stone Age. Environmental impacts and sustainable use of energy and mineral resources are emphasized, as well as a section targeted to medical geology. With the increase of public interest surrounding environmental impacts, readers will appreciate the knowledge gained from this text. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Earth sciences | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Environmental sciences | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Gupta, Rajan |e editor | |
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