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02851aam a2200373 i 4500 001 F8673E425B9611EFABE9BE7952ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240816010336 008 220709t20232024nyuabd b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781324043485 020 $a 1324043482 035 $a (OCoLC)1334718998 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d MTG $d ICV $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d SILO 050 00 $a GE140 $b .S43 2024 082 04 $a 363.7 $2 23 100 1 $a Sherman, Daniel J., $e author. 245 10 $a Environmental science and sustainability / $c Daniel J. Sherman, David R. Montgomery. 250 $a Second Edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., $c [2023] 300 $a xxxvi, 597 pages, 55 variously numbered pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color), maps, charts ; $c 28 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Government : how can policy influence sustainability? $t Ethics, economics, and policy : who or what do we value? -- $t Matter and energy : what are the building blocks of sustainability? -- $t Life : what shapes biodiversity? -- $t Conservation : why is it important to protect biodiversity? -- $t Human population : can we have too many people? -- $t Water : how do we use it and affect its quality? -- $t Air : what are we breathing? -- $t Land : how does it shape us? -- $t Systems and cycles : are we changing Earth's life support system? -- $t Climate : how does global climate change? -- $t Food : how do we feed ourselves? -- $t Fossil fuels : energy of the industrial age? -- $t Energy alternatives : how are our energy decisions changing? -- $t Waste : what happens to all the stuff we use? -- $t Urbanization : why are cities growing? -- $t Environmental health and justice : how does our environment affect our health? -- $t Decision making : why do our choices matter? -- $t Groups and organizations : how do we work together for sustainability? -- $t Government : how can policy influence sustainability? 520 $a "Environmental Science and Sustainability helps students discover their role in the environment and the impact of their choices. Authors David Montgomery and Daniel Sherman bring scientific and environmental policy expertise to a modern treatment of environmental science. In addition to emphasizing climate change, sustainability and resilience, they reveal how our decision-making affects the planet and each other"-- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a Printed in Canada. 650 0 $a Environmental sciences $v Textbooks. 650 0 $a Sustainability $v Textbooks. 650 7 $a Environmental sciences $2 fast 650 7 $a Sustainability $2 fast 655 7 $a Textbooks $2 fast 700 1 $a Montgomery, David R., $d 1961- $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l OUAX845 $d 20240816052158.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F8673E425B9611EFABE9BE7952ECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOTInitiate Another SILO Locator Search