Environment, Third Edition is for the Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Natural Resources Conservation, or Ecology and Mankind courses found in the biology, botany, zoology, geology, agriculture, geography, or environmental departments. This book was written to present today"s students with the enormous environmental challenges facing our world in the hope that they will read, think, discuss, reach conclusions, and act on these issues. Environment, Third Edition is a serious science text with an appealing writing style that is accessible to students from all disciplines. Rather than preaching, it presents a balanced, solutions-oriented approach to environmental problems. It provides students with the information and critical thinking tools to reach their own conclusions. Environment is filled with many new and unique examples to support each subject as it is developed.