Our environment

Provides a balanced scientific overview of rain forests and their effect on the environment.

Provides a balanced scientific overview of water pollution, how it threatens the environment and possible solutions.

Examines the world's energy sources, looks at how energy is managed, explores the question of whether the world is exhausting its energy supplies, and considers the future of energy.

Discusses the difference between reusing and recycling, examines some of the challenges involved in recycling, looks at the environmental benefits of the practice, and considers the future of recycling.

Presents an overview of the issues related to toxic waste, explaining the various sources of pollution, how serious the problem is, and how it can be solved.

Presents information on oils spills, and explains how they happen, how they are cleaned up, and what can be done to prevent them, and includes an examination of the effect of an oil spill on wildlife and the environment. Includes glossary, index, and suggestions for further research.

An introduction to pesticides. Describes the dangers of pesticide use and looks at alternatives.

Introduces ecotourism that provides travel opportunities that is intended to benefit the natural environment as well as the economy. Describes how ecotourism has developed but had some unintended harmful effects on the environment.