Living in the Environment
By G. Tyler Miller, Scott Spoolman, Danielle M. Andrews-Brown
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In the new edition of "Living in the Environment," authors Miller, Spoolman and Andrews-Brown partner with National Geographic Learning to equip students with the knowledge and inspiration to make a difference in today's environmental issues. Using sustainability as the integrating theme, the 21st edition provides clear introductions to environmental problems, balanced evaluations of potential solutions and showcases a diverse group of scientists and citizens. Core Case Studies spotlight real-world issues, exercises help students sharpen their critical-thinking skills and a continuing focus on learning from nature highlights principles and applications of biomimicry. MindTap's wealth of anywhere, anytime digital learning tools includes Debate and Defend activities that help students practice evidence-based decision-making, concept animations and conceptual learning activities.
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In the new edition of "Living in the Environment," authors Miller, Spoolman and Andrews-Brown partner with National Geographic Learning to equip students with the knowledge and inspiration to make a difference in today's environmental issues. Using sustainability as the integrating theme, the 21st edition provides clear introductions to environmental problems, balanced evaluations of potential solutions and showcases a diverse group of scientists and citizens. Core Case Studies spotlight real-world issues, exercises help students sharpen their critical-thinking skills and a continuing focus on learning from nature highlights principles and applications of biomimicry. MindTap's wealth of anywhere, anytime digital learning tools includes Debate and Defend activities that help students practice evidence-based decision-making, concept animations and conceptual learning activities.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES LISTED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH CHAPTER SECTION: These preview the most important lessons to be learned from each chapter section, giving students a roadmap for reading, reviewing and studying each section’s material. They help prepare students for end-of-chapter Critical Thinking and other exercises, homework assignments, quizzes and tests -- maximizing their study time and course success. They are also useful to instructors for writing quiz and test questions.
INCREASED EMPHASIS ON CRITICAL THINKING: The importance and nature of critical thinking is introduced in the Preface to Students. Critical-thinking questions are integrated within chapters in small feature boxes and in the captions of several figures, and Critical Thinking exercises also appear at the end of each chapter. These exercises train students to question and think about what they are reading as well as what they hear and see on social networks and in the mass media.
NEW COVERAGE OF KEY TOPICS: Completely updated, the 21st edition includes the latest information on no-till farming, four laws of ecology, proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act, polyculture and sustainability, CRISPR gene editing, the phosphate crisis, controversy over genetically engineered foods, lithium supplies for lithium ion batteries, threats to U.S. recycling and the use of economics to slow climate change.
FLEXIBILITY IN COURSE DESIGN: User friendly and extremely flexible, this textbook enables instructors to easily vary the order of chapters and sections within chapters.
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Unit 1. Humans and Sustainability: An Overview
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