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Table Of Contents
Introductory Chapter: Introduction to Environmental Science
Part One: Understanding and Protecting Natural Environments
Chapter One: Arctic Wilderness and Wildlife
Case Study: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Chapter Two: Tropical Forests and Biodiversity
Case Study: Costa Rica's Tropical Forests
Part Two: Water and Air: Fundamental Resources
Chapter Three: Industrial Revolution and Pollution
Case Study: England's River Thames
Chapter Four: Estuaries, Seagrass Meadows, and Saltwater Ecosystems
Case Study: The Chesapeake Bay
Chapter Five: Air Pollution: History, Legislation, and Trends
Case Study: Clean Air in Pittsburgh
Part Three: Human Populations, Agricultural Soils, and Food Supply
Chapter Six: Population Principles and Demography
Case Study: Population Growth in China
Chapter Seven: Green Revolution Agriculture
Case Study: Origins, Achievements, and Environmental Issues of the Green Revolution
Chapter Eight: Sustainable Agriculture
Case Study: Canadian Prairie Agriculture
Part Four: Energy Production and Consumption
Chapter Nine: Petroleum Resources/Fossil Fuels
Case Study: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Chapter Ten: Nuclear Power
Case Study: Nuclear Power and the Tennessee Valley Authority
Chapter Eleven: Sustainable Energy
Case Study: Innovations in Sustainable Energy
Part Five: Global and Regional Environmental Problems
Chapter Twelve: Global Climate Change
Case Study: Global Warming
Chapter Thirteen: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
Case Study: The Ozone Hole
Chapter Fourteen: Managing Hazardous Wastes
Case Study: Childhood Illness in Woburn, Massachusetts