Our Changing Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science and Global Environmental Change by Fred T. Mackenzie
For introductory courses in Earth System Science, Earth Science or Global Environmental Change.
This book offers a general interdisciplinary discussion of global environmental change oriented toward the non-specialist in science. It presents both Earth science and ecological concepts related to global change, as well as a discussion of the human dimensions of change. The unifying theme of the book is consideration of aspects of both natural and human-induced global environmental change.