Introducing natural resources / Graham Park.

By:

Park, R. G. (R. Graham)

Publisher: Edinburgh : Dunedin, [2016]Description: x, 117 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781780460482
1780460481

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.7 23

LOC classification:

HC85 .P36 2016

Summary: Over the many millennia that the human race has inhabited the planet, a practical use has been found for almost every natural resource that is here. However, since the Industrial Revolution, many of the resources that we have come to rely on are being depleted, some at an alarming rate. The misuse of others, such as fossil fuels, is causing such damage to the environment that measures are being taken at an international level to restrict their use. This book explains how the natural resources of the Earth originated, by outlining the astronomical and geological evolution of the planet in the early period of its existence -- Source other than Library of Congress.

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Includes glossary.

Includes bibliographical references (page 117).

Over the many millennia that the human race has inhabited the planet, a practical use has been found for almost every natural resource that is here. However, since the Industrial Revolution, many of the resources that we have come to rely on are being depleted, some at an alarming rate. The misuse of others, such as fossil fuels, is causing such damage to the environment that measures are being taken at an international level to restrict their use. This book explains how the natural resources of the Earth originated, by outlining the astronomical and geological evolution of the planet in the early period of its existence -- Source other than Library of Congress.