Environmental Science: A Global Concern https://www.mheducation.com/cover-images/Jpeg_400-high/1260363821.jpeg 15 9781260363821 Environmental Science: A Global Concern is a comprehensive presentation of environmental science for non-science majors which emphasizes critical thinking, environmental responsibility, and global awareness. This book is intended for use in a one or two-semester course in environmental science, human ecology, or environmental studies at the college or advanced placement high school level.
Environmental Science: A Global Concern

Environmental Science: A Global Concern

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By William Cunningham and Mary Cunningham
ISBN10: 1260363821
ISBN13: 9781260363821
Copyright: 2021
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1 Understanding Our Environment 
2 Principles of Science and Systems 
3 Matter, Energy, and Life 
4 Evolution, Biological Communities, and Species Interactions 
5 Biomes: Global Patterns of Life 
6 Population Biology 
7 Human Populations 
8 Environmental Health and Toxicology 
9 Food and Hunger 
10 Farming: Conventional and Sustainable Practices 
11 Biodiversity: Preserving Species 
12 Biodiversity: Preserving Landscapes 
13 Restoration Ecology 
14 Geology and Earth Resources 
15 Climate Systems and Climate Change
16 Air Pollution 
17 Water Use and Management 
18 Water Pollution 
19 Conventional Energy 
20 Sustainable Energy 
21 Solid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste 
22 Urbanization and Sustainable Cities 
23 Ecological Economics 
24 Environmental Policy, Law, and Planning 
25 What Then Shall We Do?

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William Cunningham

William Cunningham is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Minnesota where he taught for 36 years in the Departments of Botany and Genetics and Cell Biology as well as the Conservation Biology Program, the Institute for Social, Economic, and Ecological Sustainability, the Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership, and the McArthur Program in Global Change. He received his Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Texas in 1963 and spent two years at Purdue University as a postdoctoral fellow. At various times, he has been a visiting scholar in Sweden, Norway, Indonesia, and China, as well as several universities and research institutions in the United States.

Dr. Cunningham has devoted himself to education and teaching development at the undergraduate level in biology.  He began his educational career in structural biology but for the last 10-15 years has concentrated on environmental science, teaching courses such as Social Uses of Biology; Garbage, Government, and the Globe; Environmental Ethics; and Conservation History.  Within the past four years, he has received both of the two highest teaching honors that the University of Minnesota bestows  -- The Distinguished Teaching Award and a $15,000 Amoco Alumni Award.  He has served as a Faculty Mentor for younger faculty at the university, sharing the knowledge and teaching skills that he has gained during his distinguished career.

Mary Cunningham

Mary Ann Cunningham teaches geography and geographic information systems (GIS), and environmental studies at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. Her research involves using GIS to assess landscape-level problems in conservation and biodiversity. In particular, she is interested in understanding the nature of fragmentation in grassland environments and the effects of fragmentation on the make-up of bird communities. The agricultural landscapes where she has been working represent a complex and fascinating interaction of issues concerning working landscapes, resource use, remnant wildlife habitat, and landscape aesthetics. It is at the intersection of these issues that she likes to try and understand the geography of physical environments. Mary Ann earned a PhD in Geography at the University of Minnesota, an MA in Geography at the University of Oregon, and a BA in Geology at Carleton College.

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