The purpose of this book is a straightforward one to present a fair reflection of approaches currently employed to address environmental issues and to provide the reader with a working knowledge of the science that underpins them and to understand the essential facts and deeper cultural connections of topics and issues related to the scientific study of the environment and its impacts on humanity. Human biological and cultural origins are, of course, deeply tied to the environment. But just as earth's environment shaped humanity, human activity (anthropogenic activity) now leaves an unmistakable stamp upon the natural world. Encyclopedia of environmental Science places special emphasis on exploring the impacts of human habitation and economic activity on the environment. This book also reflects the scientific consensus regarding global climate that it is real and an urgent global problem and offers topics developed to explaining both the science and the social challenges.
We wrote this book to convey these exciting scientific insights to a readership including undergraduate, postgraduate environmental studies majors and environmental conservation professionals that is not intimately familiar with environment as a scientific discipline. Our hope is that readers will come to appreciate the intricate ways that humans are connected to their environment and how their interactions can after the sustainability of the very ecosystems of which they are a part to their environment and how their interactions can alter the sustainability of the very ecosystems of which they are a part and from which they derive vital services. We do not consider ourselves to be environmentalists, which we define as someone who advocates particular ways of solving problmes. As a scientist who studies the workings of envirom=nmental systems. We feel it is our duty to present the science as clearly and as objectively as possible and in ways that illuminatye the consequences of different actions so that each reader can make informeed decisions about how he or she chooses to the consequences of different actions so that each readers the very humbling understanding that the consequences of our decisions today will be felt by our grandchildren and great-grandchildren. These are the timescales at the least on which environmental functions operate and on which we need to anticipate our impacts.

Contents
Acid Rain
Agricultural Practice Impacts
Air Pollution
Aquatic Ecosystems
Aquifers
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Inversion
Bays and Estuaries
Benthic Ecosystems
Biodegradation
Biodiversity
Biofuels
Biofuel Technologies
Biogeography
Bioremedation
Carbon dioxide( CO2)
Carbon dioxide (CO@) Emissions
Chlorofluorocarbons
CITES ( Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna
Climate Change
Closed Ecology Experiments
Coastal Ecosystems
Conservation
Coral Reefs and Corals
Dams
Dams and Climate Change
Deforestation
Desertification
Desert Ecosystem
Drainage Basins
Dredging
Drought
Dust Storms
Earth Summit (1992)
Earth Summit ( 2002)
Earthquake
Ecology
Ecosystem Diversity
Ecosystems
EL Nino and LA Nina
EL Nino
LA Nino
The Science of EL Nino and LA Nina
Endangered Species
Environment Assesment
Estuaries
Floods
Forest Resources
Forests
Fossil Fuel Combustion Impacts
Fresh Water and Fresh Water Ecosystems
Genetic Diversity
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Geothermal Resources
Global Warming
Grasslands
Ground water
Habitat Alteration
Hazardous Waste
Herbicides
Horticulture
Hunting Practices
Hurricanes
Hydrological Cycle
Industrial Pollution
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Irrigation
Island
Island Ecosystems
kyoto Protocol
Lakes
lands use
landslides
Logging
Marrine Ecosystems
mathematical Modeling and Simulation
Medical Waste
Migratory Species
Mining and Quarry Impacts
Montreal Protocol
National Enviromental Policy Act
Natural Resource Management
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Nuclear Power
Ocean Tides
Oceanography
Ocean and Coastlines
Oil Spills
Organic Farming
Overfishing
Overgrazing
Ozone Hole
Ozone Layer
Pollinators
Precipitations
Predator-prey Relationships
Radioactive Waste
Rain Forest Destruction
Recycling
Reef Ecosystem
Reforestation
Resource Extraction
Rivers and Waterways
Runoff
Saltwater Intrusion
Smog
Soil Chemistry
Soil Contamination
Soil Resources
Solar Power
Solid Wast Treatment Technologies
Spill Remidiation
Surface Water
Sustainable Development
Tidal or Wave Power
Tides
Tsunami
Tundra
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (1972)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change (UNFCC)
United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) Our Common Future Report (1987)
Volcanoes
Waste Transfer and Dumping
Wastewater Treatment Technologies
Water Conservation
Water Pollution
Water Resources
Water Suooly and Demand
Watersheds
Weather and Climate
Wetland
Wildfires
Wind and Wind Power
Zone Tillage