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Introduction 1
Part I: Demystifying Science and the Environment 7
Chapter 1: Investigating the Environment 9
Chapter 2: Lab Coats and Microscopes: Thinking Scientifically 19
Chapter 3: What's the Matter? Living and Nonliving Material 31
Chapter 4: Making Things Happen: Energy 47
Part II: Planting the Seed: Foundational Concepts in Environmental Science 57
Chapter 5: Studying the Environment and Your Place in It 59
Chapter 6: Exploring Ecosystems 71
Chapter 7: Biogeography: How Earth's Climate Shapes Global Ecosystem Patterns 89
Chapter 8: Playing Well with Others: Population Biology 107
Part III: Getting Your Needs Met: Earth's Natural Resources 129
Chapter 9: Water, Water Everywhere: Freshwater Resources 131
Chapter 10: This Land Belongs to You and Me: Land as a Resource 143
Chapter 11: Dishing It Up: Food Resources 153
Chapter 12: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Biodiversity 175
Chapter 13: Hitting the Hard Stuff: Geologic Resources and Energy 191
Chapter 14: Shifting Gears: Alternative Energy 207
Part IV: Giving a Hoot: Pollution and Environmental Quality 221
Chapter 15: Breathing Room: Addressing Manmade Air Pollution 223
Chapter 16: Drip Drop Splash: Water Pollution 237
Chapter 17: What's Your Poison? Toxins and Infectious Disease 249
Chapter 18: A River of Garbage Runs through It: Solid and Hazardous Waste 263
Chapter 19: Is It Getting Warm in Here? Modern Climate Change 277
Part V: Follow the Recycled Brick Road: A Sustainable Future 295
Chapter 20: Building a Sustainable Future 297
Chapter 21: Cooperating to Sustain the Earth 311
Part VI: The Part of Tens 321
Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Live Sustainably 323
Chapter 23: Ten Real-Life Examples of the Tragedy of the Commons 331
Chapter 24: Ten Careers in Environmental Science 337
Index 343
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