Partnering with National Geographic Learning, Miller and Spoolman deliver a text that equips students with the inspiration and knowledge to help solve modern environmental issues. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, 16th Edition, highlights important work of scientists and citizens, while photos, maps and illustrations bring course content to life. A concept-centered approach transforms complex topics into key concepts students understand. Using sustainability as their central theme, the authors emphasize natural capital, natural capital degradation, solutions, trade-offs and the importance of individuals. Students learn how nature works, how they interact with it and how humanity can continue to sustain its relationship with the earth by applying nature's lessons to economies and individual lifestyles. Available with MindTap, the platform that gives instructors complete control of their course and powers students from memorization to mastery.

Part 1. HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW.
1. The Environment and Sustainability.
Part II. ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
2. Science, Matter, Energy and Systems.
3. Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work?
4. Biodiversity and Evolution.
5. Species Interactions, Ecological Succession and Population Control.
6. The Human Population and Urbanization.
7. Climate and Biodiversity.
Part III. SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY.
8. Sustaining Biodiversity: Saving Species.
9. Sustaining Biodiversity: Saving Ecosystems.
Part IV. SUSTAINING RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
10. Food Production and the Environment.
11. Water Resources and Water Pollution.
12. Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources.
13. Energy Resources.
14. Environmental Hazards and Human Health.
15. Air Pollution, Climate Change and Ozone Depletion.
16. Solid and Hazardous Waste.
Part V. SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETIES.
17. Environmental Economics, Politics and Worldviews.
Glossary.
Index.
Preface.
About the Authors.
From the Authors.
Learning Skills.

Partnering with National Geographic Learning, Miller and Spoolman deliver a text that equips students with the inspiration and knowledge to help solve modern environmental issues. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, 16th Edition, highlights important work of scientists and citizens, while photos, maps and illustrations bring course content to life. A concept-centered approach transforms complex topics into key concepts students understand. Using sustainability as their central theme, the authors emphasize natural capital, natural capital degradation, solutions, trade-offs and the importance of individuals. Students learn how nature works, how they interact with it and how humanity can continue to sustain its relationship with the earth by applying nature's lessons to economies and individual lifestyles. Available with MindTap, the platform that gives instructors complete control of their course and powers students from memorization to mastery. The science of learning teaches that distributed practice is the best way to digest and understand information. Adaptive Mastery Training in MindTap provides distributed practice in which students study foundational topics bit by bit, helping them master key terms, deepen their understanding and build long-term memory of core concepts. The new "Learning from Nature" feature appears in most chapters and includes a set of brief summaries of specific applications of biomimicry in various industries and fields of research. The 16th edition's emphasis on learning from nature is established early in Chapter 1's Core Case Study "Learning from the Earth," which introduces the principles of biomimicry. The principles and applications of biomimicry are further explored in a "Science Focus" box and a feature article on biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus later in the chapter and throughout the book. New visual elements inspired by National Geographic Learning that capture and hold students' attention. Many of the new photographs are from the archives of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. In addition, more than 130 diagrams--each designed to present complex ideas in understandable ways relating to the real world--make it one of the most visually informative textbooks available. New Core Case Studies for eight of the book's 17 chapters enable students to apply text concepts and principles to current, real-world issues. Providing a heavier emphasis on data analysis, the 16th edition adds new questions to the captions of all figures that involve data graphs, prompting students to analyze the data represented in the figure. This hands-on activity complements the end-of-chapter exercises. Updated throughout using thousands of articles and reports published between 2013 and 2017, major new or updated topics range from fracking to the Northern Pacific Garbage Patch with a wealth of hot and emerging issues in between. An all-new Econumbers feature highlights key statistics that are helpful for students to remember. The 16th edition now includes a more thorough treatment of the history of environmental conservation and protection in the United States, helping students see the big picture. Five major subthemes are integrated throughout: Sustainability depends on natural resources and ecosystem services that support all life and economies. Human activities can degrade natural capital. Solutions to environmental problems are presented throughout, and students are challenged to critically evaluate them. Trade-offs are involved in the search for solutions and require weighing advantages against disadvantages; trade-offs diagrams spotlight specific environmental problems. Individuals Matter boxes and Case Studies describe the sustainability work of scientists and citizens.