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Each volume in this series offers an overview of a career category followed by a selection of jobs, profiled in detail. Each profile discusses the nature of the job, earnings, prospects for employment what kind of training and skills it requires and sources for further information.

iScience puzzle -- Discover activity -- What is an environment? -- What are the different types of biomes? -- Sun, wind, rain, and snow -- The roles of plants and animals -- What causes stress in an ecosystem? -- Science at work -- Nature's recycling system -- How do ecosystems change naturally over time? -- Connecting to history -- The human factor -- Solve the iScience puzzle -- Beyond the puzzle.

The environment inflames passions in people on all points of the political spectrum. Controversies over such issues as the rise of cancer in industrialized countries, climate change, and urban sprawl have skyrocketed as we recognize the impact that humans have on the environment. Many people become immersed in these controversies at a local level before they know much about the topic - the nuances of many environmental conflicts are often overlooked as the media focuses on the adversarial nature of the conflict. This reference resource provides students, teachers, librarians, and citizens as a

"In About Canada: The Environment, award-winning author Linda Pannozzo takes us on a whirlwind tour of the philosophical, economic, and ideological landscape forming the backdrop for our current environmental worldview. She makes the connections between our faith in the free market, our adherence to an economic system based on endless growth, and our treatment of Canada's environment. She shows how regulations and protections, where they did exist, have been rolled back, eroded and loosened to benefit the bottom line and how industrial expansion and resource extraction fueled by cheap fossil fuels and an insatiable consumer demand for goods, has taken an unprecedented environmental toll--one that will only to be worsened by the realities of climate change."--