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Synopsis The book provides the basic concept of environment and incorporates the recent material available to serve as a source book. The first four chapters present a background of the solar system, ecology, biosphere, environment and man's dominance in the biosphere. The factors governing the life in the biosphere has been discussed and an attempt is being made to find out the possibility of life, if it exists, elsewhere in the universe. The energy crisis has been given a special treatment in order to understand the problem and to find out solution without disturbing the ecosystem stability. The next twelve chapters deal with the natural resources like air, water, noise, climatic and disaster problems. The growing population associated with social and cultural problems have also been discussed in depth. The various legal acts in regard the pollution control have been included in the next chapter by citing a few typical cases to make awareness amongst the readers about their rights and duties in this context. field study chapter will be a landmark for the persons who are interested to survey their area about the various aspects of ecology. A detailed study on the ecosystem of India and Rajasthan has been discussed in the last two chapters.