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Introduction to Environmental Science

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Tác giả: Tara Jo Holmberg
Nhà xuất bản: Northwestern Connecticut Community College
Nguồn: LibreTexts
Giấy phép: CC BY-SA
Ngôn ngữ: EN
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1: Framing Our Study of Environmental Science
1.1: The Earth Humans and the Environment
1.2: The Process of Science
1.3: Bias Pseudoscience Fraud and Misinformation versus Disinformation
1.4: Environment and Sustainability
1.5: Environmental Laws and Regulations
1.6: Environmental Ethics
1.7: Environmental Justice and Indigenous Struggles
1.S: Environmental Science (Summary)
2: The Physical Environment
2.1: The Lithosphere
2.2: The Atmosphere
2.3: The Hydrosphere
3: Matter Energy and Life
3.1: Matter
3.2: Energy
3.3: A Cell is the Smallest Unit of Life
3.4: Energy Enters Ecosystems Through Photosynthesis
3.S: Matter Energy and Life (Summary)
4: Ecosystems and the Biosphere
4.1: Energy Flow through Ecosystems
4.2: Biogeochemical Cycles
4.3: Terrestrial Biomes
4.4: Aquatic Biomes
4.5: Chapter Resources
5: Human Population and Resources
5.1: History and Global Distribution
5.2: Humans and Carrying Capacity
5.3: Factors in Human Population Growth
6: Climate Change
6.1: Introduction to Climate Change
6.2: Anthropogenic Climate Change
6.3: Current and Future Climate Change Impacts
6.4: Climate Strategies
6: Environmental Hazards and Human Health
8.1: The Impacts of Environmental Conditions
8.2: Impacts from Natural Determinants of Health
8.3: Environmental Toxicology
8.4: Bioremediation
8.5: Case Study - The Love Canal Disaster
7: Biodiversity and HIPPPOC
7.1: Introduction to Biodiversity
7.2: Importance of Biodiversity
7.3: The Biodiversity Crisis - HIPPPOC
7.4: Preserving Biodiversity
9: Food Security and Agriculture
9.01: Conventional Agriculture
9.02: Soil Profiles Processes and Plant Interactions
9.03: Pests and Pesticides
9.04: Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
9.05: Sustainable Agriculture
9.06: Food Security
9.S: Food and Agriculture (Summary)
11: Air Pollution Climate Change and Ozone Depletion
11.1: Atmospheric Pollution
11.2: Ozone Depletion
11.3: Acid Rain
11.4: Revisiting Climate Change
11.5: Chapter Resources
11: Conventional and Sustainable Energy
10.1: Mineral Resources and Extraction
10.2: Forms of Energy
10.3: Challenges and Impacts of Energy Use
10.4: Non-Renewable Energy Sources
10.5: Renewable Energy Sources
10.S: Chapter Resources
12: Water Availability and Use
12.1: Water Cycle and Fresh Water Supply
12.2: Water Supply Problems and Solutions
12.3: Case Study - The Aral Sea - Going Going Gone
12.4: Water Pollution
12.5: Water Treatment
12.6: Chapter Resources
13: Solid Toxic and Hazardous Waste
13.1: Waste Generation
13.2: Waste Disposal
13.3: Solid Waste and Marine Life
13.4: Waste Reduction
13.S: Review
14: Urbanization and Sustainable Cities
14.1: Sustainable Cities
14.2: Revisiting Sustainability
15: Our Environmental Future
5.4.1: Introduction to Sustainability
5.4.2: Sustainability Ethics and Environmental Justice
5.4.3: Environmental Policy, Monitoring, and Impact Assessments
5.4.4: Sustainability and the Future
15.01: Revisiting Sustainability
15.02: History of Sustainability
15.3: Environmental Ethics and Justice
15.4: Ecological Economics
15.5: Environmental Policy
15.6: Sustainability and the Future
15.S: Summary