Earth Resources and the Environment

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About This Book

Balanced, broad-based, and up to date, this comprehensive text explores the nature and critical issues of earth resources and the impacts that resource usage has on the earth environment. The authors assume little to no scientific background, and you'll find full coverage of all major types of earth resources--energy, metallic, nonmetallic, water, and soil.