Environmental Science | Joseph Shostell

- 1Introduction to Environmental Science: Sustainability
- 2Environmental Ethics, Law, and Policy
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  - 2.1Environmental Views and Attitudes of Influence
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  - 2.2Ethics of Consumption
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  - 2.3Corporate Ethics
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  - 2.4Policies and Laws
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  - 2.5Obstacles and Solutions for Creating a Sustainable Society
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  - 2.6A Look to the Future: Revisiting the Commons
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- 3Matter, Energy, and the Environment
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  - 3.1Atoms and Molecules
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  - 3.2All Forms of Energy Follow Natural Laws
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  - 3.3Environmental Structure and Energy Flow
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  - 3.4Biogeochemical Cycles
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  - 3.5Obstacles and Solutions For Society in Using Energy and Matter
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  - 3.6A Look to the Future: Society’s Efforts to Live Sustainably May Save San Diego’s Sea Turtles
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- 4Evolution, Populations, and Communities
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  - 4.1Evolution Is the Source of Biodiversity
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  - 4.2Interactions of Individuals Within Populations
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  - 4.3Growth of Populations
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  - 4.4Species Interactions Drive Community Structure
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  - 4.5Community Properties
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  - 4.6Obstacles and Solutions to Protecting Populations and Communities
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  - 4.7A Look to the Future: Predictions for the Flathead Lake Community
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- 5Ecosystems and Biomes
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  - 5.1Ecosystem Structure and Function
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  - 5.2Introduction to Biomes
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  - 5.3Terrestrial Biomes
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  - 5.4Aquatic Life Zones
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  - 5.5Ecosystem Change
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  - 5.6A Look to the Future: North America’s Continued Change
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- 6Human Populations
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  - 6.1Population Growth and the Environment’s Health
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  - 6.2Benefiting from Knowledge about Population Characteristics
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  - 6.3Biological Factors Affect Population Growth and Environmental Health
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  - 6.4Social and Cultural Factors Affect Population Growth
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  - 6.5Economic and Technological Factors Affect Population Growth Rate
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  - 6.6Political Factors Affect Population Growth Rate
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  - 6.7A Look to the Future: Revisiting the Opening Story—China in the Crosshairs
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- 7Preserving Biodiversity
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  - 7.1Defining Biodiversity
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  - 7.2Biodiversity Is Important
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  - 7.3Biodiversity Threats, Decline, and Extinction
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  - 7.4Saving Endangered Species and Preserving Biodiversity
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  - 7.5A Look to the Future: Expectations and Manatees
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  - 7.6References
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- 8Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
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  - 8.1Agriculture, Food Security, and Nutrition
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  - 8.2Today’s Food Production Is Different from That of the Recent Past
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  - 8.3Healthy Soils Lead to Healthy Crops
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  - 8.4Environmental Problems of Farming
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  - 8.5Pests and Pesticides: Weighing the Pros and Cons
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  - 8.6Practicing Sustainable Agriculture
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  - 8.7A Look to the Future: Revisiting Apricot Lane Farms
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  - 8.8References
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- 9Sustainable Management of Forests, Grasslands, and Protected Areas
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  - 9.1World Forests: Description, Problems, and Sustainable Management
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  - 9.2World Grasslands: Description, Problems, and Sustainable Management
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  - 9.3Wilderness and Wilderness Management
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  - 9.4National Parks and Preserves
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  - 9.5A Look to the Future: Sustainable Use of Forests and Grasslands
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- 10Water Resources
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  - 10.1Water Resources, an Introduction
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  - 10.2Important Uses of Water
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  - 10.3Overuse and Redistribution of Water
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  - 10.4Types and Effects of Water Pollution
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  - 10.5Water Management
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  - 10.6A Look to the Future: An Update on the Skokomish River
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  - 10.7References
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- 11Air Quality, Climate Change, and Air Pollution
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  - 11.1Climate and Atmosphere Overview
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  - 11.2Global Climate Change
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  - 11.3Controls and Solutions to Climate Change
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  - 11.4Air Pollution Threatens Ecosystems and Society
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  - 11.5Cleaning Pollutants from the Air
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  - 11.6A Look to the Future: The Fate of Polar Bears
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  - 11.7References
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- 12Geology and Mineral Resources
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  - 12.1Earth’s Dynamic Geologic Resources
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  - 12.2The Economics of Minerals and Other Geologic Resources
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  - 12.3The Effects of Mining Nonfuel Geologic Resources
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  - 12.4Sustainable Use of Geologic Resources
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  - 12.5Geological Hazards
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  - 12.6A Look to the Future: Revisiting Crater of Diamonds State Park
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- 13Nonrenewable Energy Sources
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  - 13.1Overview of Nonrenewable Energy Resources
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  - 13.2Coal, the Pros and Cons
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  - 13.3Oil, the Pros and Cons
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  - 13.4Natural Gas, the Pros and Cons
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  - 13.5Nuclear Energy, the Pros and Cons
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  - 13.6A Look to the Future: Lessons Learned from the Deepwater Horizon
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- 14Renewable Energy Sources
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  - 14.1The Value of Renewable Energy
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  - 14.2Biomass (Bioenergy), the Pros and Cons
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  - 14.3Solar Energy, the Pros and Cons
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  - 14.4Hydropower, the Pros and Cons
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  - 14.5Geothermal Energy, the Pros and Cons
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  - 14.6Wind Energy, the Pros and Cons
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  - 14.7A Look to the Future: Moving Toward Sustainable Use of Energy
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  - 14.8References
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- 15Environmental Health and Toxicology
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  - 15.1Environmental Health and Types of Hazards
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  - 15.2Toxicology and the Threat of Toxic Agents on Human Health
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  - 15.3Movement, Distribution, and Fate of Toxic Chemicals in the Environment
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  - 15.4Biological Hazards
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  - 15.5Risk Assessment and Management
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  - 15.6A Look to the Future: Environmental Injustice and the Likelihood of Future Pandemics
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- 16Solid and Hazardous Waste
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  - 16.1Society’s Waste
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  - 16.2Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
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  - 16.3Industrial Solid Waste
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  - 16.4Hazardous Waste
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  - 16.5A Look to the Future: Saving the Oceans from Plastic Waste
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- 17Sustainable Community Development and Urbanization
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  - 17.1Urbanization Dynamics
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  - 17.2Urban Sprawl
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  - 17.3Strategies for Developing Sustainable Communities and Cities
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  - 17.4A Look to the Future: Urbanization Trends, Poverty, and Environmental Degradation
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- 18Sustainable Economics
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  - 18.1The Economic Value of the Environment
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  - 18.2The Cost of Environmental Degradation
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  - 18.3Developing a Sustainable Economy
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  - 18.4A Look to the Future: Fully Adopting Sustainable Economics
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  - 18.5References
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