• ISBN13: 9780415211765
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Earth-Science/Environment
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: November 11, 2001
• Pages: 340
• Original Price: 795.0 INR
• Language: English
• Edition: 1
• Item Weight: 590 grams

The new edition of this popular student text offers an engaging introduction to environmental study. It covers the entire breadth of the environmental sciences, providing concise, non-technical explanations of physical processes and systems and the effects of human activities. In this second edition the scientific background to major environmental issues is clearly explained. These include:
* global warming
* genetically modified foods
* desertification
* acid rain
* deforestation
* human population growth
* depleting resources
* nuclear power generation
* descriptions of the 10 major biomes.
Special student text features include illustrations and explanatory diagrams, boxed case studies, concepts and definitions.