Essentials of Environmental Science Second Edition

This textbook is designed as a very brief introduction to the concepts of environmental science from ecosystems to life process to chemical process to recycling to the water cycle and treatment to sustainability to pest control to issues and solutions to pollution and environmental laws. Each of the 30 topics are covered in readings of two to five pages long. Additionally the book contains a very complete glossary of terms used in environmental science. Instructors and students using the text can request a complementary set of PowerPoint presentations which go with each topic to illustrate concepts.