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Known for its currency and readability, this text focuses on enabling students to critically evaluate the latest environmental issues and to apply that understanding to situations and events in their everyday lives. It explores the interactions of humans within the natural environment and probes issues thoroughlyexamining their scientific basis, their history, and society's response. The authors discuss sustainable development and public policy in terms of how they shape the present and future.

Introduction: Sustainability, Stewardship, and Sound Science

3

(20)

PART ONE Ecosystems and How They Work

23

(112)

Ecosystems: Units of Sustainability

25

(28)

Ecosystems: How They Work

53

(28)

Ecosystems: Populations and Succession

81

(26)

Ecosystems and Evolutionary Change

107

(28)

PART TWO The Human Population

135

(48)

The Human Population: Demographics

137

(26)

Addressing the Population Problem

163

(20)

PART THREE Renewable Resources

183

(124)

Soil and the Soil Ecosystem

185

(24)

Water: Hydrologic Cycle and Human Use

209

(28)

The Production and Distribution of Food

237

(22)

Wild Species: Biodiversity and Protection

259

(22)

Ecosystems as Resources

281

(26)

PART FOUR Energy

307

(74)

Energy from Fossil Fuels

309

(24)

Nuclear Power: Promise and Problems

333

(24)

Renewable Energy

357

(24)

PART FIVE Pollution and Prevention

381

(172)

Environmental Hazards and Human Health

383

(24)

Pests and Pest Control

407

(24)

Water: Pollution and Prevention

431

(26)

Municipal Solid Waste: Disposal and Recovery

457

(18)

Hazardous Chemicals: Pollution and Prevention

475

(24)

The Atmosphere: Climate, Climate Change, and Ozone Depletion

499

(26)

Atmospheric Pollution

525

(28)

PART SIX Toward a Sustainable Future

553

(47)

Economics, Public Policy, and the Environment

555

(22)

Sustainable Communities and Lifestyles

577

(23)

ABC Video Case Studies, Volumes IV

600

(5)

Appendix A---Environmental Organizations

605

(2)

Appendix B---Units of Measure

607

(2)

Appendix C---Some Basic Chemical Concepts

609

(6)

Bibliography and Additional Reading

615

(14)

Glossary

629

(20)

Photo Credits

649

(2)

Index

651

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Environmental Science: The Way the World Works

Environmental Science: The Way the World Works

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