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Environmental Science For Dummies

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Introduction 1 Part 1: Demystifying Science and the Environment 5 Chapter 1: Investigating the Environment 7 Chapter 2: Thinking Scientifically: The Scientific Method and Other Ways of Knowing 17 Chapter 3: What's the Matter? Living and Nonliving Material 31 Chapter 4: Making Things Happen: Energy 49 Chapter 5: Studying the Environment and Your Place in It 59 Part 2: Living on Earth's Surface: Ecosystems, Biomes, and Climate 71 Chapter 6: Exploring Ecosystems 73 Chapter 7: Biogeography: How Earth's Climate Shapes Global Ecosystem Patterns 91 Chapter 8: Playing Well with Others: Population Biology 109 Chapter 9: Heating Things Up: Living in a Changing Climate 133 Part 3: Getting Your Needs Met: Earth's Natural Resources 157 Chapter 10: Water, Water Everywhere: Freshwater Resources 159 Chapter 11: This Land Belongs to You and Me: Land as a Resource 171 Chapter 12: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Biodiversity 181 Chapter 13: Dishing It Up: Food Resources 197 Chapter 14: Hitting the Hard Stuff: Geologic Resources and Hazards 219 Chapter 15: Shifting Gears: Alternative Energy 237 Part 4: Giving a Hoot: Pollution and Environmental Quality 253 Chapter 16: Breathing Room: Addressing Man-Made Air Pollution 255 Chapter 17: Spilling Over: Water Pollution 269 Chapter 18: What's Your Poison? Toxins and Infectious Disease 281 Chapter 19: Wading Through the Waste Stream: Solid and Hazardous Waste 297 Part 5: Expanding the Definition of Sustainability 311 Chapter 20: Reevaluating the Value of the Environment 313 Chapter 21: Decolonizing Environmental Science 327 Part 6: The Part of Tens 343 Chapter 22: Ten International Agreements on Planetary Stewardship 345 Chapter 23: Ten Real-Life Examples of the Tragedy of the Commons 351 Index 357

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Erscheinungsdatum

01.06.2023

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John Wiley & Sons Inc

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400

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23,3/18,6/2,3 cm

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Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.06.2023

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

400

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23,3/18,6/2,3 cm

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728 g

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2. Auflage

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Englisch

ISBN

978-1-394-16139-3

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  • Environmental Science For Dummies
  • Introduction 1 Part 1: Demystifying Science and the Environment 5 Chapter 1: Investigating the Environment 7 Chapter 2: Thinking Scientifically: The Scientific Method and Other Ways of Knowing 17 Chapter 3: What's the Matter? Living and Nonliving Material 31 Chapter 4: Making Things Happen: Energy 49 Chapter 5: Studying the Environment and Your Place in It 59 Part 2: Living on Earth's Surface: Ecosystems, Biomes, and Climate 71 Chapter 6: Exploring Ecosystems 73 Chapter 7: Biogeography: How Earth's Climate Shapes Global Ecosystem Patterns 91 Chapter 8: Playing Well with Others: Population Biology 109 Chapter 9: Heating Things Up: Living in a Changing Climate 133 Part 3: Getting Your Needs Met: Earth's Natural Resources 157 Chapter 10: Water, Water Everywhere: Freshwater Resources 159 Chapter 11: This Land Belongs to You and Me: Land as a Resource 171 Chapter 12: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Biodiversity 181 Chapter 13: Dishing It Up: Food Resources 197 Chapter 14: Hitting the Hard Stuff: Geologic Resources and Hazards 219 Chapter 15: Shifting Gears: Alternative Energy 237 Part 4: Giving a Hoot: Pollution and Environmental Quality 253 Chapter 16: Breathing Room: Addressing Man-Made Air Pollution 255 Chapter 17: Spilling Over: Water Pollution 269 Chapter 18: What's Your Poison? Toxins and Infectious Disease 281 Chapter 19: Wading Through the Waste Stream: Solid and Hazardous Waste 297 Part 5: Expanding the Definition of Sustainability 311 Chapter 20: Reevaluating the Value of the Environment 313 Chapter 21: Decolonizing Environmental Science 327 Part 6: The Part of Tens 343 Chapter 22: Ten International Agreements on Planetary Stewardship 345 Chapter 23: Ten Real-Life Examples of the Tragedy of the Commons 351 Index 357