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Introduction to Environmental Science

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Introduction to Environmental Science

Biology
Author
Tara Jo Holmberg
Publisher
Northwestern Connecticut Community College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 94 sections
  1. 1: Framing Our Study of Environmental Science
  2. 1.1: The Earth Humans and the Environment
  3. 1.2: The Process of Science
  4. 1.3: Bias Pseudoscience Fraud and Misinformation versus Disinformation
  5. 1.4: Environment and Sustainability
  6. 1.5: Environmental Laws and Regulations
  7. 1.6: Environmental Ethics
  8. 1.7: Environmental Justice and Indigenous Struggles
  9. 1.S: Environmental Science (Summary)
  10. 2: The Physical Environment
  11. 2.1: The Lithosphere
  12. 2.2: The Atmosphere
  13. 2.3: The Hydrosphere
  14. 3: Matter Energy and Life
  15. 3.1: Matter
  16. 3.2: Energy
  17. 3.3: A Cell is the Smallest Unit of Life
  18. 3.4: Energy Enters Ecosystems Through Photosynthesis
  19. 3.S: Matter Energy and Life (Summary)
  20. 4: Ecosystems and the Biosphere
  21. 4.1: Energy Flow through Ecosystems
  22. 4.2: Biogeochemical Cycles
  23. 4.3: Terrestrial Biomes
  24. 4.4: Aquatic Biomes
  25. 4.5: Chapter Resources
  26. 5: Human Population and Resources
  27. 5.1: History and Global Distribution
  28. 5.2: Humans and Carrying Capacity
  29. 5.3: Factors in Human Population Growth
  30. 6: Climate Change
  31. 6.1: Introduction to Climate Change
  32. 6.2: Anthropogenic Climate Change
  33. 6.3: Current and Future Climate Change Impacts
  34. 6.4: Climate Strategies
  35. 6: Environmental Hazards and Human Health
  36. 8.1: The Impacts of Environmental Conditions
  37. 8.2: Impacts from Natural Determinants of Health
  38. 8.3: Environmental Toxicology
  39. 8.4: Bioremediation
  40. 8.5: Case Study - The Love Canal Disaster
  41. 7: Biodiversity and HIPPPOC
  42. 7.1: Introduction to Biodiversity
  43. 7.2: Importance of Biodiversity
  44. 7.3: The Biodiversity Crisis - HIPPPOC
  45. 7.4: Preserving Biodiversity
  46. 9: Food Security and Agriculture
  47. 9.01: Conventional Agriculture
  48. 9.02: Soil Profiles Processes and Plant Interactions
  49. 9.03: Pests and Pesticides
  50. 9.04: Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
  51. 9.05: Sustainable Agriculture
  52. 9.06: Food Security
  53. 9.S: Food and Agriculture (Summary)
  54. 11: Air Pollution Climate Change and Ozone Depletion
  55. 11.1: Atmospheric Pollution
  56. 11.2: Ozone Depletion
  57. 11.3: Acid Rain
  58. 11.4: Revisiting Climate Change
  59. 11.5: Chapter Resources
  60. 11: Conventional and Sustainable Energy
  61. 10.1: Mineral Resources and Extraction
  62. 10.2: Forms of Energy
  63. 10.3: Challenges and Impacts of Energy Use
  64. 10.4: Non-Renewable Energy Sources
  65. 10.5: Renewable Energy Sources
  66. 10.S: Chapter Resources
  67. 12: Water Availability and Use
  68. 12.1: Water Cycle and Fresh Water Supply
  69. 12.2: Water Supply Problems and Solutions
  70. 12.3: Case Study - The Aral Sea - Going Going Gone
  71. 12.4: Water Pollution
  72. 12.5: Water Treatment
  73. 12.6: Chapter Resources
  74. 13: Solid Toxic and Hazardous Waste
  75. 13.1: Waste Generation
  76. 13.2: Waste Disposal
  77. 13.3: Solid Waste and Marine Life
  78. 13.4: Waste Reduction
  79. 13.S: Review
  80. 14: Urbanization and Sustainable Cities
  81. 14.1: Sustainable Cities
  82. 14.2: Revisiting Sustainability
  83. 15: Our Environmental Future
  84. 5.4.1: Introduction to Sustainability
  85. 5.4.2: Sustainability Ethics and Environmental Justice
  86. 5.4.3: Environmental Policy, Monitoring, and Impact Assessments
  87. 5.4.4: Sustainability and the Future
  88. 15.01: Revisiting Sustainability
  89. 15.02: History of Sustainability
  90. 15.3: Environmental Ethics and Justice
  91. 15.4: Ecological Economics
  92. 15.5: Environmental Policy
  93. 15.6: Sustainability and the Future
  94. 15.S: Summary