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The Earth Around Us: Maintaining A Livable Planet
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Soil contamination . . . public lands . . . surface and groundwater pollution . . . coastal erosion . . . global warming. Have we reached the limits of this planets ability to provide for us? If so, what can we do about it?These vital questions are addressed in The Earth Around Us, a unique collection of thirtyone essays by a diverse array of todays foremost scientistwriters. Sharing an ability to communicate science in a clear and engaging fashion, the contributors explore Earths history and processesespecially in relation to todays environmental issuesand show how we, as members of a global community, can help maintain a livable planet. The narratives in this collection are organized into seven parts that describe: Earths time and history and the place of people on it Views of nature and the ethics behind our conduct on Earth Resources for the twentyfirst century, such as public lands, healthy forests and soils, clean ground and surface waters, and fluctuating coastlines Illinformed local manipulations of landscapes across the United States Innovative solutions to environmental problems that arise from knowledge of the interactions between living things and the Earths air, water, and soil Natural and humaninduced global scale perturbations to the earth system Our responsibility to people and all other organisms that live on Earth. Never before has such a widely experienced group of prominent earth scientists been brought together to help readers understand how earths environment works. Driven by the belief that earth science is, and should be, an integral part of everyday life, The Earth Around Us empowers all of us to play a more educated and active part in the search for a sustainable future for our planet and its inhabitants.
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