Human Impact on the Earth

By William B. Meyer

Book Overview

At a level accessible to the educated lay reader, this book describes the changes human activities have produced in the global environment from 300 years ago to the present day. It offers a comprehensive and authoritative inventory of human impact in its varied forms - on the oceans, atmosphere, and climate - ranging from long-standing alterations to new and surprising ones that have emerged in recent years, from environmental disasters to success stories of environmental management, and false alarms. This balanced, non-polemical survey will interest all those concerned about the environment and the likely fate of the planet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521558476
• ISBN13: 9780521558471
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Still Very Helpful

Meyer's writes well and the ideas expressed are well stated. Excellent and useful textbook.