Contents:

01. Key Themes in Environmental Sciences 1

02. Science as a Way of Knowing: Critical Thinking about the Environment 18

03. The Big Picture: Systems of Change 38

04. The Human Population and the Environment 55

05. The Biogeochemical Cycles 75

06. Ecosystems and Ecosystem Management 101

07. Biological Diversity 116

08. Biogeography 139

09. Biological Productivity and Energy Flow 163

10. Ecological Restoration 177

11. Producing Enough Food for the World: How Agriculture Depends on Environment 194

12. Effects of Agriculture on the Environment 217

13. Forests, Parks, and Landscapes 238

14. Wildlife, Fisheries, and Endangered Species 261

15. Environmental Health, Pollution, and Toxicology 291

16. Natural Disasters and Catastrophes 315

17. Energy: Some Basics 345

18. Fossil Fuels and the Environment 364

19. Alternative Energy and the Environment 385

20. Nuclear Energy and the Environment 407

21. Water Supply, Use, and Management 432

22. Water Pollution and Treatment 462

23. The Atmosphere, Climate, and Global Warming 492

24. Air Pollution 523

25. Indoor Air Pollution 553

26. Ozone Depletion 570

27. Minerals and the Environment 588

28. Dollars and Environmental Sense: Economics of Environmental Issues 603

29. Urban Environments 621

30. Waste Management 644