GIVE STUDENTS A RICH UNDERSTANDING OF ALL PARTS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM—WITH VISUALS THAT BOTH EXPLAIN AND ILLUSTRATE Marshak/Rauber is the only text coauthored by a leading geologist and atmospheric scientist, authors of the bestselling introductory texts in their respective fields, assuring students get the most accurate and up-to-date explanations of concepts across the full scope of the course. Their signature step-by-step approach to the visuals gives students the clearest understanding of how the physical world around them works. With their narrative approach and patient explanations, Marshak/Rauber equips students to successfully interpret and describe the natural phenomena they observe around them. “PUTTING EARTH SCIENCE TO USE” FEATURES CONNECT CONCEPTS TO STUDENTS’ LIVES New “Putting Earth Science to Use” features connect the course concepts to practical applications in students’ lives. Topics include the debate about fracking (Chapter 11), how to interpret weather forecasts (Chapter 17) and how to salvage a beach day during rainy weather (Chapter 18). The Second Edition also introduces students to the science and societal impacts of recent events they’ll recognise from the news and the world around them. These events include the 2017 hurricanes in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico; the 2018 volcanic eruption in Hawaii and new data on climate change. HANDS-ON LEARNING TOOLS GET STUDENTS DOING EARTH SCIENCE IN AND OUT OF CLASS New Guided Learning Explorations (GLEs) are carefully scaffolded activities, graded for completion, that serve as virtual explorations. The GLEs cover 20 key topics and get students applying what they’ve learned to real-world sites. Smartwork5 activities, graded for correctness, pull the text, visuals, media clips and Google-Earth based Geotours questions into a dynamic assessment experience. And every chapter in the text itself includes a “How Can I Explain?” feature that provides a fun, hands-on demonstration of a key Earth science concept that can be done in-class, or kept and used by education majors in their future teaching work. A THOROUGHLY STREAMLINED TEXT OFFERS A MORE ACCESSIBLE AND MEMORABLE READING EXPERIENCE In response to instructor feedback, the Second Edition has been substantively condensed to help students focus on the most important concepts in each chapter. And the winds (Chapter 18) and severe weather (Chapter 19) chapters have been completely revised to make it easier for students to assess increasingly intense weather systems.