Environmental Change and Challenge: A Canadian Perspective

"While engaging readers about the Earth's environment and its most critical issues over four editions of their text, authors Philip Dearden and Bruce Mitchell have chronicled many setbacks, and victories, for the Earth, its systems, and the inhabitants our planet supports. As this new fifth edition proves, however, the very themes of change and challenge remain constant and at the heart of this text. Climate change continues to advance, and the challenges that we, and the Earth, face are significant. But not all hope is lost. Environmental Change and Challenge introduces readers to the basic scientific concepts of environmental science, giving students background and context to issues such as drought, flooding, loss of biodiversity, ecosystem toxicity, and crop failure and provides them with the tools to understand the impacts, alternatives, and possible solutions. Throughout, Dearden and Mitchell's optimistic tone, profiles of geographers doing important work all over the world, and special features highlighting specific actions students can take emphasize that an informed global citizenry is the key to meeting these challenges and fomenting positive change and sound policy. Fully updated and revised to reflect the most current data and spotlight the most pressing environmental hotspots both at home and abroad, the fifth edition of Environmental Change and Challenge is a key work for today--and tomorrow."--