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Cartoon Guide to the Environment

by Larry Gonick

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Publisher Comments:

Do you think that the Ozone Hole is a grunge rock club? Or that the Food Web is an on-line restaurant guide? Or that the Green Revolution happened in Greenland? Then you need The Cartoon Guide to the Environment to put you on the road to environmental literacy. The Cartoon Guide to the Environment covers the main topics of environmental science: chemical cycles, life communities, food webs, agriculture, human population growth, sources of energy and raw materials, waste disposal and recycling, cities, pollution, deforestation, ozone depletion, and global warming—and puts them in the context of ecology, with discussions of population dynamics, thermodynamics, and the behavior of complex systems.

Synopsis:

For those who think the Ozone Hole is a grunge rock band or that the Green Revolution happened in Greenland, this helpful, often hilarious book provides the perfect introduction to the world of environmental literacy. From chemical cycles to life communities to food webs to pollution, deforestation, and global warming, Gonnick explains environmental concepts in layman's terms and explains their relevance and relationship to the planet's ecology. Cartoons throughout.

Synopsis:

Chapter 1. Forests and Water
Chapter 2. More Cycles
Chapter 3. Evolving Systems, Struggling Individuals
Chapter 4. Communities Wet...
Chapter 5. ...And Dry
Chapter 6. Let's Eat!
Chapter 7. From Hunting to Planting
Chapter 8. What Limiting Factors?
Chapter 9. Bye, Bye, Biome!
Chapter 10. Energy Webs
Chapter 11. Let's Eat Again!
Chapter 12. Bright Lights, Big City
Chapter 13. Pollution
Chapter 14. Earth Island

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-219) and index.
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About the Author

Larry Gonick is the creator of the bestselling Cartoon Guide series, comprised of nine books that have sold more than half a million copies and been translated into more than a dozen languages. Currently staff cartoonist for Muse magazine, he has also been a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780062732743
With:
Outwater, Alice
Author:
Outwater, Alice
Author:
Gonick, Larry
Author:
by Larry Gonick
Publisher:
Collins Reference
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Environmental Science
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Environmental sciences
Subject:
Environmental education
Subject:
Environmental education -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject:
Life Sciences - Ecology
Subject:
General Study Aids
Subject:
Environmental Studies-General
Copyright:
1996
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Series Volume:
104-237
Publication Date:
19960331
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
9.18x7.40x.64 in. .73 lbs.
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Product details 240 pages HarperCollins Publishers - English 9780062732743 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , For those who think the Ozone Hole is a grunge rock band or that the Green Revolution happened in Greenland, this helpful, often hilarious book provides the perfect introduction to the world of environmental literacy. From chemical cycles to life communities to food webs to pollution, deforestation, and global warming, Gonnick explains environmental concepts in layman's terms and explains their relevance and relationship to the planet's ecology. Cartoons throughout.

"Synopsis" by , Chapter 1. Forests and Water
Chapter 2. More Cycles
Chapter 3. Evolving Systems, Struggling Individuals
Chapter 4. Communities Wet...
Chapter 5. ...And Dry
Chapter 6. Let's Eat!
Chapter 7. From Hunting to Planting
Chapter 8. What Limiting Factors?
Chapter 9. Bye, Bye, Biome!
Chapter 10. Energy Webs
Chapter 11. Let's Eat Again!
Chapter 12. Bright Lights, Big City
Chapter 13. Pollution
Chapter 14. Earth Island
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