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Completely updated, the ninth edition of 'Environmental Science' enlightens students on the fundamental causes of the current environmental crisis and offers ideas on how we, as a global community, can create a sustainable future
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Machine generated contents note: -- ch. 1 Environmental Science, Sustainability, and Critical Thinking -- 1.1.Encouraging Signs/Continuing Challenges -- 1.2.What is Environmental Science? -- 1.3.Science and Scientific Method: Keys to Understanding Environmental Issues and Creating Lasting Solutions -- 1.4.Critical Thinking Skills -- Spotlight on sustainable development 1-1 The Netherlands' Green Plan Revolutionizes the Way Industries Function -- Spotlight on sustainable development 1-2 Philadelphia Eagles Go Green! -- ch. 2 Environmental Protection and Sustainability -- 2.1.Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development -- 2.2.Meeting Human Needs While Protecting the Environment -- 2.3.Human Settlements: Networks of (Unsustainable) Systems -- 2.4.Why Are Human Systems Unsustainable? -- 2.5.Applying the Principles of Sustainable Development -- Spotlight on sustainable development 2-1 Treading Lightly on the Earth: Creating Sustainable Homes for the 21st Century and Beyond
Ch. 3 Understanding the Root Causes of the Environmental Crisis -- 3.1.Roots of the Environmental Crisis -- 3.2.Leverage Points -- Spotlight on sustainable development 3-1 Ashland, Oregon Shows That Water Conservation Works -- ch. 4 Principles of Ecology: How Ecosystems Work -- 4.1.Humans and Nature: The Vital Connections -- 4.2.Ecology: The Study of Natural Systems -- 4.3.The Structure of Natural Systems -- 4.4.Ecosystem Function -- Point/Counterpoint Controversy over Extinction -- Spotlight on sustainable development 4-1 Sustainable Sewage Treatment: Mimicking Nature -- Spotlight on sustainable development 4-2 Colleges and Universities Go Green -- ch. 5 Principles of Ecology: Biomes and Aquatic Life Zones -- 5.1.Weather and Climate: An Introduction -- 5.2.The Biomes -- 5.3.Aquatic Life Zones -- Spotlight on sustainable development 5-1 Dreaming of a Green Christmas -- ch. 6 Principles of Ecology: Self-Sustaining Mechanisms in Ecosystems
6.1.Homeostasis: Maintaining the Balance -- 6.2.Natural Succession: Establishing Life on Lifeless Ground -- 6.3.Evolution: Responding to Change -- 6.4.Human Impact on Ecosystems -- Point/Counterpoint Environmentalism: On Trial -- Spotlight on sustainable development 6-1 Safeway Grocery Store Chain Goes Green -- Spotlight on sustainable development 6-2 Restoration Ecology: Sustaining the Biosphere -- ch. 7 Human Ecology: Our Changing Relationship with the Environment -- 7.1.Human Biological Evolution: Some Highlights -- 7.2.Human Cultural Evolution: Our Changing Relationship with Nature -- 7.3.The Population, Resources, and Pollution Model -- 7.4.The Sustainable Society: The Next Step -- Spotlight on sustainable development 7-1 Agroforestry: Tapping Ancient Wisdom -- Spotlight on sustainable development 7-2 Monfort Boys' School: Mining Human Wastes to Feed People -- ch. 8 Population: Measuring Growth and Its Impact -- 8.1.The Growing Human Population
8.2.Understanding Populations and Population Growth -- 8.3.The Future of World Population: Some Projections and Concerns -- Point/Counterpoint The Population Debate -- Spotlight on sustainable development 8-1 Thailand's Family Planning Success Story -- ch. 9 Stabilizing the Human Population: Strategies for Sustainability -- 9.1.Achieving a Sustainable Human Population: The Challenges -- 9.2.Stabilizing the Human Population: Some Strategies -- 9.3.Overcoming Barriers -- 9.4.Ethics and Population Stabilization -- 9.5.Status Report: Progress and Setbacks -- Spotlight on sustainable development 9-1 Controlling Urban Sprawl: The Other Kind of Population Control -- Spotlight on sustainable development 9-2 Cleaning Products Go Green -- ch. 10 Creating a Sustainable System of Agriculture to Feed the World's People -- 10.1.Hunger, Malnutrition, Food Supplies, and the Environment -- 10.2.Understanding Soils -- 10.3.Barriers to a Sustainable Agricultural System
10.4.Solutions: Building a Sustainable Agricultural System -- Spotlight on sustainable development 10-1 The Green Wall of China: Stopping the Spread of Desert -- Spotlight on sustainable development 10-2 Community-Supported Agriculture -- ch. 11 Preserving Biological Diversity -- 11.1.Biodiversity: Signs of Decline -- 11.2.Causes of Extinction and the Decline in Biodiversity -- 11.3.Why Protect Biodiversity? -- 11.4.How to Save Endangered Species and Protect Biodiversity -- A Sustainable Approach -- Point/Counterpoint 11-1 Preserving Wildlife, Usurping Private Property Rights? -- Spotlight on sustainable development 11-1 Predator Friendly Wool and Wolf Country Beef: You Must Have Read the Label Wrong -- Point/Counterpoint 11-2 Controversy Over Wolf Reintroduction -- Spotlight on sustainable development 11-2 Debt-for-Nature Swaps -- ch. 12 Grasslands, Forests, and Wilderness: Sustainable Management Strategies -- 12.1.The Tragedy of the Commons
12.2.Rangelands and Range Management: Protecting the World's Grasslands -- 12.3.Forests and Forest Management -- 12.4.Wilderness and Wilderness Management -- Spotlight on sustainable development 12-1 Saving the World's Tropical Rain Forests -- Point/Counterpoint Controversy Over Old-Growth Forests in the Pacific Northwest -- ch. 13 Water Resources: Preserving Our Liquid Assets and Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems -- 13.1.The Hydrological Cycle -- 13.2.Water Issues Related to Supply and Demand -- 13.3.Flooding: Problems and Solutions -- 13.4.Wetlands, Estuaries, Coastlines, and Rivers -- Spotlight on sustainable development 13-1 Undoing the Damage to Florida's Kissimmee River -- Spotlight on sustainable development 13-2 Ecological Solutions to Flooding and Water Supply Problems -- ch. 14 Nonrenewable Energy Sources -- 14.1.Energy Use: Our Growing Dependence on Nonrenewable Fuels -- 14.2.What is Energy? -- 14.3.Fossil Fuels: Analyzing Our Options
14.4.Fossil Fuels: Meeting Future Demand -- 14.5.Nuclear Energy -- 14.6.Guidelines for Creating a Sustainable Energy System -- 14.7.Establishing Priorities -- Spotlight on sustainable development 14-1 Controversy Over Oil Exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- Point/Counterpoint 14-1 Should We Drill for Oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? -- Point/Counterpoint 14-2 Should Nuclear Power Be Revived? -- Spotlight on sustainable development 14-2 Coca-Cola Goes Green -- ch. 15 Foundations of a Sustainable Energy System: Conservation and Renewable Energy -- 15.1.Energy Conservation: Foundation of a Sustainable Energy System -- 15.2.Renewable Energy Sources -- 15.3.Is a Renewable Energy Supply System Possible? -- Spotlight on sustainable development 15-1 Air France Pledges Cuts in Carbon Emissions -- Spotlight on sustainable development 15-2 Reinventing the Automobile
Spotlight on sustainable development 15-3 Greensburg, Kansas Goes Green -- Spotlight on sustainable development 15-4 A Solar Giant Grows Taller -- Viewpoint Bird Kills from Commercial Wind Farms: Fact or Fiction? -- Point/Counterpoint The Debate over Hydrogen Energy -- ch. 16 The Earth and Its Mineral Resources -- 16.1.The Earth's Mineral Riches -- 16.2.Environmental Impacts of Mineral Exploitation: A Brief Overview -- 16.3.Supplying Mineral Needs Sustainably -- 16.4.Expanding Reserves -- 16.5.Finding Substitutes -- 16.6.Personal Actions -- Point/Counterpoint Reforming the 1872 Mining Act -- Spotlight on sustainable development 16-1 Antarctica: Protecting the Last Frontier -- ch. 17 Creating Sustainable Cities, Suburbs, and Towns: Sustainable Community Development and Environmental Protection -- 17.1.Cities and Towns as Networks of Systems -- 17.2.Land-Use Planning and Sustainability -- 17.3.Shifting to a Sustainable Transportation System
Spotlight on sustainable development 17-1 Cohousing: Building a Community -- Spotlight on sustainable development 17-2 Curitiba, Brazil -- A City with a Sustainable Vision -- Spotlight on sustainable development 17-3 Car Sharing: On the Road -- Cheaper and Greener -- Spotlight on sustainable development 17-4 Masdar City: A Solar Oasis -- ch. 18 Principles of Toxicology and Risk Assessment -- 18.1.Principles of Toxicology -- 18.2.Mutations, Cancer, and Birth Defects -- 18.3.Reproductive Toxicity -- 18.4.Environmental Hormones -- 18.5.Case Studies: A Closer Look -- 18.6.Controlling Toxic Substances: Toward a Sustainable Solution -- 18.7.Risk and Risk Assessment -- Spotlight on sustainable development 18-1 Getting the Lead Out: Steps to Reduce Lead Exposure in the United States -- Point/Counterpoint Are Current Procedures for Determining Carcinogens Valid? -- ch. 19 Air Pollution and Noise: Living and Working in a Healthy Environment
19.1.Air: The Endangered Global Commons -- 19.2.The Effects of Weather and Topography on Air Pollution -- 19.3.The Effects of Air Pollution -- 19.4.Air Pollution Control: Toward a Sustainable Strategy -- 19.5.Noise: The Forgotten Pollutant -- 19.6.Indoor Air Pollution -- Spotlight on sustainable development 19-1 Germany's Sustainable Approach Pays Huge Dividends -- ch. 20 Global Air Pollution: Ozone Depletion, Acid Deposition, and Global Climate Change -- 20.1.Stratospheric Ozone Depletion -- 20.2.Acid Deposition -- 20.3.Global Climate Change -- Spotlight on sustainable development 20-1 Intel Pledges Huge Purchase of Green Energy -- ch. 21 Water Pollution: Sustainably Managing a Renewable Resource -- 21.1.Surface Water Pollution -- 21.2.Groundwater Pollution -- 21.3.Ocean Pollution -- 21.4.Water Pollution Control -- Spotlight on sustainable development 21-1 Cleaning Up the Great Lakes -- ch. 22 Pests and Pesticides: Growing Crops Sustainably
22.1.Chemical Pesticides -- 22.2.Controlling Pesticide Use -- 22.3.Integrated Pest Management: Protecting Crops Sustainably -- Spotlight on sustainable development 22-1 Indonesia Turns to Biological Pest Control -- ch. 23 Hazardous and Solid Wastes: Sustainable Solutions -- 23.1.Hazardous Wastes: Coming to Terms with the Problem -- 23.2.Managing Hazardous Wastes -- 23.3.Solid Wastes: Understanding the Problem -- 23.4.Solving a Growing Problem Sustainably -- Spotlight on sustainable development 23-1 Plants Clean Up Toxic Chemicals -- ch. 24 Environmental Ethics: The Foundation of a Sustainable Society -- 24.1.The Frontier Mentality Revisited -- 24.2.Sustainable Ethics: Making the Transition -- 24.3.Developing and implementing Sustainable Ethics -- 24.4.Overcoming Obstacles to Sustainability -- 24.5.Sustainable Ethics: How Useful Are They? -- Viewpoint Why We Should Feel Responsible for Future Generations
Spotlight on sustainable development 24-1 First Publisher in North America to Go Carbon Neutral -- Spotlight on sustainable development 24-2 Students Put Rotting Garbage to Use Heating School -- ch. 25 Sustainable Economics: Economics and Challenges Facing the Industrial Nations -- 25.1.Economics, Environment, and Sustainability -- 25.2.The Economics of Pollution Control -- 25.3.The Economics of Resource Management -- 25.4.What's Wrong with Economics: An Ecological Perspective -- 25.5.Creating a Sustainable Economic System: Challenges in the Industrial World -- 25.6.Environmental Protection versus Jobs: Problem or Opportunity -- Spotlight on sustainable development 25-1 A Small Business Park Unpaves the Way to a Sustainable Future -- Spotlight on sustainable development 25-2 Cultural Survival: Serving People and Nature Sustainably -- Spotlight on sustainable development 25-3 Principles of Natural Capitalism
Ch. 26 Sustainable Economic Development: Challenges Facing the Developing Nations -- 26.1.Conventional Economic Development Strategies and Their Impacts -- 26.2.Sustainable Economic Development Strategies -- 26.3.Overcoming Attitudinal and Economic Barriers -- Spotlight on sustainable development 26-1 Bhutan: Pursuing a Sustainable Path -- ch. 27 Law, Government, and Society -- 27.1.The Role of Government in Environmental Protection -- 27.2.Political Decision Making: The Players and the Process -- 27.3.Environment and Law: Creating a Sustainable Future -- 27.4.Creating Governments that Foster Sustainability -- 27.5.Global Government: Towards a Sustainable World Community -- Spotlight on sustainable development 27-1 Greening the White House -- Point/Counterpoint Direct Action: Does It Help or Hinder the Environmental Movement? -- Spotlight on sustainable development 27-2 Earth Summit II: The Follow-Up to Rio
