This atlas presents a collection of geographical maps showing human impact on the environment. A wide variety of human impacts are discussed, ranging from the e

Explores equilibrium and non-equilibrium in undisturbed and disturbed ecological systems, examining how human activities affect the balance/imbalance of nature.

Threats to biodiversity, food shortages, urban sprawl . . . lessons for environmental problems that confront us today may well be found in the past. The archaeo

Audio and text highlighting make this title accessible for all readers. In this title readers will learn about alternative energy sources such as solar, wind, a

At a level accessible to the general reader, this balanced and non-polemical book describes the changes human activities have produced in the global environment