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| Introducing Environmental Science and Sustainability | |
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| Human Impacts on the Environment | |
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| Population, Resources, and the Environment | |
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| Environmental Sustainability | |
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| Environmental Science | |
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| Addressing Environmental Problems | |
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| Environmental Laws, Economics, and Ethics | |
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| A Brief Environmental History of the United States | |
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| U.S. Environmental Legislation | |
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| Economics and the Environment | |
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| Environmental Justice | |
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| Environmental Ethics, Values, and Worldviews | |
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| Ecosystems and Energy | |
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| What Is Ecology? | |
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| The Energy of Life | |
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| The Flow of Energy Through Ecosystems | |
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| Ecosystems and the Physical Environment | |
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| The Cycling of Materials Within Ecosystems | |
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| Solar Radiation | |
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| The Atmosphere | |
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| The Global Ocean | |
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| Weather and Climate | |
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| Internal Planetary Processes | |
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| Ecosystems and Living Organisms | |
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| Evolution: How Populations Change over Time | |
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| Principles of Population Ecology | |
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| Biological Communities | |
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| Species Richness in a Community | |
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| Community Development | |
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| Major Ecosystems of the World | |
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| Earth's Major Biomes | |
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| Aquatic Ecosystems | |
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| Human Health and Environmental Toxicology | |
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| Human Health | |
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| Environmental Pollution and Disease | |
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| Determining Health Effects of Environmental Pollution | |
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| Ecotoxicology: Toxicant Effects on Communities and Ecosystems | |
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| Decision Making and Uncertainty: Assessment of Risks | |
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| The Human Population | |
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| The Science of Demography | |
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| Demographics of Countries | |
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| Population and Quality of Life | |
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| Reducing the Total Fertility Rate | |
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| Government Policies and Fertility | |
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| Achieving Population Stabilization | |
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| The Urban Environment | |
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| Population and Urbanization | |
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| The City as an Ecosystem | |
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| Urban Land Use Planning | |
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| Making Cities More Sustainable | |
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| Energy Consumption | |
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| Energy Sources, Consumption, and Policy | |
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| Energy Efficiency and Conservation | |
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| Electricity, Hydrogen, and Energy Storage | |
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| Energy Policy | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Review of Basic Chemistry A-1 | |
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| Graphing A-6 | |
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| Models and Modeling A-8 | |
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| Units of Measure: Some Useful Conversions A-10 | |
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| Abbreviations, Formulas, and Acronyms Used in This Text A-11 | |
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| Glossary G-1 | |
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| Text, Table, and Line Art Credits T-1 | |
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| Index I-1 | |