Environment : the science behind the stories /
| Основен автор: | Withgott, Jay. |
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| Други автори: | Brennan, Scott R. |
| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
San Francisco, CA :
Pearson Benjamin Cummings,
c2011.
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| Издание: | 4th ed. |
| Предмети: |
Съдържание:
- pt. I. Foundations of environmental science
- 1. Science and sustainability : an introduction to environmental science
- Our island, Earth
- The lesson of Easter Island
- The nature of environmental science
- The nature of science
- Sustainability and the future of our world
- 2. Earth's physical systems : matter, energy, and geology
- Clean green energy beneath our feet : the geysers in California
- Matter, chemistry and the environment
- Energy : an introduction
- Geology : the physical basis for environmental science
- Mapping the unknown beneath us
- Geologic and natural hazards
- Have we brought on a new geologic epoch?
- 3. Evolution, biodiversity, and population ecology
- Striking gold in a Costa Rican cloud forest
- Evolution as a wellspring of Earth's biodiversity
- The K-T mass extinction
- Levels of ecological organization
- Population ecology
- Climate change, disease, and the amphibians of Monteverde
- Conserving biodiversity
- 4. Species interaction and community ecology
- Black and white, and spread all over : zebra mussels invade the Great Lakes
- Species interactions
- Ecological communities
- Determining zebra mussels' impact on fish communities
- Otters, urchins, kelp, and a whale of a chain reaction
- Earth's biomes
- 5. Environmental systems and ecosystem ecology
- The Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone"
- Earth's environmental systems
- Hypoxia and the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone"
- Ecosystems
- Biogeochemical cycles
- Face-ing the high-CO2 future
- 6. Environmental ethics and economics : values and choices
- The Mirarr Clan confronts the Jabiluka uranium mine
- Culture, worldview, and the environment
- Environmental ethics
- Economics : approaches and environmental implications
- Ethics in economics : discounting and global climate change
- Putting a price on nature in Australia's Kakadu Region
- 7. Environmental policy : decision making and problem solving
- San Diego and Tijuana : sewage pollution problems and policy solutions
- Environmental policy : an overview
- U.S. environmental law and policy
- Approaches to environmental policy
- Comparing costs and benefits of environmental regulations
- Science and the environmental policy process
- International environmental policy
- Assessing the environmental impacts of NAFTA
- pt. II. Environmental issues and the search for solutions
- 8. Human population
- China's one-child policy
- Our world at seven billion
- Mapping our population's environmental impact
- Demography
- Population and society
- Fertility decline in Bangladesh
- 9. Soil and agriculture
- Iowa's farmers practice no-till agriculture
- Soil : the foundation for agriculture
- Soil as a system
- Land degradation and soil conservation
- Measuring erosion with pins and...nuclear fallout?
- Agricultural policy
- Restoring the Malpai Borderlands
- 10. Agriculture, biotechnology, and the future of food
- Possible transgenic maize in southern Mexico
- The race to feed the world
- Preserving crop diversity
- Pests and pollinators
- Genetically modified food
- Transgenic contamination of native maize?
- Raising animals for food : livestock, poultry, and aquaculture
- Does organic farming work?
- 11. Biodiversity and conservation biology
- Our planet of life
- Biodiversity loss and species extinction
- Amphibian diversity and decline
- Benefits of biodiversity
- Conservation biology : the search for solutions
- Using forensics to uncover illegal whaling
- 12. Forests, forest management, and protected areas
- Certified sustainable paper in your textbook
- Forest ecosystems and forest resources
- Forest loss
- Forest management
- Fighting over fire and forests
- Parks and protected areas
- Forest fragmentation in the Amazon
- 13. The urban environment : creating livable and sustainable cities
- Managing growth in Portland, Oregon
- Our urbanizing world
- Sprawl
- Measuring the impacts of sprawl
- Creating livable cities
- Urban sustainability
- Baltimore and Phoenix showcase urban ecology
- 14. Environmental health and toxicology
- Poison in the bottle : is Bisphenol A safe?
- Environmental health
- Toxic substances in the environment
- Testing the safety of Bisphenol A
- Studying effects of hazards
- Pesticides and child development in Mexico's Yaqui Valley
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Philosophical and policy approaches
- 15. Freshwater systems and resources
- Gambling with water in the Colorado River Basin
- Freshwater systems
- How we use water
- Is it better in a bottle?
- Solutions to depletion of fresh water
- Fresh water pollution and its control
- Arsenic in the aquifer : a tragedy in Bangladesh
- 16. Marine and coastal systems and resources
- Collapse of the cod fisheries
- The oceans
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Will climate change rob us of coral reefs?
- Marine pollution
- Emptying the oceans
- Marine conservation
- Do marine reserves work?
- 17. Atmospheric science and air pollution
- L.A. and its sister cities struggle for a breath of clean air
- The atmosphere
- Outdoor air pollution
- Discovering ozone depletion and the substances behind it
- Acid rain at Hubbard Brook Research Forest
- Indoor air pollution
- 18. Global climate change
- Rising seas may flood the Maldives
- Our dynamic climate
- Studying climate change
- Reading history in the world's longest ice core
- Current and future trends and impacts
- Timing Greenland's glaciers as they race to the sea
- 19. Fossil fuels, their impact, and energy conservation
- Oil or wilderness on Alaska's North Slope?
- Sources of energy
- coal, natural gas, and oil
- Estimating how much oil lies beneath the Arctic Refuge
- Other fossil fuels
- Environmental impacts and solutions
- Predicting environmental impacts of oil drilling on Alaska's North Slope
- Political, social, and economic aspects
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- 20. Conventional energy alternatives
- Sweden's search for alternative energy
- Alternatives to fossil fuels
- Nuclear power
- Assessing emissions from power sources
- Bioenergy
- Hydroelectric power
- 21. New renewable energy alternatives
- Germany goes solar
- "New" renewable energy sources
- Solar energy
- Wind energy
- Prospecting for wind in Idaho
- Geothermal energy
- Ocean energy sources
- Hydrogen
- Algae as a hydrogen fuel source
- 22. Managing our waste
- Transforming New York's Fresh Kills Landfill
- Approaches to waste management
- Municipal solid waste
- Tracking trash
- Industrial solid waste
- Hazardous waste
- Testing the toxicity of "e-waste"
- 23. Minerals and mining
- Mining for ... cell phones?
- Earth's minerals resources
- Mining methods and their impacts
- Mountaintop removal mining : assessing the environmental impacts
- Using bacteria to clean mine water and recover metals
- Toward sustainable mineral use
- 24. Sustainable solutions
- DeAnza College strives for a sustainable campus
- Sustainability on campus
- Sustainability and sustainable development
- Strategies for sustainability
- Rating the environmental performance of nations
- Precious time
- Appendix A. Graphs
- Appendix B. Metric System
- Appendix C. Periodic Table of Elements
- Appendix D. Geologic time scale.