Ecology

The educational aid "Ecology" outlines the main provisions of modern ecology, the structure and evolution of the biosphere, the role of living agent in the biosphere, the concept of the noosphere is given. The author attempts to show the connection of processes and phenomena that occur both at the level of local environmental systems and the global ecosystem - the biosphere. The manual discusses in detail the main components of environmental systems and mechanisms of their interaction, environmental factors of the medium and adaptation of living organisms to them.
In the manual, the main environmental principles of the functioning of ecosystems are considered, detailed information on pollution of various environmental components: atmospheric air, water, lands, plant and animal world, the mechanisms of exposure to pollutants on the living organisms of the planet, the environmental problems of modern and path are illuminated. solutions.
In the conditions of a developing environmental crisis, the task of the ecology course is the formation of a natural-scientific environmental worldview. In accordance with this task, the concept of a sustainable development model of modern civilization, indicators and indices determining the trend of society transformation are considered.
The manual contains questions for self-test, the list of references is mandatory (brief) and advanced. To understand the scale of studied phenomena and search for answers to additional questions and reference material on a particular environmental problem, at the end of each chapter of the manual, references to well-known ecological websites are given.
For students learning on humanitarian specialties and areas, as well as for all who are interested in environmental issues of modernity