Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part 1: Demystifying Science and the Environment 5
Chapter 1: Investigating the Environment 7
Chapter 2: Thinking Scientifically: The Scientific Method and Other Ways of Knowing 17
Chapter 3: What’s the Matter? Living and Nonliving Material 31
Chapter 4: Making Things Happen: Energy 49
Chapter 5: Studying the Environment and Your Place in It 59
Part 2: Living on Earth’s Surface: Ecosystems, Biomes, and Climate 71
Chapter 6: Exploring Ecosystems 73
Chapter 7: Biogeography: How Earth’s Climate Shapes Global Ecosystem Patterns 91
Chapter 8: Playing Well with Others: Population Biology 109
Chapter 9: Heating Things Up: Living in a Changing Climate 133
Part 3: Getting Your Needs Met: Earth’s Natural Resources 157
Chapter 10: Water, Water Everywhere: Freshwater Resources 159
Chapter 11: This Land Belongs to You and Me: Land as a Resource 171
Chapter 12: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Biodiversity 181
Chapter 13: Dishing It Up: Food Resources 197
Chapter 14: Hitting the Hard Stuff: Geologic Resources and Hazards 219
Chapter 15: Shifting Gears: Alternative Energy 237
Part 4: Giving a Hoot: Pollution and Environmental Quality 253
Chapter 16: Breathing Room: Addressing Man-Made Air Pollution 255
Chapter 17: Spilling Over: Water Pollution 269
Chapter 18: What’s Your Poison? Toxins and Infectious Disease 281
Chapter 19: Wading Through the Waste Stream: Solid and Hazardous Waste 297
Part 5: Expanding the Definition of Sustainability 311
Chapter 20: Reevaluating the Value of the Environment 313
Chapter 21: Decolonizing Environmental Science 327
Part 6: The Part of Tens 343
Chapter 22: Ten International Agreements on Planetary Stewardship 345
Chapter 23: Ten Real-Life Examples of the Tragedy of the Commons 351
Index 357
