Foundations of Environmental Science | |
An Introduction to Environmental Science | p. 2 |
Our Island, Earth | p. 3 |
The Nature of Environmental Science | p. 7 |
The Nature of Science | p. 10 |
Environmental Ethics | p. 15 |
Environmental Economics and Environmental Policy | p. 23 |
Central Case: San Diego and Tijuana's Sewage Pollution Problems and Policy Solutions | p. 24 |
Economics: Approaches and Environmental Implications | p. 24 |
Environmental Policy: An Overview | p. 34 |
U.S. Environmental Policy | p. 35 |
International Environmental Policy | p. 40 |
The Environmental Policy Process | p. 42 |
Approaches to Environmental Policy | p. 44 |
Environmental Systems: Chemistry, Energy, and Ecosystems | p. 48 |
Central Case: The Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone" | p. 49 |
Earth's Environmental Systems | p. 49 |
Chemistry and the Environment | p. 52 |
Energy Fundamentals | p. 58 |
How Environmental Systems Work | p. 60 |
Evolution, Biodiversity, and Population Ecology | p. 75 |
Central Case: Striking Gold in a Costa Rican Cloud Forest | p. 76 |
Evolution as the Wellspring of Earth's Biodiversity | p. 76 |
Levels of Ecological Organization | p. 83 |
Population Ecology | p. 84 |
Species Interactions and Community Ecology | p. 96 |
Central Case: Black and White, and Spread All Over: Zebra Mussels Invade the Great Lakes | p. 97 |
Species Interactions | p. 98 |
Ecological Communities | p. 101 |
Earth's Biomes | p. 111 |
Environmental Issues and the Search for Solutions | |
Human Population | p. 122 |
Central Case: China's One-Child Policy | p. 123 |
Human Population Growth: Baby 6 Billion and Beyond | p. 123 |
Demography | p. 126 |
Population and Society | p. 132 |
Soil, Agriculture, and the Future of Food | p. 141 |
Central Case: No-Till Agriculture in Southern Brazil | p. 142 |
Soil: The Foundation for Agriculture | p. 142 |
Soil Degradation and Conservation | p. 145 |
The Race to Feed the World | p. 151 |
Pests and Pollinators | p. 153 |
Biotechnology and the Future of Food | p. 156 |
Feedlot Agriculture: Livestock and Poultry | p. 160 |
Sustainable Agriculture | p. 164 |
Biodiversity and Conservation Biology | p. 168 |
Central Case: Saving the Siberian Tiger | p. 169 |
Our Planet of Life | p. 169 |
Biodiversity Loss and Species Extinction | p. 174 |
Benefits of Biodiversity | p. 179 |
Conservation Biology: The Search for Solutions | p. 181 |
Cities, Forests, and Parks: Land Use and Resource Management | p. 191 |
Central Case: Managing Growth in Portland, Oregon | p. 192 |
Our Urbanizing World | p. 193 |
Creating Livable Cities | p. 200 |
Forestry and Resource Management | p. 205 |
Parks and Reserves | p. 212 |
Environmental Health and Toxicology | p. 217 |
Central Case: Alligators and Endocrine Disruptors at Lake Apopka, Florida | p. 218 |
Environmental Health | p. 218 |
Toxic Agents in the Environment | p. 222 |
Studying Effects of Hazards | p. 228 |
Risk Assessment and Risk Management | p. 232 |
Philosophical and Policy Approaches | p. 234 |
Freshwater and Marine Systems and Resources | p. 239 |
Central Case: Plumbing the Colorado River | p. 240 |
Freshwater Systems | p. 240 |
How We Use Water | p. 245 |
Solutions to Freshwater Depletion | p. 251 |
Freshwater Pollution and Its Control | p. 252 |
Marine Systems | p. 257 |
Human Impact on the Oceans | p. 262 |
Overfishing and Marine Conservation | p. 263 |
Atmospheric Science, Air Pollution, and Global Climate Change | p. 270 |
Central Case: Rising Temperatures and Seas May Take the Maldives Under | p. 271 |
The Atmosphere | p. 271 |
Outdoor Air Pollution | p. 275 |
Indoor Air Pollution | p. 285 |
Global Climate Change | p. 288 |
Climate Change Estimates and Predictions | p. 292 |
Reducing Emissions | p. 296 |
Nonrenewable Energy Sources, Their Impacts, and Energy Conservation | p. 300 |
Central Case: Oil or Wilderness on Alaska's North Slope? | p. 301 |
Sources of Energy | p. 302 |
Coal | p. 305 |
Natural Gas | p. 307 |
Oil | p. 308 |
Impacts of Fossil Fuel Use | p. 312 |
Energy Conservation | p. 317 |
Nuclear Power | p. 319 |
Renewable Energy Alternatives | p. 328 |
Central Case: Iceland Moves toward a Hydrogen Economy | p. 329 |
Renewable Energy Sources | p. 330 |
Biomass Energy | p. 332 |
Hydroelectric Power | p. 335 |
Solar Energy | p. 337 |
Wind Energy | p. 340 |
Geothermal Energy | p. 344 |
Ocean Energy Sources | p. 345 |
Hydrogen | p. 346 |
Waste Management | p. 353 |
Central Case: Transforming New York's Fresh Kills Landfill | p. 354 |
Approaches to Waste Management | p. 354 |
Municipal Solid Waste | p. 355 |
Industrial Solid Waste | p. 364 |
Hazardous Waste | p. 365 |
Epilogue Sustainable Solutions | p. 372 |
Some Basics on Graphs | p. A-1 |
Metric System | p. B-1 |
Periodic Table of the Elements | p. C-1 |
Geologic Time Scale | p. D-1 |
Glossary | p. G-1 |
Credits | p. CR-1 |
Selected Sources and References | p. R-1 |
Index | p. I-1 |
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