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| Introducing Environmental Science and Sustainability | |
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| Human Impacts on the Environment | |
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| Increasing Human Numbers | |
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| The Gap Between Rich and Poor Countries | |
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| Population, Resources, and the Environment | |
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| Types of Resources | |
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| Resource Consumption | |
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| The IPAT Model | |
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| Sustainability | |
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| Sustainability and the Tragedy of the Commons | |
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| Global Plans for Sustainable Development | |
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| Environmental Science | |
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| Earth Systems and Environmental Science | |
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| Science as a Process | |
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| Addressing Environmental Problems | |
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| Working Together | |
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| Case In Point Lake Washington | |
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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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| Protecting Forests | |
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| Establishing and Protecting National Parks and Monuments | |
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| Conservation in the Mid-20th Century | |
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| The Environmental Movement of the Late 20th Century | |
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| U.S. Environmental Legislation | |
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| Environmental Policy Since 1970 | |
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| Economics and the Environment | |
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| Strategies for Pollution Control | |
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| Critiques of Environmental Economics | |
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| Natural Resources, the Environment, and National Income Accounts | |
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| Environmental Justice | |
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| Environmental Justice and Ethical Issues | |
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| Mandating Environmental Justice at the Federal Level | |
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| Environmental Justice at the International Level | |
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| Environmental Ethics, Values, and Worldviews | |
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| Human-Centered and Life-Centered Worldviews | |
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| Case In Point Environmental Problems in Central and Eastern Europe | |
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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 First Law of Thermodynamics | |
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| The Second Law of Thermodynamics | |
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| Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration | |
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| The Flow of Energy Through Ecosystems | |
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| Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers | |
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| The Path of Energy Flow: Who Eats Whom in Ecosystems | |
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| Ecological Pyramids | |
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| Ecosystem Productivity | |
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| Case In Point Life Without the Sun | |
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| Case In Point How Humans Have Affected the Antarctic Food Web | |
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| Ecosystems and the Physical Environment | |
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| The Cycling of Materials Within Ecosystems | |
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| The Carbon Cycle | |
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| The Nitrogen Cycle | |
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| The Phosphorus Cycle | |
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| The Sulfur Cycle | |
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| The Hydrologic Cycle | |
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| Solar Radiation | |
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| Temperature Changes with Latitude | |
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| Temperature Changes with the Seasons | |
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| The Atmosphere | |
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| Layers of the Atmosphere | |
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| Atmospheric Circulation | |
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| The Global Ocean | |
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| Patterns of Circulation in the Ocean | |
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| Vertical Mixing of Ocean Water | |
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| Ocean Interactions with the Atmosphere | |
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| Weather and Climate | |
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| Precipitation | |
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| Tornadoes | |
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| Tropical Cyclones | |
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| Internal Planetary Processes | |
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| Earthquakes | |
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| Volcanoes | |
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| Meeting The Challenge Recycling Phosphorus From Sewage | |
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| Case In Point Hurricane Katrina | |
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| Ecosystems and Living Organisms | |
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| Evolution: How Populations Change Over Time | |
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| Natural Selection | |
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| The Modern Synthesis | |
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| Evolution of Biological Diversity: The Domains and Kingdoms of Life | |
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| Principles of Population Ecology | |
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| Population Density | |
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| How Do Populations Change in Size? | |
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| Maximum Population Growth | |
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| Environmental Resistance and Carrying Capacity | |
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| Factors That Affect Population Size | |
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| Reproductive Strategies | |
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| Survivorship | |
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| Metapopulations | |
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| Biological Communities | |
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| The Ecological Niche | |
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| Competition | |
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| Symbiosis | |
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| Predation | |
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| Keystone Species | |
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| Species Richness in a Community | |
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| Species Richness, Ecosystem Services, and Community Stability | |
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| Community Development | |
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| Primary Succession | |
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| Secondary Succession | |
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| Case In Point Species Richness in Lake Victoria | |
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| Major Ecosystems of the World | |
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| Earth���s Major Biomes | |
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| Tundra: Cold Boggy Plains of the Far North | |
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| Boreal Forests: Conifer Forests of the North | |
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| Temperate Rain Forests: Lush Temperate Forests | |
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| Temperate Deciduous Forests: Broad-leaved Trees That Shed Their Leaves | |
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| Grasslands: Temperate Seas of Grass | |
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| Chaparral: Thickets of Evergreen Shrubs and Small Trees | |
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| Deserts: Arid Life Zones | |
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| Savanna: Tropical Grasslands | |
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| Tropical Rain Forests: Lush Equatorial Forests | |
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| Vertical Zonation: The Distribution of Vegetation on Mountains | |
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| Aquatic Ecosystems | |
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| Freshwater Ecosystems | |
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| Estuaries: Where Fresh Water and Salt Water Meet | |
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| Marine Ecosystems | |
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| Case In Point The Everglades | |
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| Human Health and Environmental Toxicology | |
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| Human Health | |
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| Health Issues in Highly Developed Countries | |
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| Health Issues in Developing Countries | |
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| Emerging and Reemerging Diseases | |
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| Environmental Pollution and Disease | |
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| Persistence, Bioaccumulation, and Biological Magnification of Environmental Contaminants | |
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| Endocrine Disrupters | |
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| Determining Health Effects of Environmental Pollution | |
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| Identifying Toxic Substances | |
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| Children and Chemical Exposure | |
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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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| Risk Information as a Decision Tool | |
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| Ecological Risk Assessment | |
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| Meeting The Challenge Global Polio Eradication | |
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| Case In Point Influenza Pandemics Past and Future | |
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| Case In Point The Ocean and Human Health | |
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| The Human Population | |
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| The Science of Demography | |
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| Current and Future Population Numbers | |
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| Human Migration | |
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| Demographics of Countries | |
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| Demographic Stages | |
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| Age Structure | |
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| Population and Quality of Life | |
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| Population and Chronic Hunger | |
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| Economic Effects of Continued Population Growth | |
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| Reducing the Total Fertility Rate | |
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| Culture and Fertility | |
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| The Social and Economic Status of Women | |
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| Family Planning Services | |
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| Government Policies and Fertility | |
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| China and Mexico: Contrasting Population Growth Measures | |
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| Achieving Population Stabilization | |
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| Case In Point The Millennium Development Goals | |
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| Meeting The Challenge The Poverty Action Lab | |
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| The Urban Environment | |
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| Population and Urbanization | |
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| Characteristics of the Urban Population | |
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| Urbanization Trends | |
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| The City as an Ecosystem | |
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| Phoenix, Arizona: Long-Term Study of an Urban Ecosystem | |
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| Environmental Problems Associated with Urban Areas | |
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| Environmental Benefits of Urbanization | |
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| Urban Land Use Planning | |
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| Transportation and Urban Development | |
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| Suburban Sprawl | |
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| Making Cities More Sustainable | |
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| Meeting The Challenge Green Architecture | |
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| Case In Point Curitiba, Brazil | |
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| Energy Consumption | |
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| Energy Consumption and Policy | |
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| Energy Consumption | |
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| Energy Efficiency and Conservation | |
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| Energy Efficiency | |
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| Energy Conservation | |
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| Electricity, Hydrogen, and Energy Storage | |
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| Electricity | |
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| Hydrogen and Fuel Cells | |
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| Energy Storage | |
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| Energy Policy | |
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| You Can Make A Difference Saving Energy at Home | |
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| Case In Point Hydrogen and Electricity for Transportation | |
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| Fossil Fuels | |
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| Fossil Fuels | |
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| How Fossil Fuels Formed | |
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| Fossil Fuels, the Carbon Cycle, and Climate | |
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| Coal | |
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| Coal Reserves | |
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| Coal Mining | |
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| Safety Problems Associated with Coal | |
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| Environmental Impacts of the Mining Process | |
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| Environmental Impacts of Burning Coal | |
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| Making Coal a Cleaner Fuel | |
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| Capture and Storage of Carbon from Coal | |
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| Oil and Natural Gas | |
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| Exploration for Oil and Natural Gas | |
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| Reserves of Oil and Natural Gas | |
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| Global Oil Demand and Supply | |
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| Environmental Impacts of Oil and Natural Gas | |
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| Synfuels and Other Potential Fossil-Fuel Resources | |
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| Environmental Impacts of Synfuels | |
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| Case In Point The Marcellus Shale | |
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| Case In Point The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | |
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| Renewable Energy and Nuclear Power | |
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| Direct Solar Energy | |
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| Heating Buildings and Water | |
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| Solar Thermal Electric Generation | |
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| Photovoltaics | |
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| Indirect Solar Energy | |
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| Biomass Energy | |
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| Wind Energy | |
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| Hydropower | |
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| Other Indirect Solar Energy | |
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| Other Renewable Energy Sources | |
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| Geothermal Energy | |
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| Tidal Energy | |
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| Nuclear Power | |
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| Electricity from Conventional Nuclear Fission | |
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| Breeder Reactors and Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) for Nuclear Fission | |
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| Pros and Cons of Nuclear Energy | |
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| Safety Issues at Nuclear Power Plants | |
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| The Link Between Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Weapons | |
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| Radioactive Wastes | |
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| Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants | |
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| The Future of Nuclear Power | |
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| Small and Medium-Sized Nuclear Reactors | |
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| Public and Expert Attitudes toward Nuclear Energy | |
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| Fusion: Nuclear Energy for the Future | |
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| Case In Point The Three Gorges Dam | |
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| Case In Point Yucca Mountain | |
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| Water: A Limited Resource | |
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| The Importance of Water | |
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| Properties of Water | |
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| The Hydrologic Cycle and Our Supply of Fresh Water | |
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| Water Use and Resource Problems | |
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| Too Much Water | |
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| Too Little Water | |
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| Water Problems in the United States and Canada | |
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| Surface Water | |
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| Groundwater | |
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| Global Water Problems | |
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| Water and Climate Change | |
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| Drinking-Water Problems | |
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| Population Growth and Water Problems | |
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| Sharing Water Resources Among Countries | |
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| Water Management | |
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| Providing a Sustainable Water Supply | |
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| Water Conservation | |
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| Reducing Agricultural Water Waste | |
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| Reducing Industrial Water Waste | |
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| Reducing Municipal Water Waste | |
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| Case In Point The Floods of 2008 | |
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| You Can Make A Difference Conserving Water at Home | |
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| Soil Resources | |
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| The Soil System | |
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| State Factors: Soil-Forming Factors | |
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| Soil Composition | |
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| Soil Horizons | |
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| Soil Organisms | |
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| Nutrient Cycling | |
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| Soil Properties and Major Soil Types | |
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| Soil Acidity | |
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| Major Soil Groups | |
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| Environmental Problems Related to Soil | |
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| Soil Erosion | |
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| Nutrient Mineral Depletion | |
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| Soil Salinization | |
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| Desertification | |
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| Soil Conservation and Regeneration | |
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| Conservation Tillage | |
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| Crop Rotation | |
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| Contour Plowing, Strip Cropping, and Terracing | |
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| Preserving Soil Fertility | |
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| Soil Reclamation | |
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| Agroforestry | |
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| Soil Conservation Policies in the United States | |
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| Case In Point The American Dust Bowl | |
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| You Can Make A Difference Composting and Mulching | |
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| Mineral Resources | |
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| Introduction to Minerals | |
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| Mineral Distribution and Formation | |
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| How Minerals are Found, Extracted, and Processed | |
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| Environmental Impacts Associated with Minerals | |
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| Mining and The Environment | |
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| Environmental Impacts of Refining Minerals | |
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| Restoration of Mining Lands | |
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| Minerals: An International Perspective | |
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| Worldwide Mineral Consumption | |
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| Mineral Distribution Versus Consumption | |
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| Will We Run Out of Important Minerals? | |
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| Increasing the Supply of Minerals | |
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| Locating and Mining New Deposits | |
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| Minerals in Antarctica | |
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| Minerals from the Ocean | |
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| Advanced Mining and Processing Technologies | |
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| Using Substitution and Conservation to Expand Mineral Supplies | |
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| Finding Mineral Substitutes | |
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| Mineral Conservation | |
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| Case In Point Copper Basin, Tennessee | |
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| Meeting The Challenge Industrial Ecosystems | |
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| Biological Resources | |
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| Biological Diversity | |
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| Why We Need Organisms | |
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| Extinction and Species Endangerment | |
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| Endangered and Threatened Species | |
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| Where is Declining Biological Diversity the Greatest Problem? | |
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| Human Causes of Species Endangerment | |
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| Conservation Biology | |
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| In Situ Conservation: Protecting Habitats | |
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| Restoring Damaged or Destroyed Habitats | |
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| Zoos, Aquaria, Botanical Gardens, and Seed Banks | |
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| Conservation Organizations | |
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| Conservation Policies and Laws | |
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| Habitat Conservation Plans | |
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| International Conservation Policies and Laws | |
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| Wildlife Management | |
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| Management of Migratory Animals | |
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| Management of Aquatic Organisms | |
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| You Can Make A Difference Addressing Declining Biological Diversity | |
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| Case In Point Disappearing Frogs | |
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| Meeting The Challenge Dealing Effectively with Fragmented Habitats | |
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| Land Resources | |
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| Land Use | |
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| World Land Use | |
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| Land Use in the United States | |
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| Wilderness, Parks, and Wildlife Refuges | |
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| National Parks | |
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| Wildlife Refuges | |
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| Forests | |
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| Forest Management | |
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| Deforestation | |
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| Forest Trends in the United States | |
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| Trends in Tropical Forests | |
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| Boreal Forests and Deforestation | |
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| Rangelands and Agricultural Lands | |
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| Rangeland Degradation and Desertification | |
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| Rangeland Trends in the United States | |
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| Agricultural Lands | |
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| Wetlands and Coastal Areas | |
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| Coastlines | |
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| Conservation of Land Resources | |
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| Meeting The Challenge Preserving Forests in the Eastern | |
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| States | |
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| Case In Point Tongass National Forest | |
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| Food Resources | |
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| World Food Security | |
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| Famines | |
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| Maintaining Grain Stocks | |
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| Economic and Political Effects on Food Security | |
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| Poverty and Food | |
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| Food Production | |
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| The Main Types of Agriculture | |
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| Challenges of Producing More Crops and Livestock | |
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| The Effect of Domestication on Genetic Diversity | |
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| Increasing Crop Yields | |
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| Increasing Livestock Yields | |
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| The Gene Revolution | |
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| The Environmental Impacts of Agriculture | |
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| Cultivating Marginal Lands | |
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| Solutions to Agricultural Problems | |
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| Sustainable Agriculture | |
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| Making Subsistence Agriculture Sustainable and More | |
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| Productive | |
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| Fisheries of the World | |
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| Problems and Challenges for the Fishing Industry | |
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| Ocean Pollution and Deteriorating Habitat | |
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| Aquaculture: Fish Farming | |
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| You Can Make A Difference Vegetarian Diets | |
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| Case In Point The Green Revolution | |
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| Meeting The Challenge Certified Environmental Management Systems for Agriculture | |
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| Air Pollution | |
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| The Atmosphere as a Resource | |
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| Types and Sources of Air Pollution | |
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| Major Classes of Air Pollutants | |
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| Sources of Outdoor Air Pollution | |
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| Urban Air Pollution | |
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| Effects of Air Pollution | |
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| Air Pollution and Human Health | |
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| Controlling Air Pollution in the United States | |
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| Controlling Air Pollutants | |
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| The Clean Air Act | |
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| Ozone Depletion in the Stratosphere | |
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| The Causes of Ozone Depletion | |
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| The Effects of Ozone Depletion | |
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| Facilitating the Recovery of the Ozone Layer | |
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| Acid Deposition | |
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| Measuring Acidity | |
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| How Acid Deposition Develops | |
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| The Effects of Acid Deposition | |
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| The Politics of Acid Deposition | |
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| Facilitating Recovery from Acid Deposition | |
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| Air Pollution Around the World | |
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| Long-Distance Transport of Air Pollution | |
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| Indoor Air Pollution | |
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| Controlling Indoor Air Pollution | |
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| Indoor Tobacco Smoke | |
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| Radon | |
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| Case In Point Efforts to Reduce Ozone In Southern California | |
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| Meeting The Challenge States Adopt Low Carbon Fuel Standard | |
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| Case In Point Air Pollution In Beijing And Mexico City | |
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| Global Climate Change | |
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| Introduction to Climate Change | |
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| The Causes of Global Climate Change | |
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| Pollutants That Cool the Atmosphere | |
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| Developing and Using Climate Models | |
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| Unpredictable and Extreme Climate Change | |
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| The Effects of Global Climate Change | |
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| Melting Ice and Rising Sea Levels | |
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| Changes in Precipitation Patterns | |
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| Effects on Organisms | |
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| Effects on Human Health | |
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| Effects on Agriculture | |
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| International Implications of Global Climate Change | |
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| Links among Global Climate Change, Ozone Depletion, and Acid Deposition | |
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| Dealing with Global Climate Change | |
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| Mitigation of Global Climate Change | |
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| Adaptation to Global Climate Change | |
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| International Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas | |
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| Emissions | |
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| Case In Point Impacts In Fragile Areas | |
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| Water Pollution | |
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| Types of Water Pollution | |
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| Sewage | |
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| Disease-Causing Agents | |
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| Sediment Pollution | |
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| Inorganic Plant and Algal Nutrients | |
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| Organic Compounds | |
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| Inorganic Chemicals | |
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| Radioactive Substances | |
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| Thermal Pollution | |
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| Water Quality Today | |
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| Water Pollution from Agriculture | |
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| Municipal Water Pollution | |
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| Industrial Wastes in Water | |
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| Groundwater Pollution | |
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| Water Pollution in Other Countries | |
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| Improving Water Quality | |
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| Purification of Drinking Water | |
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| Municipal Sewage Treatment | |
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| Individual Septic Systems | |
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| Alternative Wastewater Treatment Systems | |
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| Laws Controlling Water Pollution | |
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| Safe Drinking Water Act | |
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| Clean Water Act | |
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| Laws that Protect Groundwater | |
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| Case In Point Green Chemistry | |
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| You Can Make A Difference Preventing Water Pollution | |
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| Meeting The Challenge Using Citizen Watchdogs to Monitor Water Pollution | |
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| Pest Management | |
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| What Is a Pesticide? | |
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| First-Generation and Second-Generation Pesticides | |
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| The Major Groups of Insecticides | |
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| The Major Kinds of Herbicides | |
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| Benefits and Problems with Pesticides | |
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| Benefit: Disease Control | |
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| Benefit: Crop Protection | |
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| Problem: Evolution of Genetic Resistance | |
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| Problem: Imbalances in the Ecosystem | |
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| Problems: Persistence, Bioaccumulation, and Biological | |
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| Magnification | |
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| Problem: Mobility in the Environment | |
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| Risks of Pesticides to Human Health | |
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| Short-Term Effects of Pesticides | |
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| Long-Term Effects of Pesticides | |
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| Pesticides as Endocrine Disrupters | |
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| Alternatives to Pesticides | |
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| Using Cultivation Methods to Control Pests | |
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| Biological Controls | |
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| Pheromones and Hormones | |
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| Reproductive Controls | |
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| Genetic Controls | |
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| Quarantine | |
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| The Systems Approach: Integrated Pest Management | |
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| Irradiating Foods | |
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| Laws Controlling Pesticide Use | |
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| Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act | |
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| Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act | |
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| Food Quality Protection Act | |
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| The Manufacture and Use of Banned Pesticide | |
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| The Importation of Food Tainted With Banned Pesticides | |
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| The Global Ban on Persistent Organic Pollutants | |
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| Case In Point Bt, its Potential and Problems | |
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| You Can Make A Difference Avoiding Pesticide use at Home | |
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| Case In Point Economic Development and Pesticides in Central America | |
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| Solid and Hazardous Wastes | |
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| Solid Waste | |
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| Types of Solid Waste | |
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| Open Dumps | |
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| Sanitary Landfills | |
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| Incineration | |
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| Composting | |
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| Waste Prevention | |
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| Reducing the Amount of Waste: Source Reduction | |
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| Reusing Products | |
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| Recycling Materials | |
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| Integrated Waste Management | |
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| Hazardous Waste | |
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| Types of Hazardous Waste | |
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| Management of Hazardous Waste | |
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| Meeting The Challenge Reusing and Recycling Old Automobiles | |
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| Case In Point Hanford Nuclear Reservation | |
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| Tomorrow���s World | |
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| Living Sustainably | |
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| Sustainable Living: A Plan of Action | |
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| Eliminating Poverty and Stabilizing the Human Population | |
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| Protecting and Restoring Earth���s Resources | |
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| Providing Adequate Food for all People | |
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| Mitigating Climate Change | |
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| Designing Sustainable Cities | |
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| Changing Personal Attitudes and Practices | |
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| The Role of Education | |
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| What Kind of World Do We Want? | |
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| Meeting The Challenge Microcredit Programs | |
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| Case In Point Jakarta, Indonesia | |
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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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| Index I-1 | |