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Ecology and Environment: BIOL 124 at Hawaii Community College

A study of human ecology through the analysis of the interrelationships between science and technology, the means these provide for manipulation of environment and the effects of this manipulation on the environment and on human populations.

Engineering

Tác giả: Pamela Y. Scheffler
Nhà xuất bản: Hawaii Community College
Nguồn: LibreTexts
Ngôn ngữ: EN

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01: Environmental Science
1.01: The Earth Humans and the Environment
1.02: The Process of Science
1.03: Environment and Sustainability
1.04: Environmental Ethics
1.05: Environmental Justice and Indigenous Struggles
1.S: Environmental Science (Summary)
02: The Physical World
03: Matter Energy and Life
3.01: Matter
3.02: Energy
3.03: A Cell is the Smallest Unit of Life
3.04: Energy Enters Ecosystems Through Photosynthesis
3.05: Energy Flow through Ecosystems
3.06: Biogeochemical Cycles
3.S: Matter Energy and Life (Summary)
04: Biomes and the Biosphere
4.01: Terrestrial Biomes
4.02: Aquatic Biomes
4.03: Chapter Resources
05: Community and Population Ecology
5.01: Population Demographics and Dynamics
5.02: Population Growth and Regulation
5.03: The Human Population
5.04: Community Ecology
5.05: Chapter Resources
06: Conventional and Sustainable Energy
6.01: Challenges and Impacts of Energy Use
6.02: Non-Renewable Energy Sources
6.03: Renewable Energy Sources
6.04: Chapter Resources
07: Conservation and Biodiversity
7.01: Introduction to Biodiversity
7.02: Origin of Biodiversity
7.03: Importance of Biodiversity
7.04: Threats to Biodiversity
7.05: Preserving Biodiversity
7.06: Chapter Resources
08: Environmental Hazards and Human Health
8.01: The Impacts of Environmental Conditions
8.02: Environmental Health
8.03: Environmental Toxicology
8.04: Bioremediation
8.05: Case Study - The Love Canal Disaster
8.S: Environmental Hazards and Human Health (Summary)
09: Water Availability and Use
9.01: Water Cycle and Fresh Water Supply
9.02: Water Supply Problems and Solutions
9.03: Water Pollution
9.04: Water Treatment
9.05: Case Study - The Aral Sea - Going Going Gone
9.06: Chapter Resources
10: Environment and Ecology- Oceans in Peril
10.01: Oceans and Coastal Environments
10.02: Climate and Carbon Cycle
10.03: El Nino and La Nina
10.04: The Warming of Our Oceans
10.05: Ocean Acidification
10.06: Pollution- Sources and Types
10.6.01: Introduction
10.6.02: Plastics in Our Oceans
10.6.03: Noisy Oceans
10.6.04: Eutrophication
10.6.05: Harmful Algal Blooms
10.6.06: Oil Spills and Marine Life
10.07: Coral Reefs and Diversity
10.7.01: Coral Reefs- An Introduction
10.7.02: Different Types of Corals
10.7.03: Reef Types and How Coral Reefs are Formed
10.7.04: Coral Reef Colors
10.7.05: Importance of Coral Reefs
10.7.06: Coral Reefs are Complex Ecosystems
10.7.07: Coral Bleaching
10.7.08: Reef Conservation
10.7.8.01: Protecting the Reefs- Organizations
10.7.8.02: Artificial Reefs
10.7.8.03: Bioremediation to Clean Our Oceans
10.7.8.04: Biocontrol in Hawaiian Reefs
10.7.8.05: Ecotourism Recreation and Reefs
10.7.8.06: How Technology is Saving the Worlds Coral Reefs
10.7.8.07: Indigenous People and Conservation
10.08: Invasive Species
10.09: Fisheries Management
10.9.01: Managing Fisheries
10.9.02: Overfishing
10.9.03: Destructive fishing methods
10.9.04: Fisheries Law Policy and International Issues
10.9.05: Marine Protected Areas
10.9.06: Whaling
10.9.07: Diseases and Pathogens
10.9.08: Aquaculture
10.9.09: Human Factors
10.9.10: Climate Change
10.9.11: Management Mechanisms Catch Quotas
10.9.12: Population Dynamics
10.10: Energy From the Sea
10.11: Major Environmental Events
10.11.01: Fukushima
10.11.02: Indonesian Tsunami
10.11.03: Santa Barbara Oil Spill
10.11.04: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
10.11.05: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
10.11.06: Hurricane Katrina (and others)
10.11.07: Rachel Carson and DDT
10.11.08: Diadema in the Caribbean
10.11.09: Hurricane Katrina
10.12: Volunteer to be Victorious
11: Food and Hunger
11.01: Food Security
11.02: Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
11.03: Chapter Resources
12: Conventional and Sustainable Agriculture
12.01: Soil Profiles and Processes
12.02: Soil-Plant Interactions
12.03: Conventional Agriculture
12.04: Pests and Pesticides
12.05: Sustainable Agriculture
12.S: Conventional and Sustainable Agriculture (Summary)
13: Environmental Effects of Forestry
14: Solid Waste Management
14.01: Waste Generation
14.02: Waste Disposal
14.03: Solid Waste and Marine Life
14.04: Waste Reduction
14.05: Review
15: Air Pollution Climate Change and Ozone Depletion
15.01: Atmospheric Pollution
15.02: Ozone Depletion
15.03: Acid Rain
15.04: Climate Change
15.05: Chapter Resources
16: Sustainability - Ethics Culture and History
16.01: The Human Dimensions of Sustainability- History Culture Ethics
16.02: Its Not Easy Being Green- Anti-Environmental Discourse Behavior and Ideology
16.03: The Industrialization of Nature- A Modern History (1500 to the present)
16.04: Case Study- Agriculture and the Global Bee Colony Collapse
16.05: Sustainability Ethics