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ISBN 10: 1394161395
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Author: Alecia M Spooner

Ace your environmental science class and get smart about the environment

Environmental Science For Dummies is a straightforward guide to the interrelationships of the natural world and the role that humans play in the environment. This book tracks to a typical introductory environmental science curriculum at the college level–and is great as a supplement or study guide for AP Environmental Science, too. Uncover fascinating facts about the earth’s natural resources and the problems that arise when resources like air, water, and soil are contaminated by pollutants. If you’re in need of extra help for a class, considering a career in environmental science, or simply care about our planet and want to learn more about helping the environment, this friendly Dummies resource is a great place to start.

• The key concepts of environmental science, clearly explained
• All about the changing climate, including new understanding of methane release in the arctic
• Earth’s natural resources and the importance of protecting them
• A new chapter on environmental justice, where issues of poverty and sustainability intersect

A solid foundation in environmental science is essential for anyone looking for a career in the field–and is important knowledge for all of us as we work together to build a sustainable future.

Environmental Science For Dummies 2nd Edition Table of contents:

Part 1: Demystifying Science and the Environment

Chapter 1: Investigating the Environment

Putting the “Science” in Environmental Science

Analyzing the Earth’s Systems and Ecosystems

Supplies Limited! Natural Resources and Resource Management

Keeping Things Habitable

Imagining the Future

Chapter 2: Thinking Scientifically: The Scientific Method and Other Ways of Knowing

Asking and Answering Questions with the Scientific Method

Presenting Data Graphically

Quantifying Uncertainty

Recognizing Good Science When You See It

Knowing There Are Different Ways of Knowing

Chapter 3: What’s the Matter? Living and Nonliving Material

Changing States of Matter

Examining Atomic Structure

Making and Breaking Chemical Bonds

Surveying the Properties of Water

What’s pH Got to Do with It? Acids and Bases

It’s Alive! Organic Matter and Compounds

Building Organisms One Cell at a Time

Chapter 4: Making Things Happen: Energy

Identifying the Different Types of Energy

Defining the Thermodynamic Laws

Counting Calories (and Joules)

Converting the Sun’s Energy to a Useable Form

Chapter 5: Studying the Environment and Your Place in It

Integrating Multiple Disciplines

Applying Common Tools of Environmental Science

Tracing the Development of Modern Environmental Ethics

The Overall Goal: Seeking Sustainability

To Be or Not to Be a Tree-Hugger: Looking Past Political Debates

Part 2: Living on Earth’s Surface: Ecosystems, Biomes, and Climate

Chapter 6: Exploring Ecosystems

Understanding Systems

Systematically Understanding the Earth’s Environment

Transferring Energy and Matter through an Ecosystem

Chapter 7: Biogeography: How Earth’s Climate Shapes Global Ecosystem Patterns

Positioning Ecosystems: Latitude and Altitude

Recognizing Major Climate Drivers

Separating the Globe into Biomes

Chapter 8: Playing Well with Others: Population Biology

Characterizing a Population

Predicting Population Change

Watching Species Interact

From Indicator Species to Ecosystem Engineers: Filling Every Niche

Working Together: Biological Communities

The People Principle: Human Population Biology

Chapter 9: Heating Things Up: Living in a Changing Climate

Living on Earth

Mapping the climate system

Hothouse Humans: The Greenhouse Effect

Counting Greenhouse Gases

Considering Past, Present, and Future Climates

Feeling the Heat: Environmental Effects of Modern Climate Change

Tracking Dramatic Change

Living with an Unpredictable Climate

Part 3: Getting Your Needs Met: Earth’s Natural Resources

Chapter 10: Water, Water Everywhere: Freshwater Resources

Finding Fresh Water

Conserving Fresh Water

Thirsty for More: The Never-Ending Need for Fresh Water

Creating Fresh Water

Chapter 11: This Land Belongs to You and Me: Land as a Resource

Sharing Land

Managing Land Resources

Considering the Connection between Urbanization and Land Use

Chapter 12: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Biodiversity

Variety Is the Spice of Life: Defining Biodiversity

Becoming Biodiverse: Evolution by Natural Selection

The HIPPO in the Room: Major Threats to Biodiversity

Creating Effective Conservation Plans

Chapter 13: Dishing It Up: Food Resources

Seeking Food Security

Defining Organic

Feeding the world: The green revolution

Digging in the Dirt: Components of Healthy Soil

The Pitfalls of Pesticides

Integrating Pest Management

“Frankenfood”: Genetically Modifying Food

Farming Fish and Other Animals

Establishing Sustainable Agriculture

Chapter 14: Hitting the Hard Stuff: Geologic Resources and Hazards

Getting to Know the Earth

Finding Value in Rocks

Extracting Geologic Resources

Forming and Depleting Fossil Fuels

Reacting to Nuclear Energy

Living on a Dynamic Planet

Chapter 15: Shifting Gears: Alternative Energy

Looking for Alternative Energy

Farming Fuel: Biofuel Energy Sources

Harnessing Energy from Water

Getting Steamed: Geothermal Energy

Soaking Up the Sun: Solar Energy

Chasing Windmills: Wind Energy

Energy on Demand: Creating Fuel Cells

Making the Most of the Energy You Already Have: Energy Conservation

Part 4: Giving a Hoot: Pollution and Environmental Quality

Chapter 16: Breathing Room: Addressing Man-Made Air Pollution

Sorting Out Common Pollutants

Observing the Effects of Air Pollution

Holy Ozone! Remembering the Hole in the Ozone Layer

The Air in There: Watching Out for Indoor Air Pollution

Clearing the Air

Chapter 17: Spilling Over: Water Pollution

Polluting Water in Many Ways

Getting to the Point (and Nonpoint) Source

Endangering Human Health

Disrupting Ecosystems

Breaking with Tradition: Wastewater Treatment and Constructed Wetlands

Chapter 18: What’s Your Poison? Toxins and Infectious Disease

Identifying Common Toxins

Sticking Around: Persistent Organic Pollutants

Understanding the Ins and Outs of Toxic Exposure

Risky Business: Assessing the Dangers of Chemicals

Tracking Infectious Disease

Chapter 19: Wading Through the Waste Stream: Solid and Hazardous Waste

Mapping the Life Cycle of Waste

Closing the Loop

Disposing of Waste

Swimming in Waste: The Ocean Garbage Patches

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (and Compost): Shrinking the Waste Stream

Handling Hazardous Waste

Part 5: Expanding the Definition of Sustainability

Chapter 20: Reevaluating the Value of the Environment

Overlapping Spheres of Sustainability

Looking at Ecosystem Lessons

Counting Coins: Mainstream Economics

Tripling the Bottom Line

Exercising the Precautionary Principle

Looking at the World in New Ways

Taking It Personally

Setting Sustainability Goals

Chapter 21: Decolonizing Environmental Science

Understanding What’s at Stake

Rethinking Colonial Resource Extraction

Digging Up Indigenous Roots

Movers and Shakers: Indigenous Activists around the World

Recognizing Environmental Racism in the U.S.

Desperately Seeking Justice

From Sea to Shining Sea: Environmental Protection in the U.S.

Part 6: The Part of Tens

Chapter 22: Ten International Agreements on Planetary Stewardship

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

The Convention on Biological Diversity

Stockholm Declaration

Montreal Protocol

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution

Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS)

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)

Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (or the World Heritage Convention)

Chapter 23: Ten Real-Life Examples of the Tragedy of the Commons

Grand Banks Fisheries

Fast Fashion

Bluefin Tuna

Passenger Pigeons

Ocean Garbage Gyres

Earth’s Atmosphere

Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

Traffic Congestion

Transboundary Groundwater

Unregulated Logging

Index

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