Part I HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW |
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Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability |
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Living in an Exponential Age |
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3 | (1) |
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Spotlight: Cast of Players in the Environmental Drama |
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Guest Essay: Natural Capital |
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Population Growth, Economic Growth, Environmentally Sustainable Development, and Globalization |
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Spotlight: Current Exponential Growth of the Human Population |
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Connections: Some Harmful Environmental Effects of Poverty |
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8 | (1) |
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Connections: Free-Access Resources and the Tragedy of the Commons |
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11 | (4) |
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Connections: Lessons from China |
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Environmental Problems: Causes and Connections |
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Is Our Present Course Sustainable? |
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Solutions: Some Guidelines for Working with the Earth |
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Environmental History: An Overview |
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Near Extinction of the American Bison |
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Cultural Changes and the Environment |
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Connections: Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution |
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24 | (1) |
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Connections: Consequences of Advanced Industrial Societies |
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25 | (1) |
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Environmental History of the United States: The Tribal and Frontier Eras |
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Environmental History of the United States: The Early Conservation Era (1832-1960) |
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28 | (4) |
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Spotlight: How Should Public Land Resources Be Used? Preservationists vs. Conservationists |
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Environmental History of the United States: The Environmental Era (1960-2002) |
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29 | (7) |
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33 | (3) |
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Case Study: Aldo Leopold and His Land Ethic |
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36 | (3) |
Part II SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS |
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Science, Systems, Matter, and Energy |
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40 | (24) |
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Two Islands: Can We Treat This One Better? |
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40 | (1) |
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Science and Critical Thinking |
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41 | (3) |
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Guest Essay: Critical Thinking and Environmental Studies |
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42 | (2) |
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Connections: What Is Harming the Robins? |
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44 | (1) |
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Models and Behavior of Systems |
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44 | (3) |
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Matter: Forms, Structure, and Quality |
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Energy: Forms and Quality |
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51 | (3) |
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Physical and Chemical Changes and the Law of Conservation of Matter |
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54 | (1) |
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Spotlight: Keeping Track of Atoms |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (4) |
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Two Laws Governing Energy Changes |
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59 | (1) |
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Connections: Matter and Energy Change Laws and Environmental Problems |
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60 | (4) |
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Ecosystems: Components, Energy Flow, and Matter Cycling |
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64 | (31) |
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Have You Thanked the Insects Today? |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (3) |
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Connections: Microbes: The Invisible Rulers of the Earth |
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65 | (3) |
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The Earth's Life-Support Systems |
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68 | (2) |
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Ecosystem Concepts and Components |
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70 | (6) |
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Connections: Food Webs and Energy Flow in Ecosystems |
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76 | (4) |
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Primary Productivity of Ecosystems |
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80 | (2) |
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Connections: Matter Cycling in Ecosystems |
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82 | (7) |
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Case Study: Effects of Deforestation on Nutrient Cycling |
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How Do Ecologists Learn About Ecosystems? |
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89 | (3) |
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Ecosystem Services and Sustainability |
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92 | (3) |
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Evolution and Biodiversity: Origins, Niches, and Adaptation |
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95 | (15) |
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Earth: The Just-Right, Resilient Planet |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (4) |
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Spotlight: How Did Life First Evolve? |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (3) |
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Spotlight: What Is Artificial Selection? |
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100 | (3) |
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Ecological Niches and Adaptation |
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103 | (1) |
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Spotlight: Cockroaches: Nature's Ultimate Survivors |
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Speciation, Extinction, and Biodiversity |
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104 | (6) |
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Guest Essay: The Future of Evolution |
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108 | (2) |
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Biogeography: Weather, Climate, Biomes, and Terrestrial Biodiversity |
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110 | (34) |
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Connections: Blowing in the Wind |
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110 | (1) |
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Weather: A Brief Introduction |
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111 | (4) |
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Climate: A Brief Introduction |
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115 | (7) |
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Biomes: Climate and Life on Land |
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122 | (3) |
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125 | (3) |
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Grassland, Tundra, and Chaparral Biomes |
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128 | (6) |
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134 | (7) |
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141 | (1) |
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Lessons from Geographic Ecology |
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141 | (3) |
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Aquatic Ecology: Biodiversity in Aquatic Systems |
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144 | (21) |
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Why Should We Care About Coral Reefs? |
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144 | (1) |
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Aquatic Environmentals: Types, Components, and Limiting Factors |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (9) |
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Connections: Coral Partners May Enhance Reef Survival |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (6) |
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Sustainability of Aquatic Life Zones |
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162 | (3) |
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Community Ecology: Structure, Species Interactions, Succession, and Sustainability |
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165 | (25) |
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Flying Foxes: Keystone Species in Tropical Forests |
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165 | (1) |
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Community Structure: Appearance and Species Diversity |
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166 | (3) |
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169 | (3) |
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Connections: Why Are Amphibians Vanishing? |
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170 | (3) |
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Connections: Why Should We Care About Alligators? |
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Species Interations: Competition and Predation |
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172 | (6) |
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Case Study: Why Are Sharks Important Species? |
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176 | (2) |
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Symbiotic Species Interactions: Parasitism, Mutualism, and Commensalism |
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178 | (2) |
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Ecological Succession: Communities in Transition |
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180 | (4) |
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Ecological Stability and Sustainability |
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184 | (6) |
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Population Dynamics, Carrying Capacity, and Conservation Biology |
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190 | (13) |
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Sea Otters: Are They Back from the Brink of Extinction? |
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190 | (1) |
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Population Dynamics and Carrying Capacity |
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191 | (1) |
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The Role of Predation in Controlling Population Size |
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192 | (3) |
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Case Study: Wolf and Moose Interactions on Isle Royale |
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Reproductive Patterns and Survival |
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195 | (3) |
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Conservation Biology: Sustaining Wildlife Populations |
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198 | (1) |
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Human Impacts on Ecosystems: Learning from Nature |
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199 | (4) |
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Connections: Ecological Surprises |
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200 | (1) |
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Solutions: Principles of Sustainability: Learning from Nature |
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201 | (2) |
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Geology: Processes, Hazards, and Soils |
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203 | (25) |
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The Mount St. Helens Eruption |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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Internal and External Earth Processes |
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205 | (4) |
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Minerals, Rocks, and the Rock Cycle |
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209 | (1) |
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Natural Hazards: Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions |
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210 | (2) |
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Soil Resources: Formation and Types |
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212 | (4) |
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Soil Erosion and Degradation |
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216 | (6) |
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Case Study: The Dust Bowl |
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Solutions: Soil Conservation |
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222 | (6) |
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Case Study: Slowing Soil Erosion in the United States |
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223 | (5) |
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Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health |
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228 | (25) |
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228 | (1) |
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Risk, Probability, and Hazards |
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229 | (1) |
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229 | (4) |
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233 | (3) |
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Connections: Are Hormonally Active Chemicals a Health Threat? |
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235 | (1) |
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Biological Hazards: Disease in Developed and Developing Countries |
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236 | (9) |
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Spotlight: Are We Losing Ground in Our War Against Infectious Bacteria? |
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238 | (3) |
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Case Study: The Global Tuberculosis Epidemic |
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241 | (1) |
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Solutions: Producing an Edible Hepatitis B Vaccine |
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242 | (2) |
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Solutions: Improving Health Care in Developing Countries |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (8) |
Part III POPULATION, RESOURCES, AND SUSTAINABILITY |
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253 | (164) |
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The Human Population: Growth, Demography, and Carrying Capacity |
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254 | (23) |
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Slowing Population Growth in Thailand |
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254 | (1) |
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Factors Affecting Human Population Size |
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255 | (8) |
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263 | (4) |
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Solutions: Influencing Population Size |
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267 | (4) |
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Case Study: Immigration in the United States |
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268 | (4) |
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Guest Essay: Moral Implications of Cultural Carrying Capacity |
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Case Studies: Slowing Population Growth in India and China |
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271 | (3) |
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Cutting Global Population Growth |
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274 | (3) |
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277 | (35) |
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Perennial Crops on the Kansas Prairie |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (3) |
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Producing Food by Green-Revolution and Traditional Techniques |
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281 | (3) |
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Food Production, Nutrition, and Environmental Effects |
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284 | (5) |
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Solutions: Saving Children |
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289 | (4) |
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Case Study: Can China's Population Be Fed? |
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Increasing World Crop Production |
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289 | (7) |
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Spotlight: Shrinking the World's Genetic Plant Library |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (5) |
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Connections: Some Environmental Consequences of Meat Production |
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299 | (1) |
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Spotlight: Endangered Riparian Zones |
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300 | (1) |
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Catching and Raising More Fish |
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301 | (6) |
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Connections: Commercial Fishing and the Tragedy of the Commons |
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305 | (2) |
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Government Agricultural Policy |
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307 | (1) |
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Solutions: Sustainable Agriculture |
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308 | (4) |
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312 | (26) |
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Water and Grain Import Wars in the Middle East |
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312 | (1) |
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Water's Importance and Unique Properties |
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313 | (1) |
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Supply, Renewal, and Use of Water Resources |
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314 | (3) |
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317 | (1) |
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Using Dams and Reservoirs to Supply More Water |
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318 | (4) |
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Case Study: Egypt's Aswan High Dam: Blessing or Disaster? |
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321 | (1) |
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Case Study: The Colorado River Basin |
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322 | (1) |
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Transferring Water from One Place to Another |
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322 | (2) |
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Case Study: The Aral Sea Water Transfer Disaster |
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324 | (1) |
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Tapping Groundwater, Converting Salt Water to Fresh Water, Seeding Clouds, and Towing Icebergs |
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324 | (4) |
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Case Study: Mining Groundwater: The Shrinking Ogallala Aquifer |
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327 | (1) |
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Using Water More Efficiently |
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328 | (4) |
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Spotlight: Water Rights in the United States |
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329 | (4) |
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Solutions: The Promise of Drip Irrigation |
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333 | (1) |
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Spotlight: Running Short of Water in Las Vegas, Nevada |
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332 | (3) |
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Connections: Living Dangerously on Floodplains in Bangladesh |
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335 | (1) |
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Solutions: Achieving a More Sustainable Water Future |
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335 | (3) |
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Geologic Resources: Nonrenewable Mineral and Energy Resources |
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338 | (42) |
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Bitter Lessons from Chernobyl |
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338 | (1) |
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Nature and Formation of Mineral Resources |
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339 | (2) |
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Finding and Removing Nonrenewable Mineral Resources |
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341 | (2) |
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Environmental Effects of Extracting, Processing, and Using Mineral Resources |
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343 | (3) |
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Case Study: Some Environmental Effects of Gold Mining |
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345 | (2) |
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Pro/Con: Controversy Over the Green Mining Law of 1872 |
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Supplies of Mineral Resources |
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346 | (3) |
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Solutions: Mining with Microbes |
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349 | (1) |
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Evaluating Energy Resources |
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349 | (5) |
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354 | (8) |
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Spotlight: A Brief History of Oil |
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359 | (1) |
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Pro/Con: Should Oil and Gas Development Be Allowed in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? |
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360 | (2) |
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362 | (1) |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (15) |
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Case Study: How Safe Are Radioactive Wastes Stored at Nuclear Power Plants? |
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371 | (3) |
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Case Study: Underground Storage of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in the United States |
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374 | (6) |
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
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380 | (37) |
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The Coming Energy-Efficiency and Renewable-Energy Revolution |
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380 | (1) |
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The Importance of Improving Energy Efficiency |
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381 | (2) |
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Guest Essay: Technology Is the Answer (But What Was the Question?) |
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Ways to Improve Energy Efficiency |
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383 | (10) |
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Connections: The Real Cost of Gasoline in the United States |
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388 | (2) |
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Guest Essay: Living Lightly on the Earth at Round Mountain Organics |
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390 | (3) |
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Connections: Using the Internet to Save Energy and Paper and Reduce Global Warming |
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393 | (1) |
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Using Solar Energy to Provide Heat and Electricity |
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393 | (7) |
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Producing Electricity from Moving Water and from Heat Stored in Water |
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400 | (1) |
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Producing Electricity from Wind |
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401 | (2) |
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Producing Energy from Biomass |
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403 | (2) |
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The Solar-Hydrogen Revolution |
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405 | (4) |
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Spotlight: Producing Hydrogen from Green Algae Found in Pond Scum |
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408 | (1) |
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409 | (1) |
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Entering the Age of Decentralized Micropower |
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410 | (2) |
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Solutions: A Sustainable Energy Strategy |
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412 | (5) |
Part IV ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND POLLUTION |
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417 | (142) |
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418 | (28) |
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When Is a Lichen Like a Canary? |
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418 | (1) |
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419 | (1) |
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420 | (3) |
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Spotlight: Air Pollution in the Past: The Bad Old Days |
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423 | (1) |
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Photochemical and Industrial Smog |
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423 | (5) |
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Regional Outdoor Air Pollution from Acid Deposition |
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428 | (6) |
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434 | (3) |
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Effects of Air Pollution on Living Organisms and Materials |
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437 | (2) |
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Spotlight: Health Dangers from Fine Particles |
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Solutions: Preventing and Reducing Air Pollution |
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439 | (7) |
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Climate Change and Ozone Loss |
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446 | (37) |
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A.D. 2060: Green Times on Planet Earth |
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446 | (1) |
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Past Climate Change and the Natural Greenhouse Effect |
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447 | (1) |
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Climate Change and Human Activities |
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448 | (6) |
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Projecting Future Changes in the Earth's Climate |
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454 | (3) |
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Spotlight: How Do Climate Models Work? |
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456 | (1) |
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Factors Affecting Changes in the Earth's Average Temperature |
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457 | (3) |
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Some Possible Effects of a Warmer World |
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460 | (4) |
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Connections: Global Warming, Kirtland's Warblers, and Adelie Penguins |
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463 | (1) |
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Solutions: Dealing with the Threat of Climate Change |
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464 | (5) |
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Solutions: Energy Efficiency to the Rescue |
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465 | (3) |
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Solutions: Organic Farming and No-Till Cultivation to the Rescue |
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468 | (1) |
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What Is Being Done to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? |
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469 | (3) |
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Ozone Depletion in the Stratosphere |
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472 | (4) |
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Connections: The Cancer You Are Most Likely to Get |
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Solutions: Protecting the Ozone Layer |
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476 | (7) |
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Individuals Matter: Ray Turner and His Refrigerator |
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479 | (4) |
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483 | (29) |
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Learning Nature's Ways to Purify Sewage |
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483 | (1) |
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Types, Effects, and Sources of Water Pollution |
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484 | (5) |
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Case Study: Hurricanes, Hog Farms, and Water Pollution in Eastern North Carolina |
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487 | (2) |
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Pollution of Freshwater Streams |
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489 | (1) |
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Individuals Matter: Tracking Down the Pfiesteria Cell from Hell |
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489 | (1) |
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Pollution of Freshwater Lakes |
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489 | (4) |
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Groundwater Pollution and Its Prevention |
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493 | (3) |
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Spotlight: How Much Arsenic Should We Allow in Drinking Water? |
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496 | (1) |
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496 | (6) |
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Case Study: The Baltic Sea |
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499 | (2) |
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Solutions: Bring Back the Oysters |
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501 | (1) |
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Solutions: Preventing and Reducing Surface Water Pollution |
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502 | (5) |
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Solutions: Using Wetlands to Treat Sewage |
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507 | (1) |
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507 | (5) |
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Individuals Matter: Using UV Light, Horseradish, and Slimes to Purify Water |
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508 | (4) |
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Pesticides and Pest Control |
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512 | (13) |
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512 | (1) |
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Pesticides: Types and Uses |
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513 | (1) |
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514 | (1) |
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The Case Against Pesticides |
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515 | (3) |
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Spotlight: How Effective Have Pesticides Been in Reducing Crop Losses? |
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517 | (1) |
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Pesticide Regulation in the United States |
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518 | (2) |
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Connections: What Goes Around Can Come Around |
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518 | (2) |
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Other Ways to Control Pests |
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520 | (5) |
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Solid and Hazardous Waste |
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525 | (34) |
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There Is No ``Away'': Love Canal |
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525 | (1) |
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526 | (2) |
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Case Study: Mining and Smelting Waste in Montana |
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527 | (2) |
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Case Study: A Black Day in Bhopal |
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Producing Less Waste and Pollution |
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528 | (3) |
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Guest Essay: We Have Been Asking the Wrong Questions About Wastes |
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530 | (3) |
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Solutions: Doing More with Less: Increasing Resource Productivity |
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Solutions: Cleaner Production and Selling Services Instead of Things |
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534 | (2) |
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Guest Essay: Cleaner Production: A New Environmentalism for the 21st Century |
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534 | (1) |
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Solutions: What Kind of Grocery Bags Should We Use? |
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535 | (1) |
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535 | (5) |
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Solutions: Using Composting to Recycle Biodegradable Wastes |
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539 | (1) |
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Case Study: Recycling, Reuse, and Waste Reduction in Germany |
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540 | (1) |
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Case Studies: Recycling Wastepaper and Plastics |
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540 | (2) |
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Detoxifying, Burning, Burying, and Exporting Wastes |
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542 | (6) |
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Individuals Matter: Using Landfill Methane to Heat a School |
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545 | (3) |
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Case Studies: Lead, Mercury, Chlorine, and Dioxins |
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548 | (4) |
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Hazardous-Waste Regulation in the United States |
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552 | (3) |
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Spotlight: Using Honeybees to Detect Toxic Pollutants |
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553 | (1) |
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Solutions: How Can the Superfund Law Be Improved? |
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554 | (1) |
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Solutions: Achieving a Low-Waste Society |
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555 | (4) |
Part V SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY AND CITIES |
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559 | (130) |
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560 | (34) |
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The Passenger Pigeon: Gone Forever |
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560 | (1) |
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Human Impacts on Biodiversity |
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561 | (2) |
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563 | (5) |
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Case Study: Bats are Getting a Bad Rap |
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567 | (1) |
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Why Should We Care About Biodiversity? |
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568 | (4) |
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Spotlight: What Is the Economic Value of the Earth's Ecological Services? |
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571 | (1) |
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572 | (1) |
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Extinction Threats from Habitat Loss and Degradation |
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572 | (2) |
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Case Study: The Plight of Migrating Birds |
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575 | |
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Extinction Threats from Nonnative Species |
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574 | (5) |
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Connections: Deliberate Introduction of the Kudzu Vine |
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577 | (2) |
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Case Study: The Termite from Hell |
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579 | (1) |
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Individuals Matter: Killing Invader Species and Saving Shipping Companies Money |
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580 | |
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Extinction Threats from Hunting and Poaching |
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579 | (2) |
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581 | (1) |
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Protecting Wild Species from Depletion and Extinction: The Research and Legal Approach |
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582 | (4) |
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Spotlight: Accomplishments of the Endangered Species Act |
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586 | (1) |
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Protecting Wild Species from Depletion and Extinction: The Sanctuary Approach |
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586 | (2) |
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588 | (6) |
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Connections: What Should Be Done About Snow Geese? |
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591 | (3) |
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Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach |
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594 | (40) |
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Who Is Afraid of the Big Gray Wolf? |
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594 | (1) |
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Land Use in the World and the United States |
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595 | (3) |
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Individuals Matter: The Eco-Rancher |
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599 | |
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Managing and Sustaining Forests |
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598 | (10) |
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Solutions: Certifying Sustainably Grown Timber |
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606 | (2) |
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Forest Resources and Management in the United States |
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608 | (4) |
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Tropical Deforestation and the Fuelwood Crisis |
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612 | (7) |
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Solutions: The Incredible Neem Tree |
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614 | (2) |
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Connections: The Downward Spiral of Tropical Forest Degradation |
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616 | (2) |
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Solutions: Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry Tropical Forests |
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618 | (1) |
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Individuals Matter: Kenya's Green Belt Movement |
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619 | (1) |
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Individuals Matter: New Stoves Help Save India's Forests and Improve Women's Health |
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620 | |
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Managing and Sustaining National Parks |
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619 | (2) |
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Establishing, Designing, and Managing Nature Reserves |
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621 | (8) |
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Solutions: Parks in Costa Rica |
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622 | (1) |
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Solutions: The Nature Conservancy |
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623 | (2) |
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Solutions: Biosphere Reserves |
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625 | (3) |
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Case Study: The U.S. National Wilderness Preservation System |
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628 | (1) |
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629 | (5) |
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Individuals Matter: Ecological Restoration of a Tropical Dry Forest in Costa Rica |
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630 | (4) |
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Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity |
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634 | (27) |
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Connections: Can Lake Victoria Be Saved? |
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634 | (1) |
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The Importance of Aquatic Biodiversity |
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635 | (2) |
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Human Impacts on Aquatic Biodiversity |
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637 | (3) |
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Spotlight: Invasion of Wetlands by Purple Loosestrife |
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640 | (1) |
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Protecting and Sustaining Marine Biodiversity |
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640 | (9) |
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Case Study: Near Extinction of the Blue Whale |
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643 | (6) |
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Managing and Sustaining the World's Marine Fisheries |
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649 | (2) |
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Spotlight: Managing Fisheries with Individual Transfer Quotas |
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650 | (1) |
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Protecting, Sustaining, and Restoring Wetlands |
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651 | (2) |
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Individuals Matter: Restoring a Wetland |
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652 | (1) |
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Protecting, Sustaining, and Restoring Lakes and Rivers |
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653 | (8) |
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Case Study: Protecting Lake Baikal |
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654 | (7) |
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Sustainable Cities: Urban Land Use and Management |
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661 | (28) |
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The Ecocity Concept in Davis, California |
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661 | (1) |
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Urbanization and Urban Growth |
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661 | (7) |
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Spotlight: The Urban Poor |
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663 | (5) |
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Urban Resource and Environmental Problems |
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668 | (3) |
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Connections: How Can Reducing Crime Help the Environment? |
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671 | (1) |
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Transportation and Urban Development |
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671 | (5) |
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Pro/Con: Good and Bad News About Motor Vehicles |
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673 | (4) |
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Case Study: Mass Transit in the United States |
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677 | (1) |
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Solutions: Curitiba, Brazil |
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|
678 | |
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Urban Land-Use Planning and Control |
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676 | (6) |
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Solutions: Ecological Land-Use Planning |
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681 | (2) |
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Solutions: Land-Use Planning in Oregon |
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683 | |
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Solutions: Making Urban Areas More Livable and Sustainable |
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682 | (7) |
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Case Study: Tapiola, Finland |
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683 | (1) |
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Guest Essay: The Ecological Design Arts |
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684 | (5) |
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Part VI ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY |
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689 | |
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Economics, Environment, and Sustainability |
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690 | (26) |
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How Important Are Natural Resources? |
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690 | (1) |
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Economic Resources and Systems and Environmental Problems |
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691 | (4) |
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Solutions: Appropriate Technology |
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696 | (2) |
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Guest Essay: The Steady-State Economy in Outline |
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698 | |
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Monitoring Economic and Environmental Progress |
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695 | (3) |
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Harmful External Costs and Full-Cost Pricing |
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698 | (2) |
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The Economics of Pollution Control and Resource Management |
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700 | (3) |
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Using Regulations and Market Forces to Improve Environmental Quality |
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703 | (5) |
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Solutions: Shifting the Tax Burden from Wages and Profits to Pollution and Waste |
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705 | (2) |
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Spotlight: What Is Good Environmental Management? |
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707 | (1) |
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Reducing Poverty to Improve Environmental Quality and Human Well-Being |
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708 | (2) |
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Solutions: Microloans to the Poor |
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709 | (1) |
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Making the Transition to More Environmentally Sustainable Economies |
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710 | (6) |
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Case Study: How Is Germany Investing in the Future and the Earth? |
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712 | (1) |
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Connections: Jobs and the Environment |
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713 | (3) |
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Politics, Environment, and Sustainability |
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716 | (25) |
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716 | (1) |
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Politics and Environmental Policy |
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717 | (1) |
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Developing and Influencing Environmental Policy |
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717 | (2) |
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Solutions: Election Finance Reform |
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721 | (3) |
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Individuals Matter: Environmental Careers |
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|
724 | |
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Case Study: Environmental Policy in the United States |
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719 | (4) |
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Solutions: Types of Environmental Laws in the United States |
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|
724 | |
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723 | (4) |
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Case Study: The Regulatory Takings Controversy |
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725 | (1) |
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Spotlight: SLAPPs: Intimidating Environmental Activists |
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726 | (1) |
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Environmental and Anti-Environmental Groups and Claims |
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727 | (4) |
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Guest Essay: Environmental Justice for All |
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728 | (4) |
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Individuals Matter: Environmental Action on Campuses |
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732 | (2) |
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Guest Essay: Covering the Environment |
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734 | (2) |
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Solutions: Improving Environmental Laws and Regulations |
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|
736 | |
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Global Environmental Policy |
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731 | (10) |
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Solutions: Goals of National and Global Environmental NGOs |
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|
737 | (1) |
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Solutions: Improving Trade Agreements |
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738 | (3) |
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Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability |
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741 | |
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Biosphere 2: A Lesson in Humility |
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741 | (1) |
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Environmental Worldviews in Industrial Societies |
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742 | (1) |
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Life-Centered Environmental Worldviews |
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743 | (4) |
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Connections: Why Should We Care About Future Generations? |
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745 | (1) |
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746 | (1) |
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Solutions: Living More Sustainably |
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|
747 | |
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Guest Essay: Envisioning a Sustainable Society |
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|
748 | (2) |
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Individuals Matter: Mindquake: Evaluating One's Environmental Worldview |
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750 | (1) |
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Connections: Learning from the Earth |
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751 | (1) |
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Guest Essay: Green Colleges |
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752 | (2) |
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Spotlight: What Are Our Basic Needs? |
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|
754 | |
Appendices |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (3) |
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3 Classifying and Naming Species |
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|
5 | |
Glossary |
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1 | (1) |
Index |
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