Essentials of physical geography

Аннотация

Earth, with its life-support system for humankind, is a wondrous and complex place, yet it is also enigmatic. In manyways our planet is robust and adaptable to environmental change, but in others it is fragile and threatened. In our modern day-to-day lives, our use of technology tends to insulate us from fully experiencing our environment, so we can become lulled into forgetting about our direct dependence on Earth’s natural resources. Sometimes it is hard to imagine that as you read this you are also moving through space on a lifegiving planetary oasis surrounded by the vastness of space-one that is empty and,as far as we know,devoid of life.Yet having knowledge of our planet, its environments, and how they operate is as critical as it has ever been for human society.